Deuteronomy 33:25 Your bars shall be iron and bronze,
and as your days, so shall your strength be. English Standard Version (ESV)
and as your days, so shall your strength be. English Standard Version (ESV)
We've been considering the importance of spending time in God's Word and in prayer, taking time daily to draw near to Him to find encouragement, hope and strength from Him.
We may find some degree of security in our homes with locks on our doors and perhaps even security systems. But all of us as Christians realize that it is God that provides for our security, He is our strength and can prepare us to face the day.
In our society we have all kinds of things to distract us, worries for the day and for tomorrow, next week and all the way to retirement. That should not be the focus of our lives. J.R. Miller has some good advice for us that goes along with today's scripture:
"Each day is, in a certain sense, a complete life by itself. It has . . .
its own duties,
its own trials,
its own burdens,
and its own needs.
It has enough to fill heart and hands for the one full day. The very best we can do for any day, for the perfecting of our life as a whole, is to live the one day well. We should put all our thought and energy and skill into the duties of each day, wasting no strength, either in grieving over yesterday's failures--or in anxiety about tomorrow's responsibilities.
We have nothing to do with life in the aggregate--that great bulk of duties, responsibilities, struggles, and trials which belong to a course of years. We really have nothing to do even with the nearest of the days before us--tomorrow.
Our sole business is with the one little day, now passing. Its burdens will not crush us--we can easily carry them until the sun goes down. We can always get along for one short day--it is the projection of life into the long future that dismays and appalls us. This lesson makes life easy and simple!"
its own duties,
its own trials,
its own burdens,
and its own needs.
It has enough to fill heart and hands for the one full day. The very best we can do for any day, for the perfecting of our life as a whole, is to live the one day well. We should put all our thought and energy and skill into the duties of each day, wasting no strength, either in grieving over yesterday's failures--or in anxiety about tomorrow's responsibilities.
We have nothing to do with life in the aggregate--that great bulk of duties, responsibilities, struggles, and trials which belong to a course of years. We really have nothing to do even with the nearest of the days before us--tomorrow.
Our sole business is with the one little day, now passing. Its burdens will not crush us--we can easily carry them until the sun goes down. We can always get along for one short day--it is the projection of life into the long future that dismays and appalls us. This lesson makes life easy and simple!"
May we live today that way and at the end of the day may we be able to sing:
The sun comes up, it's a new day dawning
It's time to sing Your song again
Whatever may pass, and whatever lies before me
Let me be singing when the evening comes
[Chorus]
Bless the Lord, O my soul
O my soul
Worship His holy name
Sing like never before
O my soul
I'll worship Your holy name
It's time to sing Your song again
Whatever may pass, and whatever lies before me
Let me be singing when the evening comes
[Chorus]
Bless the Lord, O my soul
O my soul
Worship His holy name
Sing like never before
O my soul
I'll worship Your holy name
In Christ,
Mike
Mike
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Eph 1:7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace NIV
Eph 1:7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace NIV
Deuteronomy 33:24-28
The Message (MSG)
24-25 Asher:
"Asher, best blessed of the sons!
May he be the favorite of his brothers,
his feet massaged in oil.
Safe behind iron-clad doors and gates,
your strength like iron as long as you live."
26-28 There is none like God, Jeshurun,
riding to your rescue through the skies,
his dignity haloed by clouds.
The ancient God is home
on a foundation of everlasting arms.
He drove out the enemy before you
and commanded, "Destroy!"
Israel lived securely,
the fountain of Jacob undisturbed
In grain and wine country
and, oh yes, his heavens drip dew.
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