Who I Am In Christ Devotionals

  He fulfills the desires of those who fear him; he hears their cry for help and saves them. Psalm 145:19 (CSB) Let’s take a second an look at the first two words in this verse: He fulfills. I find it incredible that we live in a world, a universe where those two words, spoken about God, go together. He fulfills. Hey, He doesn’t have to fulfill anything. Yet, He set up the world, the laws of physics, of energy, of time and space. And He fulfills. He put those words together. What? It must go on to say that He fulfills the desires of good people. Of special people. Of people who have it altogether. Right? No. It says He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him. Those who take Him seriously. Those who respect His holy name. Look, he fulfills the desires of those who got nothing. Nothing. They just fear Him. Humbly. That tells me so much about about what I should be about. Do I fear? Some days I can be all so filled up with Father Adam instead of Father God. But I can com

  And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. Colossians 3:15 Let is a funny word. I believe in the Lord, that He died for my sins and rose again. These instructions from Paul are for me. Let. Funny word, let. It means I do something. Let what? The peace of Christ rule in my heart. I don't know about you, but I have usually thought of peace in my heart as something that happened to me. Or mostly not happened. If I don't have peace in my heart, something happened to take away my peace. That's how I think. I had a bad day. I woke up on the wrong side of the bed. The stock market collapsed. That all happened to me and ruined my day, right? Philippians 4:6 says, "Be anxious for nothing." So, I've missed something. Let. There's something I can do. I can let the peace of Christ rule in my heart. And the word let implies that it's easy. Like let the cat in. Or let me have a bite of that. Let.