Daily Devotion

February 12, 2006

(Psa 119:52 KJV)  I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself.

As we go through each day of our life, it is easy for things to get out of perspective to the point that we can’t see the forest for the trees.  We can get so wrapped up solving the little problems of each day that we lose focus of the “big picture”--the spiritual perspective.  This is a wicked plot devised by the enemy so that all we then see is the continual pouring out of our own effort, while we forget that the Lord is the one actually doing it all.

If we would sometimes pause from our feverish activities; if we would but take the time to look back while in prayer, we would suddenly see all the ways in which the LORD is doing all the work for us.  We would get excited in seeing Him work, sending the impossible manna in the desert so that all we have left to do is gather His many blessings.  

Today, if you feel distressed and overwhelmed; if you feel that you are left alone having no one to turn to, take the time to count your blessings; play the “glad” and see all the ways in which our gentle LORD has been with you, and this will His gift of comfort for you.  

His gift is not that He doesn’t let bad things happen to us, but that he is always with us when they do!

O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.
(Psa 42:6 KJV)