Daily Devotion

April 27, 2006

Psa 119:135 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.

Our prayers can be so full of “gimme’s”.  “Gimme” this, and “gimme” that, and all for material blessings.

Two men stand before me in the tribunal of the opinions of the world:  
One is healthy, the other afflicted by disease.
One is decked with gold; the other is wearing threadbare rags.
One is wealthy, the other begging for his daily food.  
One has wit; the other is simple as child.
One’s life is wholesome, the other’s barely above sin’s flow
One’s life is long; the other was dramatic and short

Tell me my friend in the full honesty of your mind; do you equate the shining of God’s face on the “one”, or on the “other”?  Do you equate the blessing of God on popularity, abundance, long life, wealth, wit, or on the blessing of being taught God’s statutes?

Oh that we would look at His Words in the way God looks at them!
Oh that we would look at success in the way God looks at it!
Oh that we would look at riches in the way God looks at them!
Oh that we would look at death in the way God looks at it!

Help us to realize that Your face shines upon us as we bathe in the light and clarity of Your Words.  That there is no other blessing so dear as the warmth of Your precepts, and no other love so precious as the faithfulness of Your statutes.

Jam 2:5  Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?

Patrick Lumbroso
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