DAILY?READINGS: Leviticus 12 to 13:23; Psalms 116-117; Mark 3:13-35
The LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people. Deuteronomy 7:6
Israel was holy, chosen and special. God had set His love upon them though they were few in number and weak. He did this simply because He loved them. It was this action that sanctified them and made them different from all others. Later in this chapter we read that they were also beloved, blessed, fruitful and victorious. Let us be reassured that we too, though as nothing in men’s eyes, enjoy even better blessings because we are the elect of God. —Roy Hill
A monument of grace, a sinner saved by blood,
The streams of love I trace up to the fountain, God,
And in His sovereign counsels see,
Eternal thoughts of love to me. —John Kent