3-27-2023

Our devotion for today is “Are You at Peace?” My text is found in Psalm 102:24-28 where we read, “I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations. Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end. The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.” (KJV)

Are you experiencing peace today in your heart and life? Maybe you’re troubled about the condition of our nation, or perhaps there are some personal problems in your life that are causing you to be anxious in your soul. It may even be that sins of your past, which although you’ve ask for and received forgiveness from God, are still causing heartache because the adversary keeps reminding you of them.

No matter what it may be that is agitating your thoughts and causing great turmoil in your heart and life, I want you to know that God has not abandoned you and left you to wallow in misery. Here in our text, the Psalmist David is writing about his affliction, being overwhelmed by the troubles in his life, and speaking about the earth and the heavens, declared, “They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.” In the book of the Revelation we read in chapter 1:8, “I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.” (KJV) Here, John listens to these words from Jesus Christ, the Son of God declare His sovereignty, which simply means, Jesus Christ declares that He is in complete control and nothing is outside of His complete control. Why then should I fear or be anxious? I am glad that, for those who know the Lord as Savior and Shepherd, we can rest fully in Him and be at peace.

Pastor Joey Durham