Daily Devotion

March 14, 2006

Psa 119:84 KJV  How many are the days of thy servant? When wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?

Everyone is “old”.  We never know how old we are. Our time may be up tomorrow. When a life has seen its share of troubles, one may wish for a little reprieve before dying.  One may pray God for a time of peace before the end.  One may also wish to see vengeance on those who viciously persecuted him without a cause.  

When John was taken to the dimension of the spirit to be informed about the future of the world, he saw the Christian martyrs who had been persecuted for the name of God.  Even they were impatient, and were demanding of the LORD when would the judgment of those who caused them so much hurt and pain come (Rev 4:2; 6:9-11).

We may feel old and poured out, given out and taken from.  The virtues of brokenness may pour out freely from our shattered vessel.  But as the old song says:

Tempted and tried we're oft made to wonderWhy it should be thus all the day longWhile there are others living about usNever molested though in the wrongFarther along we'll know all about itFarther along we'll understand whyCheer up my brother live in the sunshineWe'll understand it all by and byWhen death has come and taken our loved onesIt leaves our home so lonely and drearAnd then do we wonder why others prosperLiving so wicked year after year
Farther along we'll know all about itFarther along we'll understand whyCheer up my brother live in the sunshineWe'll understand it all by and byWhen we see Jesus coming in gloryWhen he comes down from his home in the skyThen we shall meet him in that bright mansionWe'll understand it all by and by

2Pe 3:9 KJV  The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Patrick Lumbroso
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