In Times Like These
What an unbelievable couple of days with what is happening in Japan with the earthquakes, tremors, aftershocks, Tsunami’s. When I opened my copy of the Daily Light yesterday morning, the verses could not have been more fitting:
Oh, my God, my soul is in despair within me.
The steadfast of mind Thou wilt keep in perfect peace, because he trusts in Thee. Trust in the Lord forever, for in God the Lord, we have an everlasting Rock.
Cast your burden upon the Lord, and He will sustain you. He has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither has He hidden His face from him; but when he cried to Him for help, He heard. Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray.\
Let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful. Do not be anxious for your life, as to what you shall eat, or what you shall drink; nor for your body, as to what you shall put on. Is not life more than food, and the body than clothing?
Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; and yet YOUR heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they? Be not unbelieving, but believing – Lo, I am with you ALWAYS. Psalm 42:6; Isaiah 26:3,4; Psalm 55:22; Psalm 22:4; James 5:13; John 14:27; Matthew 6:25,26; John 20:27; Matthew 28:20
Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; and yet YOUR heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they? Be not unbelieving, but believing – Lo, I am with you ALWAYS. Psalm 42:6; Isaiah 26:3,4; Psalm 55:22; Psalm 22:4; James 5:13; John 14:27; Matthew 6:25,26; John 20:27; Matthew 28:20
Here is a link to an old gospel song made famous by George Beverly Shea: In Times Like These May it bring comfort to your hearts today. Bill Welte is President and CEO of America’s Keswick
Compass Pointers: May the power of your love, Lord Christ, fiery and sweet as honey, so absorb our hearts as to withdraw them from all that is under heaven. Grant that we may be ready to die for love of your love, as you died for love of our love. Francis of Assisi
Navigation Rules to Memorize: Level 1: Proverbs 11:19; Level 2: Proverbs 11:8-13
Anchored to the Rock: It is impossible for a believer, no matter what his experience, to keep right with God if he will not take the trouble to spend time with God. Spend plenty of time with Him; let other things go, but don’t neglect Him.” Oswald Chambers
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