Tues., 1/30/18 Devotion (Gen. 31:16b)

Today's encouragement comes from Genesis 31:16b, where we read these words:

" . . . whatever God has said to you, do it."

These words (above) of Jacob's wives, to him, are pretty good. How encour-aging is it, when other Christians urge us on in our holy faith, and the loving demands it puts on us? This is especially true, when what we are called upon to do, by God, is not easy, and it grates against our natural tendencies.

Let all the faithful church be found saying to one another: "Whatever God has said to you, do it." And what is it that God would have us always do? To be united to Jesus, by grace through faith. When this is the case, we can do any-thing the Lord calls upon us to do. When this is not happening, we can do nothing of any eternal value whatsoever.

[Puritan quote of the day: "What is it to enjoy good health, a brave [big] es-tate, and not to enjoy God?” —Thomas Watson, in, "A Body of Divinity"]