DAILY?READINGS: 2 Sam. 18 to 19:8; Jeremiah 2 to 3:5; Gal. 4:1-20
Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed; I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids, until I find out a place for the LORD. Psalm 132:3-5
David was committed to making the Lord’s concerns his top priority. He was so absorbed with his desire to build a temple that he was determined to neither sleep or slumber until he found “a place for the Lord.” Devotion to Christ is not a casual matter—it is all encompassing and desires to put His work above our own. We will never regret making time for Him in our busy schedules, even if it means a little less time for us. He will give us strength for the day.
—Mark Kolchin
Press on! Press on! Ye sons of light, untiring in your holy fight,
Still treading each temptation down, and battling for a brighter crown. —W. Gaskell