Jesus, our portion

The Psalmist wrote, Psalms 142:5 “I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou [art] my refuge [and] my portion in the land of the living.” How wonderful it is to have Jesus Christ for our portion today, dear ones. This declaration of God being the...

Wandering Desires

ECCLESIASTES 6.9 Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit. The phrase “wandering of the desire” literally means “the walking of the person.” What Solomon is telling us from experience is...

Contentment

The word contentment is a rare jewel in today’s world. Sad to say, it is equally rare amongst the Bride of Christ. To be content carries the idea of being satisfied. Paul said that he learned to be content. Well, if he learned how to be content, the implication is...

The Pursuit Of Contentment

Webster defines being contented this way: the feeling or manifestation of satisfaction with one’s possessions, status, or situation. From that definition, wouldn’t you think that the person most qualified to teach others about contentment would be the person who “has...

Forgetting…Forsaking…Frustration

The reason why God’s people literally ‘lost everything’ was because they cleaved to their lovers and forgot God. Now, there is a forgetting that is unintentional. However, this forgetting was more like when someone tells us to do something and we reply, ‘Forget you,...