God’s Promise: Seedtime and Harvest Forever

Thursday, November 28th (Thanksgiving): Genesis 8:18-22

Bible Verse:

“As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease.”

— Genesis 8:22 (EHV)

Devotion:

After the flood, Noah and his family left the ark, and God made a promise. He said that as long as the earth remains, the seasons will continue—seedtime and harvest, summer and winter. This was God’s way of saying that He would always take care of the world and provide for us. We can trust God’s promise that He will never leave us and will always provide for our needs.

On Thanksgiving, we remember all the ways God takes care of us. He gives us food, family, friends, and so much more. Just like He promised Noah, God promises to keep providing for us every day. We can be thankful for all the blessings He gives us, and we can trust Him to keep His promises.

Questions to think about:

1. What are some things you are thankful for today?

2. How does it feel to know that God promises to take care of you?

3. What can you do to show your thankfulness to God for all He provides?

Prayer:

Dear God, thank You for taking care of me and giving me so many blessings. Help me to always remember Your promise and to be thankful every day. Amen.

Activity Idea:

Draw a picture of something you are thankful for, like family, friends, or food.

Full Bible Reference:

“So Noah came out, together with his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives. All the animals and all the creatures that move along the ground and all the birds—everything that moves on land—came out of the ark, one kind after another. Then Noah built an altar to the Lord and, taking some of all the clean animals and clean birds, he sacrificed burnt offerings on it. The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: ‘Never again will I curse the ground because of humans, even though every inclination of the human heart is evil from childhood. And never again will I destroy all living creatures, as I have done. As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease.’”

— Genesis 8:18-22 (EHV)