MFM Daily Devotional 1 August 2023
TOPIC: Symbols of God’s Faithful Care (I)
MEMORY VERSE
But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children.
1 Thessalonians 2:7
MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES: You can trust God with tomorrow because He was faithful yesterday.
PROPHETIC WORD FOR TODAY
I decree that the All-Sufficient God will appear in your situation and meet you at the point of your need, in the name of Jesus.
FIRE SCRIPTURE: Psalm 103:1-13
PRAISE AND WORSHIP: Take praise and worship songs as led by the Holy Spirit
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Psalms 146 – 147; Hebrews 11 – 12
MFM Daily Devotional 1 August 2023 MESSAGE
Our God is exceptionally loving and caring. The Bible highlights His faithful care for us in several ways. We need to understand this and thank Him for it daily. Let us identify some of the symbols of His faithful care in the Bible.
The first symbol of God’s faithful care for us is that He comforts us like a mother. In Isaiah 66:13, the Bible says, “As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.” Similarly, in the New Testament, Paul wrote to the church at Thessalonica that “just as a nursing mother cares for her children, so we cared for you. Because we loved you so much, we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God but our lives as well” (1 Thessalonians 2:7-8).
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The second symbol of God’s faithful care to us is that He has compassion on us like a father. Here, the idea is that if a father’s child is ill, he will feel sympathy for the child, but compassion is reflected in nursing the child back to health. If one of his children is in trouble, the father hurts for him, and compassion inspires him to extricate the child from danger. Like a good father, our heavenly Father demonstrates strong compassion for us.
He understands what we face, and He cares for us. 1 Peter 5:7 encourages us to cast all our anxiety on our Father in heaven for that reason. Lamentations 3:22-23 reminds us, “The steadfast love of the Lord never ceaseth; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning: great is His faithfulness.” In the time of the Judges, the Lord rescued His people from their enemies. He saw that their enemies were afflicting and oppressing them to the point that they were groaning. Therefore, He was moved to their pity (Judges 2:16-18).
The third symbol of God’s faithful care is that He feeds His children like a nursing mother. God is our Shepherd, Provider and Sufficiency. The Bible says that He opens His hand and satisfies the desire of every living being. All eyes look unto Him and He gives them their meat in due season. Beloved, give quality praise to God for His faithful care to you today!
MFM Daily Devotional 1 August 2023 PRAYER POINTS
MORNING
1. Father, I thank You for Your faithful care that is genuine and unparalleled, in the name of Jesus.
2. Thank You Father because Your faithful care supplies all my needs, in the name of Jesus.
3. Father, I appreciate your deliverance and protection that are products of Your faithful care to me, in the name of Jesus.
EVENING
4. I am inscribed in the palms of God’s hands, in the name of Jesus.
5. God’s eyes run to and fro the whole earth and He shows Himself mighty in my affairs, in the name of Jesus.
6. My family and I will enjoy the compassion of God forever, in the name of Jesus.
7. I plug my life and destiny into the socket of divine favour, in the name of Jesus.
