DAILY?READINGS: Joshua 14-15; Isaiah 10:5-34; 1 Thess. 1 to 2:12
I sought him, but I found him not. Song of Solomon 3:1
Mary and Joseph sought Jesus and found Him in the temple. They thought He was lost, but He was right where they left Him (Luke 2:46). If our companionship with Him is broken, it is not He who has moved, but us. We can’t lose our salvation but we can lose our fellowship with Him. Unconfessed sin, inattention to our Bible, failure to pray, and neglecting to gather with God’s people—all break fellowship. The journey back to where we have left Him begins with confession and continues with a renewed focus on the Scriptures, prayer and Christian fellowship. Later the bride said, “I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go” (Song 3:4). This can be our blessed reality too. —Milton Haack
Fill Thou my life, O Lord my God, in every part with praise,
That my whole being may proclaim, Thy being and Thy ways. —Horatius Bonar