Daily Devotional
"Who is a God Like You?"
So it is, I come to my final devotional. It has been nearly five years since I was hired at Campus Bible Church. My last day of employment will be Thursday, April 30th. Many have asked what our plans are. Regarding the church, we will attend at Palm as a rule, starting in May, and continue through 2026. We will stay back from any special commitments during this period. We will at times join our family in other places.
In the bigger picture, our daughter would have us closer to her, south of Easton. So our longer-term future is out that way. More immediately, we hope and plan to visit our older daughter in No Carolina in June, to see our youngest granddaughter, Tessa, graduate from high school. We will also be involved with another granddaughter, Jazmine, regarding her wedding in September. I will have the privilege of officiating her marriage to her fiancé, Jack, a wonderful Christian young man! Lynn and I have begun pre-marital counseling with them.
As I write this devotional, I am just finishing reading through the book of Micah, in the Amplified version. Yesterday I turned in my official letter of resignation. I am moved with a little sorrow and into slow and quiet reflection. But I am still ready for this life change.
The final three verses in Micah move me almost beyond comprehension! The expressions there are at the core of our Christian hope – God’s forgiveness, His constant delight in mercy and lovingkindness. His compassion. These are a great encouragement to me as I think about my employment exit, and the sometimes-bewildering changes ahead for us, as our years of life make us contemplate what winding down toward our end of days might look like.
In the bigger picture, our daughter would have us closer to her, south of Easton. So our longer-term future is out that way. More immediately, we hope and plan to visit our older daughter in No Carolina in June, to see our youngest granddaughter, Tessa, graduate from high school. We will also be involved with another granddaughter, Jazmine, regarding her wedding in September. I will have the privilege of officiating her marriage to her fiancé, Jack, a wonderful Christian young man! Lynn and I have begun pre-marital counseling with them.
As I write this devotional, I am just finishing reading through the book of Micah, in the Amplified version. Yesterday I turned in my official letter of resignation. I am moved with a little sorrow and into slow and quiet reflection. But I am still ready for this life change.
The final three verses in Micah move me almost beyond comprehension! The expressions there are at the core of our Christian hope – God’s forgiveness, His constant delight in mercy and lovingkindness. His compassion. These are a great encouragement to me as I think about my employment exit, and the sometimes-bewildering changes ahead for us, as our years of life make us contemplate what winding down toward our end of days might look like.
Micah 7:18-20 – "Who is a God like You, who forgives wickedness
And passes over the rebellious acts of the remnant of His possession?
He does not retain His anger forever,
Because He [constantly] delights in mercy and lovingkindness.
He shall again have compassion on us;
He will subdue and tread underfoot our wickedness [destroying sin’s power].
Yes, You will cast all our sins
Into the depths of the sea.
You shall give truth to Jacob
And lovingkindness and mercy to Abraham,
As You have sworn to our forefathers
From the days of old." (Amplified Bible)
And passes over the rebellious acts of the remnant of His possession?
He does not retain His anger forever,
Because He [constantly] delights in mercy and lovingkindness.
He shall again have compassion on us;
He will subdue and tread underfoot our wickedness [destroying sin’s power].
Yes, You will cast all our sins
Into the depths of the sea.
You shall give truth to Jacob
And lovingkindness and mercy to Abraham,
As You have sworn to our forefathers
From the days of old." (Amplified Bible)
He casts all our sins into the depths of the sea! Who does not need that? He gives us truth, now embodied in Christ. He delights in mercy and lovingkindness. I want to be more like Him!
He keeps giving us truth, lovingkindness and mercy. These His sworn promises to His people, “from the days of old.” We are some of those people. Hallelujah!
We all have confident hope for the future ahead of us on earth, and then in heaven with Him forever. Take today’s passage with you as you press ahead in life. Jesus will meet you there over and over. Let it be your own private grotto where you withdraw to meet with Him.
Say to Him, “Who is a God like You?”
Read: Micah 7:7-20, Psalm 36:5-10
Sing: Lead Me to Calvary, by Jennie Evelyn Hussey (Wm. J. Kirkpatrick),
Seek: Look up the word, “grotto.”
He keeps giving us truth, lovingkindness and mercy. These His sworn promises to His people, “from the days of old.” We are some of those people. Hallelujah!
We all have confident hope for the future ahead of us on earth, and then in heaven with Him forever. Take today’s passage with you as you press ahead in life. Jesus will meet you there over and over. Let it be your own private grotto where you withdraw to meet with Him.
Say to Him, “Who is a God like You?”
Read: Micah 7:7-20, Psalm 36:5-10
Sing: Lead Me to Calvary, by Jennie Evelyn Hussey (Wm. J. Kirkpatrick),
Seek: Look up the word, “grotto.”
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