Email from Abiding Place Daily Bread – May 23, 2025 (The Sixth Day – Genesis 1:24-31) Matthew 6:22 – The light of the body is the eye — therefore, if your eye is single, your whole body is full of light. Our Affections Hold The Key God is captivating! There is nothing more awesome and wonderful than being in His presence. Unfortunately, the reality is many of God’s people have never really come to know the joy of His manifest presence. They attempt to interact not only with an unseen God, but also with a God they cannot feel. Their hearts have been too divided to know this blessed state of virtuous communion. They cannot say, “One thing have I desired, and that will I seek after” (Psalm 27:4). Their eyes have not remained single upon the Lord, because too many of the cares of this life are equally important. If we are going to have the rich blessings of God, we must lay everything else aside and seek first the Kingdom. Then God can add all the things we need without the risk of having them divide our affections. Our affections have the most profound effect on our attitudes and emotions. They hold a key to our joy and rejoicing. If our eyes are single and our hearts are not divided, then there would never be a time where we find ourselves in Church sad and dejected. Instead, our faces would shine with His delights and our hearts would be full of expectation – because we are filled with light. Blessings, Pastor Mark Spitsbergen
Daily Bread 5/23/2025
