I have probably shared with you all before that I have been reading the same daily devotional for over 20 years. It never ceases to astound me with its spot on messages which seem always to align perfectly for what I need to hear in my life. The devotional came into my hands strangely on two different occasions. My first copy, I picked up in 1994 at a garage sale. While I was rummaging through a cardboard box of carelessly stacked books, the title spoke to me “God Calling,” so I picked it up and for years I have been reading the daily messages of Jesus speaking to my heart in first person.
As the book became yellowed and worn, the pages brittle, it became clear I needed to locate a new copy. About ten years later, I was at a library book sale in Punxatawney, PA. (We were visiting Phil the groundhog!) Lo and behold, while looking through another cardboard box, didn’t I find another copy! God called to me again from another random pile of discarded books! ... Great irony, God, because I pretty much am a random pile of discarded books!
Everyone, this devotional is unusually special. I attest to its messages. The author’s are anonymous; they simply call themselves “Two Listeners” for the messages they claim to have received were through apparitions they were given from Jesus. The editor, A. J. Russell, first published the book in 1899 as he found God’s words to the Listener’s to be both spiritually sound and highly inspirational, so he compiled the messages into a daily devotional. It has now seen over 50 publications.
Now to get to the point of this post. Today’s message from “God Calling” is one that prepares us for the New Year. I posted a picture of the book’s page for December 31 for you to read. It is titled “Jesus the Conqueror.” From here I will allow God’s words, if you choose to read them, speak for themselves. Consequently, today, having just completed a year of reading the Bible in its entirety, beginning to end, I find no fallacies in the messages of “God Calling.”
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