By God’s Good Word
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
Left Rejoicing
Don’t Be Caught In the Ruts.
Look Up and See and
Rejoice!
Jeremiah 15:16
Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart; for I am called by your name, O Lord, God of hosts.
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Acts of the Apostles 8:38-39
He commanded the chariot to stop, and both of them, Philip and the eunuch, went down into the water, and Philip baptized him. When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away; the eunuch saw him no more, and went on his way rejoicing.
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Words of Grace for Today –
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So many people, so many times talk about encountering God’s Word
and
either
being so joyed that everything about their lives is denied, and a fake smile is plastered across their life, all the while their hearts rot out from under them,
or
find the burdens and costs (of discipleship that burn out their sins to make room for a new life) too much, so they proceed through life glum or depressed, while still claiming that God’s Good News has saved them again this day.
God intends for us to receive the Good (and Costly) News,
hungrily,
wholeheartedly,
submitting to the demands
and securing ourselves only in God’s Promises
to be with us,
And knowing Peace like not otherwise possible
and Joy as the primary event in our lives.
Smile also today
from the heart
for all that God provides is delightful
in the end.