Ken's Daily Devotional

11-9-05

Matthew 7:11
If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!

Jesus tells us that we are evil. He also tells us that in our wickedness, our radically being depraved, we still know how to give good gifts to our children. However, he truly wants us to know, that our Heavenly Father, has an inexhaustible goodness, and a great desire to give good gifts to those who ask Him.

This is a wonderful picture of our Father in heaven. He will not give bad gifts to his children, but good gifts. The greatest gift that He offers, is eternal life through His Son, the Lord Jesus. For anyone to say that God will not send anyone into eternal punishment (Hell), is absolutely correct. We choose this gift ourselves (1 Peter chapter 1). We can ask ourselves, since God offers only good gifts, is it possible that any creature he has made, that he's willing to send it to eternal damnation? Anyone who believes this will believe anything. Regardless of what anyone believes, GOD IS LOVE (1 John 4:16).

Heavenly Father, thank You so much for Your Son, the Lord Jesus, who is the greatest gift of all. We thank You for providing a way for us to come into Your presence. We ask for Your strength through the Holy Spirit, to help us to share our lives and what You have done for us. In Jesus' name we ask, amen.