September 5 Devotional

Posted on September 5, 2013 by drscott

Dear Friends,

This beautiful devotional warms my heart and gives me hope for my future.  I love the image of Christ as both “friend” and “savior”.  Many miss the relationship duality of our Lord and King.  It seems almost impossible that the creator of the universe could also be our friend.  But nothing is impossible with God!  (as the song says!)  And, on a more personal note, I am honored to call each of you “friend”.  I love sharing ministry with you each week.  Thank you for your faithfulness and servant hearts.  You bless me and so many others.  Peace and Love, Scott

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I Am Your Best Friend, as well as your King.  Walk hand in hand with Me through your life.  Together we will face whatever each day brings: pleasures, hardships, adventures, disappointments.  Nothing is wasted when it is shared with Me.  I can bring beauty out of the ashes of lost dreams.  I can glean Joy out of sorrow, Peace out of adversity.  Only a Friend who is also the King of kings could accomplish this divine alchemy.  There is no other like Me!

The friendship I offer you is practical and down-to-earth, yet it is saturated with heavenly glory.  Living in My Presence means living in two realms simultaneously: the visible world and unseen eternal reality.  I have equipped you to stay conscious of Me while walking along dusty, earthbound paths.

John 15:13-15  13Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. 14You are my friends if you do what I command. 15I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I havecalled you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.

Isaiah 61:3  3 and provide for those who grieve in Zion— to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair.  They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the LORD for the display of his splendor.

2 Corinthians 6:10 10sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.

Daily Devotional from “Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young

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