DAILY READINGS: Numbers 18; Proverbs 15; 2 Peter 2
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. Psalm 23:1
To a large congregation, two visitors were introduced. The fi rst one
was a young orator, who was asked to recite Psalm 23. His oratory was
so moving that it ended with a standing ovation. Then they asked the
other visitor, an elderly gentleman, to recite the same psalm. There
was no standing ovation, but tears in everyone’s eyes. The orator
stood up and said, “I can explain the diff erence, I know the psalm,
but this gentleman knows the Shepherd.” Paul expresses our desire
too, “That I may know Him” (Phil. 3:10). —Milton Haack
I know not when my Lord may come, at night or noonday fair,
Nor if I’ll walk the vale with Him, or meet Him in the air.
But I know Whom I have believèd, and am persuaded that He is able
To keep that which I’ve committ ed unto Him against that day. —D. Whittle