February 10
Psalms 119:52 I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself.
As we go through our daily routine, it is easy for us to get things out of perspective, to get to a point where we can’t see the forest for the trees. We can get wrapped up and busy addressing daily issues and lose focus of the “big picture”: the spiritual perspective. This is a wicked plot devised by the enemy to put us in a frame of mind where all we see is the perpetual pouring out of our own efforts, while we foolishly forget that the Lord is the one actually doing it all.
If we only would take the time to pause from our feverish activities; if we would but sit back prayer and meditation; all the ways in which our dear Jesus is the One who does all the work for us would suddenly appear. We would get excited as we see the manna He sent, as we realize that all we have to do is go collect it. Fear, tension and pressure would roll off our backs as we receive His faithful care and abundant blessings.
Today, if we feel distressed and overwhelmed, if we feel alone, with no one to turn to, let’s take the time to count our past, present and future promised blessings. Let’s open our eyes to all the ways in which our gentle Lord is with us, and let it be His gift of comfort for us.
His gift is not that He doesn’t let bad things happen to us, but that he is always with us when they do.
Psalms 42:6 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.
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