Exodus 18:1-27; Psalms 56:1-57:11; Acts 10:1-23
For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall. Isaiah 25:4
Need help? How many times do we resort to our own abilities or other earthly resources, thinking, “I’ve got this”, and in so doing, exercise independence of my loving God? Each of the above challenges and promised remedies are in the context of counting oneself as poor and needy. Independence from God leads us to the pride of self-assurance. Dependence upon God is an attitude, a virtue and a grand privilege. Become dependent upon God and find the joy of
taking His yoke upon you. —Doug Lewis
The Lord’s our rock, in Him we hide, a shelter in the time of storm;
Secure whatever ill betide, a shelter in the time of storm. —V. Charlesworth