Daily Devotion

 With Pastor Ancel Presnell

“MADE ME GLAD”

When I consider the handywork of God’s creation, I am in awe of His marvelous creation. The mountains and the sea; the rivers and the lakes; the prairies and the snowcapped mountaintops; it’s all just glorious. From the beasts that roam the earth, to the sea life that hasn’t even been able to be observed yet, to the fowl of the air, God’s creation has made me glad!

A look inside the spiritual realm of God’s handywork is even more astonishing than His creation. Man, a hopeless sinner and rebel against God. We were not searching for Him, and yet He came to us. We were spiritually dead in our sins, but He performed a remarkable act of grace.  Now, for those who have been saved by His grace through faith live as portraits of grace. This marvelous work of grace has made me glad!

One day, the Lord will have all His children with Him in eternal heaven. There will be no more death, sorrow, and pain. All the former trials and tribulations will be forever behind us, and we shall be with Him and all who have died in Him, forever! We must remind one another of this truth. The significance of eternity with Him and His children makes me glad too! We can find a thousand reasons to be unhappy, but the legitimacy of those reasons in comparison to the handy work of God leaves us bankrupt in the department of unhappy! God has made us glad!

Psalm 92: 4 “⁴ For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.”