David Jeremiah Turning Point – David Jeremiah Devotional Today
David Jeremiah Turning Point. Theme – I DIDN’T KNOW . . . !
And immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and caught [Peter], and said to him, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?”
Matthew 14:31
Recommended Reading: Psalm 69:1-2
In the early days of our technological age, computers and other devices came with large instruction manuals. Today we are so familiar with how digital devices work that we can usually figure them out. And invariably, this leads to a recognition that: “I didn’t know it could do that!”
The three years the disciples spent with Jesus were similar to that utterance. Imagine—they had never seen anyone multiply loaves and fish, cast out evil spirits, or heal the lame, sick, and blind. Every day was, “I didn’t know He could do that!” Another thing they didn’t know was that Jesus could walk on water—and allow them to do the same. But when Peter got out of the boat to walk toward Jesus, he began to sink in the waves. Jesus caught him, of course, but asked him, “Why did you doubt?” Life with Jesus is a never-ending discovery of His love and power, if only we will trust Him.
If you have an “unusual” need today, something you’ve never trusted God for, let today be the day that you do. Explore, trust, discover life with a miracle-working Lord.
I never have any difficulty believing in miracles, since I experienced the miracle of a change in my own heart.
Augustine
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The Brevity of Life
Moses went on in Psalm 90 to contrast God’s eternal nature with the brevity of our lives. He compared us to grass, which springs up in the morning and is mowed down in the evening (verse 6). Other biblical passages reinforce this. Job 7:6 says our days are “swifter than a weaver’s shuttle.” First Chronicles 29:15 compares them to a shadow. According to Psalm 78:39, our lives are like a wind that passes and doesn’t return. James compares them to a mist or vapor that appears for a moment and then vanishes, and Isaiah says we’re like daylilies that bloom in the morning and fade in the evening (James 4:14; Isaiah 40:6).
David Jeremiah Turning Point teaches that this is extremely depressing for those without Christ. Lord Byron, in his poem “On This Day I Complete My Thirty-Sixth Year,” bemoaned: “My days are in the yellow leaf; the flowers and fruits of love are gone; the worm, the canker, and the grief, are mine alone!” Shakespeare’s character Macbeth was equally distraught when he said (in updated terms), “I am sick at heart… My life is withering and falling away like the yellowed leaves of autumn.”
That’s pretty depressing, isn’t it?
It’s so depressing that Jesus Christ came to do something about it. The whole purpose of the birth, death, and resurrection of Christ was to provide hope to the world and everlasting life to all who receive Him by faith. Peter said to Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life” (John 6:68). Jesus Himself promised, “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand” (John 10:27-28).
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