Friday, July 14, 2017

DAILY READINGS: Judges 7:1-25; Isaiah 28:1-29; 1 Corinthians 7:1-40

And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices (plans), and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart. Jeremiah 18:12

This is an apt description of our current world. Hopelessness reigns. So eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die. If it feels good—do it! What a difference the entrance of the gospel makes in these desperate
times. When we trust the Saviour for salvation we have a living hope, an anchor for the soul, a helmet of salvation, the hope of eternal life. “Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord” (Jer. 17:7). —W. H. G.

Blessed quietness, holy quietness, what assurance in my soul!
On the storm sea, He speaks peace to me, how the billows cease to roll! —Manie Ferguson