GOD’S WORD FOR FEBRUARY 25

We are reading from a daily devotional  called “Running To Win” written by Erwin Lutzer  and the late, great D.L. Moody.   Erwin Lutzer is a light in our day as D.L. Moody was in his.

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THE SATISFIED LIFE

Psalm 21:4

“He asked life of You;  You gave it to him, length of days forever and ever.”

D.L. MOODY  (Born February 5, 1837)

I was down in Texas and happened to pick up a newspaper, and there they called me “Old Moody.”   Honestly, I never got such a shock from any paper in my life before!  I never had been called old before;  I cannot conceive of getting old.  I have a life that is never going to end.  Death may change my position but not my condition, not my standing with Jesus Christ.  Death is not going to separate us.

Old!  I wish you all felt as young as I do here tonight.  Why, I am only 62 years old!    If you meet me ten million years hence, then I will be young. 

Read Psalm 91.  “With long life will I satisfy him.”  That doesn’t mean 70 years.  Would that satisfy you?  Did you ever see a man of 70 satisfied?  Don’t they want to live longer? 

You know that 70 wouldn’t satisfy you.  Would 80?  Would 90?   Would 100?   If Adam had lived to be a million years old, and then had to die, he wouldn’t be satisfied.  “With long life I will satisfy him” —life without end! 

Don’t call me old.   I have only begun to live!!!

ERWIN LUTZER

Moody thought he wasn’t old at 62; as I write this, I am 20 years older than he was when he wrote that.  We spend so much of our time thinking about today that the reality of the life to come is only a distant anticipation.

So, let’s take a moment and reflect on eternity, specifically, the New Jerusalem.  Who dwells there?   God and His people:  “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man.  He will dwell with them, and they will be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God (Rev. 21:3).

If your name is written in the Book of Life, there is nothing permanent that can happen to you on Earth because you have a place reserved in heaven.  There’s a crown only you can wear.  There’s a room only you can enter.  There’s an assignment only you can perform.  You will be there reigning with Christ forever and ever.

PRAYER

Father, may I always live with eternal values in a transitory world. 

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Psalm 37:11

 But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

Psalm 37:18

 The LORD knows the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.

  Psalm 37:29 

The righteous shall inherit the land and dwell therein for ever.

Psalm 46:2

Therefore we will not  fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea.

Psalm 46:4-5

 There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High.   God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved:  God shall help her, and that right early.

Psalm 48:14 

For this God is our God for ever and ever.  He will be our guide even unto death.

Psalm 94:18-19 

When I said, My foot slips; thy mercy, O Lord held me up.  In the multitude of my thoughts within me Your comforts delight my soul.

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