Wednesday, August 16, 2017

DAILY READINGS: 1 Samuel 25:1-44; Isaiah 63:15-64:12; Romans 7:7-25

As the deer panteth for the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. Psalm 42:1

Psalm 42 and 43 are plaintive cries from the depths of the heart. David was alone and longing for God during this time of spiritual drought. Count the “whys,” “whens,” and “wheres,” of the struggling psalmist. Psalm 42 was a great favourite of the early Christians who were hunted in the catacombs. Inscribed on those dark, damp walls are many deer, expressing that they too were in deep anguish, feeling forsaken, yet their hearts still beat with hope! Three times (42:5, 11; 43:5), David challenges his faith and cries “Hope in God.” Thank God we have a blessed hope. Perhaps today! —Jim Comte

O child of God, there is for thee a hope that shines amid the gloom,
A gladsome hope that you shall see thy Lord, for He will surely come. —T. D. W. Muir

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