David Jeremiah Turning Point 27th October 2023 Devotional: Not Sad!
David Jeremiah Turning Point 27th October 2023 Devotional: Not Sad!
TURNING POINT DEVOTIONAL – 27 OCTOBER 2023 BY DR DAVID JEREMIAH
Read and Digest Today’s Dr David Jeremiah Devotional Message. May the Lord bless you.
Today’s Topic: Not Sad!
SCRIPTURE: If you loved Me, you would rejoice because I said, “I am going to the Father.” – John 14:28
Recommended Reading: Philippians 1:19-26
19 For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
20 According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.
21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
22 But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not.
23 For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
24 Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.
25 And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith;
26 That your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again.
DAVID JEREMIAH’S TURNING POINT OCTOBER 27TH, 2023
An old hymn says, “I came to Jesus as I was, weary and worn and sad; I found in Him a resting place, and He has made me glad.” That song was on the mind of a man visiting the British expositor Martyn Lloyd-Jones who was dying of cancer. The great preacher had become too weak to speak, so he communicated by nodding his head or gesturing. The friend suggested Lloyd-Jones accept medications that would make him more comfortable, but Lloyd-Jones wanted nothing to dull his mind. The friend said he was grieved to see Lloyd-Jones lying there “weary and worn and sad.”
That was too much for Lloyd-Jones. Rousing himself, he mustered his energy and whispered: “Not sad! Not sad!”1
Death can’t hold us in its grip when we know heaven awaits us. Jesus was speaking not only for Himself but for His followers when He said that if we loved Him, we would be glad that He was going to His Father. We naturally want to hold our loved ones close to us for as long as possible, but the Bible says that going to be with Jesus is “far better” (Philippians 1:23). Even at death’s door, we sorrow not as those who have no hope.
Do not hold me back from the glory.
Martyn Lloyd-Jones
Philip H. Eveson, Travel With Martyn Lloyd-Jones (Leominster, England, Day One Publications: 2004), 116.
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