Daily Devotional, Year 3: October 29 (Flower of the Field, Part 22: “Struggling Through An Unequal World”)

By admin On February 17th, 2021

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Daily Devotional, Year 3: October 29

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As The Flower of The Field:

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Part 22

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“Struggling Through An Unequal World”

To read part 1, click here…March 19th (As the Flower of the Field!)

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WOW! What a world we live in!

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Just turn on the TV or surf through the Internet! And it doesn’t take long to realize that we live in a very unequal world!

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New cars we can’t possibly afford!

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Mansions we’ll never live in!

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Beautiful people we can’t possibly measure up to!

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Riches and wealth we could never attain!

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Athletes we could never compete with!

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Songs we could never compose!

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Talents we simply do not possess!

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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Howard_Hughes_piloting_Spruce_Goose.jpgCareers we could never qualify for!

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Vacation resorts we might never enjoy!

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Yes, this is the world we live in!

Hearst-castle-Foto-Anke-Meskens-Wikipedia-Share-alike-License

James Bond – by SteveBancroft – Wikimedia – Creative Commons 4.0 – cropped photo

Beethoven – Wikipedia – Public Domain

Howard Hughes piloting Spruce Goose – Wikimedia – Creative Commons license

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“Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.”

Psalm 73:12 

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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elvis_Presley_promoting_Jailhouse_Rock.jpgOh yes, there are those who do seem to measure up to the high standards which society exalts before our eyes each day, and before the eyes of our children. And those who do seem to live a charmed life in one way or another, give us no comfort as we struggle with our own personal inadequacies! Oh yes, we desire to be like them.

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Even the Psalmist wrote…“For I was envious…when I saw the prosperity of the wicked…They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men…Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wishBehold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.” Psalm 73:3, 5, 7, 12 

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Yes, even this Psalmist was jealous as he looked at the charmed life of others who were not plagued on a daily basis as he was.

Elvis Presley – Wikipedia – Public Domain

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“But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise…”

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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Poor_man_reading.jpgBut God has not often chosen the rich or the strong or the worldly wise or the mighty to be rich in faith.

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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Man_holding_Bible_and_sporting_Jesus_Saves_sign_on_his_hat.jpgListen…“For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought, things that are…” 1st Corinthians 1:26-28

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Here we see that God exalts exactly the opposite of what the world exalts! He mostly chooses those who are not the wisest, nor the strongest, nor the most beautiful, nor the richest to be His ambassadors to this lost world.

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Homeless man reading Bible – Wikimedia share-alike license

Old Man Street-Preaching – Wikipedia – Courtesy of Been Around A While at en.wikipedia – Share-alike License

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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bob_Hope_and_Bing_Crosby_in_Road_to_Bali.jpg“For I was envious…when I saw the prosperity of the wicked…They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men…Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish”

Psalm 73:3, 5, 7

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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marilyn_Monroe_Lexington_Subway_Image_(14551832204).jpgBut the unseen rulers of this evil and selfish world do just the opposite of God. They instead choose the wisest, the strongest, the most beautiful, the most talented, the wittiest, and the richest to be Lucifer’s spokespeople, and his role-models to the onlooking world!

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And so, why should we be surprised when we turn on our high-tech devices, only to discover that it’s filled with such fortunate ones: the winners in life…life in this fallen world?

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Bob Hope and Bing Crosby – Wikimedia – Public Domain

Marilyn Monroe Lexington Subway (cropped) Image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Martin,_John_-_Satan_presiding_at_the_Infernal_Council_-_1824.JPG“…In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them”

2nd Corinthians 4:4 

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Of course, these inequities only cause the unsaved to strive to be among the best-of-the-best.

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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Texting_closeup.jpgAnd let’s face it, these high-tech devices are the present-day means of causing the world to bow down to this supreme Ruler of Darkness, the False Prophet, Lucifer, now called The Devil and Satan! 

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Yes, Satan has now manifested himself as the False Prophet of Revelation 13 & 17, as he uses these devices to deceive, captivate, ensnare the lost citizens of this world, as well as many naïve/unlearned Christians.

Satan presiding at the Infernal Council – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

Girl Texting – Wikimedia – Creative Commons 2.0

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“GOOD NEWS FROM A FAR COUNTRY”

Proverbs 25:25

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Well, the extremely Good News is that those who have had their eyes opened to Heaven’s Truth are actually the richest of the rich!

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This is because they possess the unsearchable riches of eternal life and the true wisdom which the unsaved world cannot know, nor comprehend! (Ephesians 3:8, Revelation 5:12, James, 3:15-17)

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Yes, they are teaming up with the God of infinite power, wisdom, and universal love! And among those heavenly riches are the virtues of sympathy and Christlike compassion even for those who prosper in this world, yet are not rich toward God!

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Yes, while we once envied those whom the world considers to be its ‘crème-de-la-crème’, we now have only pity for them! And we constantly pray that they too might escape this graveyard, called Planet Earth, in which all lost souls will be merely return to dust-in-the-wind for all time and eternity.

ABOVE PICTURE: The True Upward Pathway www.signsofheaven.org

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https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&thid=AMMS_c04f2c2e94d505789c8dbb7310b6df32&mediaurl=http%3a%2f%2fupload.wikimedia.org%2fwikipedia%2fcommons%2fthumb%2f3%2f38%2fScorpius_IAU.svg%2f500px-Scorpius_IAU.svg.png&exph=618&expw=500&q=scorpio+constellation&selectedIndex=0&stid=635d1ac6-ab54-57e6-86be-4609fbaeeea9&cbn=EntityAnswer&ajaxhist=0TO READ PART 23, CLICK HERE…

NOVEMBER 13TH (As the Flower of the Field! Part 23 “Why is This Flower Pointing Upward?”)

ABOVE STAR-CHART: Flower of the Field Constellation commonly known as Scorpio – seen in spring through summer (Flower drawn in over Wikipedia star-chart)

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TODAY’S PRAYER…http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Holy_bible.jpg

“Dear Lord, Help me to be an open-minded seeker of truth, even if it means giving up a very highly regarded Church opinion! Let me be willing to investigate any seemingly new teaching if it appears to have some biblical validity…

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read…JULY 19 (As The Flower of the Field, Part 4: “The Eternal Beauty Salon!”)or you can also read… November 1 (The City of Morality, Part 8: “Living The Dream!”)

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THE END

.Soldiers of the Cross - Armor-Up!

 

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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN

Info & pics of constellations on this site from Wikipedia & International Astronomical Union (click here)

 

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FINALLY WALKING UPWARD INTO THE HIGHWAYS OF ETERNITY

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Day by day, you will find yourself walking, like the Disciples, spreading the precious Gospel seed wherever the Spirit leads.

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Taking the lovely name of Jesus, with every word spoken. Walking through this sin-darkened world, witnessing to those who take notice that of a truth, Jesus is present within you. Even like faithful Enoch, walking through the highways and byways of life in this world, spreading the Gospel-seed of unpretentious love.

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Day by day, you will become more and more closed in with God. Moment by moment, your heart will become intertwined with God’s heart, eventually two hearts beating as one heart.

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And just like Enoch, when the appointed time of sojourning on earth is finally done…you will walk onward…and upward…and into the highways and byways of eternity. (“And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.” Genesis 5:24).

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ThomasCole – Pilgrim of the Cross at the End of His Journey – wikimedia – US public domain

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “Castor and Pollux & The Mystery Ship of Scripture”

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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alquezar_angel_m%C3%BAsic2.jpgTOMORROW…

October 30 (Noble Bereans, Part 26 – “The Message of the Third Angel of Revelation 14”)

Angel with trumpet – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0

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20+ MINUTE AUDIO JEREMIAH STUDY

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ALL ‘NOBLE BEREANS’ (open-minded seekers of Bible truth) ARE ENCOURAGED TO BEGIN FOLLOWING THIS 650+ AUDIO BIBLE STUDY THROUGH THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH EACH DAY ON THIS DAILY DEVOTIONAL. 

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THIS IS STUDY #300 PRESENTED BY THE LATE HAROLD CAMPING…

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Prophet Jeremiah – www.christianimagesource.com – Public Domain

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Click on image credit links below each photo, for licensing names, details, and tags, etc…. 

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