Thurs., 7/16/20 Devotion (Josh. 23:14b, c)

Today's encouragement comes from Joshua 23:14b & c, which says this:

"And you know in all your hearts and in all your souls that not one thing has failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spoke concerning you. All have come to pass for you; not one word of them has failed."

In the Lord Jesus every faithful Christian churchman knows that what is writ-ten (above) is true. In Christ the Redeemer, God has already delivered *all* His goods. The Lord has nothing more to give us; and He has nothing more to say to us. Jesus is His last Word, (Heb. 1:1-2). Those who seek for *any-thing* from God, beyond Jesus Christ, will receive nothing (positive) from Him.

Let us be thankful that we *already* possess everything in Christ, (Col. 2:9-10). *All* of God's promises have come to pass for us in Jesus. They are all "Yes," and "Amen," in Christ, (2 Cor. 1:20). Let us trust our faithful King; and let His church worship Him for all His goodness to us.

[Puritan quote of the day: "[Prayer] is God conversing with man, and man with God.” —William Bridge, in, "A Lifting Up for the Downcast"]