...But God

1. Peter 1: 8-9

Creators & Guests

Host
Chad McBeam
Business Leader, Foster Advocate and Fighter of Human Trafficking, Chad enjoys hosting this podcast channel as a way to spread and highlight the great examples of those who live out their faith daily. He can also be seen on occasion on your TV or Film Screen or be heard narrating one of your books as his love of acting has stuck with him since his childhood.
Writer
Aaron Marcarelli
After getting his under-graduate degree from Cal State University San Bernardino where he played college baseball and received all American honors. he was a graduate assistant baseball coach at both Trevecca Nazarene College in Nashville, Tennessee, and at Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington.  He received his master’s degree in Teaching from Whitworth, with plans to someday be a head baseball coach at a university.  However, God had other plans.  Aaron started teaching English and History and coaching baseball and other sports at the high school level and found out how much he loves high school kids, and he has been doing that for the past 27 years.     Personally, heI has been married to his wife Sharon for 32 years, they have one daughter, Amanda Parrish, who has been married to Austin Parrish for 2 years. Aaron also has two grandsons Travis age 2 ½ and Aden who is 13 months and are blessed to have another on the way due in May. Aaron loves reading, golfing, and spending time with his wife and grandkids.
Designer
Linda Cowen
Linda Cowen of San Antonio Christian School is our gracious and talented art designer for the But God, weekday morning devotional series.

What is ...But God?

A weekday morning devotional series written by Aaron Marcarelli and hosted by Chad McBeam

“…and though you have not seen Him, you love Him, and though you do not see Him now, but believe in Him, you greatly rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, obtaining as the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.”
1 Peter 1:8-9 NASB2020

Verse 8 begins in the middle of the sentence so let’s review verses 5-7. My mom, commenting on yesterday’s devotion summed up verses 5-7 she said “Peter is trying communicates 2 important truths about our Salvation gained by Christ's death & resurrection.
1. We have an eternal inheritance & it's not a worldly, material inheritance, it's eternal, stored in heaven for us. Peter makes the point that it's by far more precious than gold.
2. In this knowledge of our wonderful inheritance we rejoice-we should be people of joy & even more joy. Peter explains that our faith in God's free gift is again better than gold.”

Verses 8-9 gives us a third truth which is; we have believed and had faith in those truths without seeing them happen. We have faith that God has given us forgiveness of sins, and eternal life with Him through Christ. We have faith that we will live in eternity in the greatest Kingdom ever, with the most benevolent King, who wants a personal relationship with each one of His subjects. God is so good!
So Why do we question Him? Why do we doubt? Why do we wallow in self pity regarding our circumstances? All those problems, difficulties, doubts are but a mist in the vast array of eternity.
Recall Luke 12: 25-28…“And which of you by worrying can add a day to his life’s span? Therefore if you cannot do even a very little thing, why do you worry about the other things? Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither labor nor spin; but I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these. Now if God so clothes the grass in the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, how much more will He clothe you? You of little faith!”

We have the Holy Spirit! Who by the way is part of the Trinity! Therefore, we have God in us, rely, seek and listen to the Holy Spirit. For our days on earth are numbered and then “when we have been there 10,000 years will have no less days to sing God’s praise, than when we first began.”

Our Lord and our God who has taken away our sin! We will forever praise you and your countless and perfect gifts. Help us always to seek you first. Help us to seek to trust you alway. So that we can be witnesses for your amazing gospel story. We love you and praise you for eternity. We pray all this in your most precious and Holy Name! Amen…
Shalom, Shalom blessings. Press In and Press On!