DAILY READINGS: 2 Chronicles 32; Ezekiel 48; 1 John 2:12-29
My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth. Job 19:20
As thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death. 1 Sam. 20:3b
For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. James 4:14b
The fragility of life is expressed in these verses. Teeth don’t have much skin, and if we take one false step, we, like a rising vapour could leave this scene. What will it be like to hear Him say my name, just as He called the apostle John to “Come up here,” (Rev. 4:1)? How thankful we should be for our hope in Christ. No fear to those in Him, just anticipation! —Tom Steere
Saviour, Thee we’d still be blessing, serve Thee here, as soon above.
Praise Thee, Saviour without ceasing, glory in Thy dying love. —C. Wesley