DAY 87 Read Joshua 19 through 21.
Today's reading completes the dividing of the Land of Canaan, and then names the six cities of refuge and the other cities given to the Levites throughout the land.
Memory gem: "In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge" (Proverbs 14:26).
Thought for today:
The safety afforded by the city of refuge did not depend upon its wall, gates, or guards, but solely upon the divine appointment. So it is the word of God that gives us all safety in Christ, "for him hath God the Father sealed" (John 6:27).
All who flee to Christ will be received. All races, all classes, all kinds of people are invited--yes, urged to come. The Saviour says, "All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out" (John 6:37).
As it was the death of the high priest which made the prisoner in the city of refuge free, so the death of our Lord Jesus Christ upon the cross was for us, and it sets the believer free from condemnation. God cannot overlook sin, the transgression of His commandments (see 1 John 3:4). Divine justice must be done, and the righteous sentence must be pronounced; but Christ Himself pays the debt and the sinner is set free.
My friend, are you in God's city of refuge? It is the only safe place in the world today. Has Psalm 142:4 been your experience? "I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul."
Has human refuge failed you? Have there been times when it seemed that no man cared for your soul? Well, there is a refuge--there is one Friend who cares. Just read the next verse: "I cried unto thee, O Lord: I said, thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living" (verse 5). There it is: the Lord is our refuge. As we read in another place: "In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge" (Proverbs 14:26).
That's what a man needs when he is in trouble--"strong confidence" and a "place of refuge." And that's what you will find in Christ. I have found it so, and thousands--yes, millions--testify to the same blessed truth.
Today's reading completes the dividing of the Land of Canaan, and then names the six cities of refuge and the other cities given to the Levites throughout the land.
Memory gem: "In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge" (Proverbs 14:26).
Thought for today:
The safety afforded by the city of refuge did not depend upon its wall, gates, or guards, but solely upon the divine appointment. So it is the word of God that gives us all safety in Christ, "for him hath God the Father sealed" (John 6:27).
All who flee to Christ will be received. All races, all classes, all kinds of people are invited--yes, urged to come. The Saviour says, "All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out" (John 6:37).
As it was the death of the high priest which made the prisoner in the city of refuge free, so the death of our Lord Jesus Christ upon the cross was for us, and it sets the believer free from condemnation. God cannot overlook sin, the transgression of His commandments (see 1 John 3:4). Divine justice must be done, and the righteous sentence must be pronounced; but Christ Himself pays the debt and the sinner is set free.
My friend, are you in God's city of refuge? It is the only safe place in the world today. Has Psalm 142:4 been your experience? "I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul."
Has human refuge failed you? Have there been times when it seemed that no man cared for your soul? Well, there is a refuge--there is one Friend who cares. Just read the next verse: "I cried unto thee, O Lord: I said, thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living" (verse 5). There it is: the Lord is our refuge. As we read in another place: "In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge" (Proverbs 14:26).
That's what a man needs when he is in trouble--"strong confidence" and a "place of refuge." And that's what you will find in Christ. I have found it so, and thousands--yes, millions--testify to the same blessed truth.
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