FAR GREATER THAN THESE
SONG DEVOTIONAL
Beloved, what is our greatest treasure? Dear friends, if we possessed all the lands of this fallen world, mountains of gold and precious jewels, or even somehow called the countless stars and trillions of galaxies our own, we would still possess nothing that could compare with Almighty God Himself! Every created thing came from Him and exists by His power, yet our ETERNAL Creator loved us with such incomprehensible agape love that He came into this fallen world and gave Himself for our sins! I don’t know how to say anything more wonderful than that! Jesus Christ, by whom God made the worlds and who upholds “all things by the word of his power,” is ETERNALLY far superior and greater than all these. Beloved, there is absolutely no comparison to Him and His creation (Heb. 1:2–3). He indeed is ETERNALLY far greater!
Almighty God has “set ETERNITY” within our hearts (Eccl. 3:11), and therefore no temporary possession can ever satisfy the deepest longing of the soul. Lost or saved, our soul is only ever looking for Almighty God, our ETERNAL Creator, to fill our ETERNAL void. This fallen world’s wealth fades, possessions perish, kingdoms disappear, and even this present creation will one day pass away. Yet our precious Jesus remains FOREVER! Dear friend, the greatest gift Almighty God could ever give us is Himself. It is the gift that will ETERNALLY never end! Through our salvation in Christ, we possess all of Christ. Jesus is our Savior, our ETERNAL righteousness, our ETERNAL Faithful Shepherd, our ETERNAL life, our ETERNAL inheritance, our chief agape love, and our ETERNAL possession and treasure. Nothing created can ever replace the ETERNAL precious One who created us and then shed His blood to redeem us! Oh, my beloved! How absolutely wonderful is that! No one in all of ETERNITY will EVER in FOREVER agape love you like Jesus!
Beloved, one glorious day we will begin to understand our ETERNAL precious Possession and Treasure more fully. It will take all of ETERNITY to just begin to scratch the surface of the ETERNAL treasures of our ETERNAL Treasure! What the Almighty has prepared for those who agape love Him is beyond anything this present world could ever offer (1 Cor. 2:9). In the ETERNAL ages to come, Almighty God’s servants “shall see his face” and reign with Him FOREVER and EVER (Rev. 22:3–5). Our greatest joy will not simply be heaven's wonders; it will be Jesus Himself! Therefore, beloved, hold the things of this temporal world very loosely and treasure your precious Treasure above all. Of every possession, every treasure, every star, and every galaxy, even Heaven’s glories we could ever imagine, our hearts can only joyfully proclaim: My precious Treasure and loving Savior is ETERNALLY FAR GREATER THAN THESE!
Ecclesiastes 3:11
Hebrews 1:2–3
Matthew 6:19–21
Philippians 3:7–8
1 Corinthians 2:9
Romans 8:38–39
Revelation 22:3–5
DEVOTIONAL QUESTIONS
Is Jesus Christ truly my greatest treasure, far greater to me than everything this fallen temporal world could ever offer?
How does Almighty God's incomprehensible agape love help me to hold earthly possessions more loosely?
When I think about ETERNITY, do I look forward most of all to seeing and being with my precious Savior?
PRAYER
Dear Heavenly Father,
Thank You for giving me the greatest treasure, Your precious Son. Help me, dear Lord, to hold the things of this world loosely and treasure my treasure, Jesus above every created thing.
I praise You and thank You, Heavenly Father, in Jesus' precious name; even so, come, Lord Jesus. Amen.