DAILY?READINGS: Deuteronomy 2; Eccl. 2:12 to 3:15; Luke 6:20-49
The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. Deuteronomy 33:27
What words of comfort to the child of God passing through this hostile world. Here we have a promise that the “eternal God” is our refuge, meaning that His protection is not subject to change through time, like that of the human kind, but is guaranteed for as long as He shall endure, and that means forever. But not only do we need refuge, we need to know that we are loved, and that there are arms that will always be there to hold us, and to support us. Such is the provision that God has made for us His people, and we need not fear. —W. H. Burnett
Underneath me, all around me, is the current of Thy love,
Leading onward, leading homeward, to my blessed rest above.
—S. T. Francis