David Jeremiah Devotional 20th March, 2019
Theme For David Jeremiah Devotional 20th March – THE “BETTER” PRINCIPLE
Look!” [the king] answered, “I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire; and they are not hurt, and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.”
Daniel 3:25
Recommended Reading: Mark 4:35-41
The “better” principle is illustrated a number of different ways in Proverbs. For instance, Proverbs 15:16 says, “Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasure with trouble.” And Proverbs 16:8 reminds us that “Better is a little with righteousness, than vast revenues without justice.”
Another example of the “better” principle is this: Being in God’s will in a difficult place is better than being out of God’s will in an easy place. Or, said another way: Being in a hard place with God is better than being in an easy place without Him. There are examples in Scripture. When the three young Hebrew men found themselves in a fiery furnace in Babylon, they discovered that another person—“like the Son of God”—was with them. And they came out alive. Likewise, when the disciples were crossing the Sea of Galilee with Jesus in a storm, His presence assured their survival.
God may not always keep us out of hard places, but He is always with us. A hard place with Him is better than an easy place without Him.
The more terrible the storm, the more necessary the anchor. – William S. Plumer
Credit – David Jeremiah