Wednesday after Quasi modo geniti
Posted on April 27, 2022 by under
Scripture: 1 Peter 1:22-25 (NKJV)
1:22 Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart, 23 having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever, 24 because
“All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls away,
25 but the word of the Lord endures forever.”
Now this is the word which by the gospel was preached to you.
Devotion
There is an old saying that in the United States, one hundred years is a long time, and in Europe, a hundred miles is a long distance. The saying is glib, but there seems to be some truth to it. Look at all of the things that have changed in the last sixty or seventy years. How can we imagine something that is not subject to the ravages of time?
And yet, this is exactly what God promises us about His Word. All around us, and even in our bodies, we see the ravages of time. Glory fades, accomplishments are forgotten. But what about God’s Word? God’s Word has been faithfully proclaimed since the days of Adam, the first prophet. God’s Word is faithfully proclaimed today, and God’s Word will be proclaimed up until the very moment that Christ returns in glory to give His believers their crown of life. We see the fruit of that Word in our mutual love for, and support of, our fellow believers in that Word. We seek out opportunities to show our love and thankfulness! And we thank God that He has preserved His Word, and will preserve it until the end of time.
Prayer: Grant, we beseech Thee, Almighty God, that we who have celebrated the solemnities of the Lord’s Resurrection, may, by the help of Thy grace, bring forth the fruits thereof in our life and conversation; through the same Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever One God, world without end. Amen.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson.
