Devotion by: Kathy Zimmerman
Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.
What we don’t know is a lot. Somehow, a four-dollar cup of coffee has become a daily necessity and we “need” cars that get only twelve miles to the gallon. We gamble our money away in Vegas and revere the Gucci-wearing
But God spoke to him and said, “Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.” God asked Jeremiah to have faith, that though there is suffering, there will be redemption. Are we able to hold that faith? Do we listen for God’s word to touch us and show us His way? Too often, I suppose, our search for things we do not know starts with Google. Our money is in our pocket and we spend now for we do not know what to
morrow will bring. Can we find faith to share what we have rather than spend what we have?
When I was sixteen years old, my Aunt Gert was diagnosed with cancer. Treatment in those days was much harsher than it is today. She suffered a great deal. While in the hospital due to complications of her treatment, Aunt Gert had a conversation with my mother in which she said that if God was ready for her, she was ready for Him. It wasn’t a statement of resignation but rather it was a statement of acceptance. She explained that she had asked God to let her live to see her children grown and He had granted her that. She had powerful faith in God’s plan for her. His plan was to have her enrich our lives for another twenty-seven years. Her statement of faith at that very trying time inspired me to become an oncology nurse. Now, I am blessed with the opportunity to witness other amazing faith stories from the people I treat. Thankfully, there are many.
Constant and unwavering faith is an amazing and powerful thing.
PRAYER: God, grant us, your servants, the strength to follow your word faithfully, to share what you have given to us and to know that your will is above all else. Amen.
2 comments:
I have truly enjoyed the daily devotions and just wanted to let you know that I have printed out some of them for later use. It is interesting to me to see the different slants that others get on passages that are well known to me.
The one for today was especially poignant for me because we really do somehow forget to say thanks for so many of the things in this life that we take for granted -- almost consider them entitlements when actually all of them come from our Heavenly Father.
A question, though: Are the bible passages assigned to each contributor or are they chosen by the writers? Just curious.
A response from the editor: The complete set of Bible verses is selected in advance, and the contributors choose from among the proffered passages. Some contributors read through the list of passages looking for verses they particularly know; other times they select verses based on the dates. Usually the contributor perceives some connection with or affinity for the passage chosen. We have used a variety of pre-programmed Bible readings in the past, usually from Creative Communications for the Parish, which publishes daily lectionaries for Lent and Advent. This year, however, the readings were culled from various materials provided by the company that is guiding us in our capital campaign, since we intended the Devotions to be a prayer guide for the members of our congregation who are contemplating a gift to the Campaign.
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