Daily Devotion

January 15, 2006

(Psa 119:17 KJV) Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word.

Oh, for the beauty of a life that is dependant on God! There is a bad connotation today to the word “dependant”.  It sounds weak, incomplete, insufficient, and needy that would restrain movement, curb personal freedom and cramp one’s style.  But here is a dependency that confesses that life itself comes from the bounty of its executor.  Here is a dependency that gives life, that strengthens.

A new Christian asked me once how is it that by submitting to God instead of to our own wishes and wants, we find freedom. The concept of being free through submission sounded contradictory to her. I just had to explain to her that because God is so much bigger and powerful than we are, by yielding to Him instead of ourselves, we take part of His divine nature, and obtain the freedom that a life on a bigger or spiritual plane offers us beyond the narrow confines of our limited human nature.

Yes, Lord, do deal bountifully with us.  Our lives depend upon it. Incline your heart to our poor and weak human nature.  Understand that when in abundance we are tempted to forget You, and when in lack we are tempted to curse You.  So please, deal with us mercifully that we may live and keep Your Word.

Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
(2Pe 1:4 KJV)