DAY 89 Read Psalm 105 through 107.
Today's reading reviews, by three poetic passages, God's dealings with Israel from the Exodus to the days of the judges.
Memory gem: "Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved three at the waters of Meribah" (Psalm 81:7).
Thought for today:
When you are in trouble, remember the Bible record of God's care for His people Israel. Read again the story of their deliverance from Egypt--the escape at the Red Sea--the bitter waters turned sweet--the guidance of the cloudy pillar--the miracle of the manna diet and water out of the rock. This is just a part of the story, but it's encouraging to keep in mind that these deliverances took place in the wilderness--in a desert land--a lonesome, gloomy, dangerous, desolate wasteland--a place where no human help was possible. Read it all over again, and you will find comfort in God's dealings with wandering Israel. When the waters are bitter to you and the thunders of trouble seem to roll about your head, you can turn to the secret place and find help in time of need.
Israel called when in trouble, and God answered "in the secret place of thunder." They cried to Him in their bitter bondage as slaves, and He answered in thunder and lightning in the plagues of Egypt.
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Difficult or obscure words:
Psalm 105:22. "Bind"--better: instruct.
Psalm 105:22. "Senators"--literally: elders.
Today's reading reviews, by three poetic passages, God's dealings with Israel from the Exodus to the days of the judges.
Memory gem: "Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved three at the waters of Meribah" (Psalm 81:7).
Thought for today:
When you are in trouble, remember the Bible record of God's care for His people Israel. Read again the story of their deliverance from Egypt--the escape at the Red Sea--the bitter waters turned sweet--the guidance of the cloudy pillar--the miracle of the manna diet and water out of the rock. This is just a part of the story, but it's encouraging to keep in mind that these deliverances took place in the wilderness--in a desert land--a lonesome, gloomy, dangerous, desolate wasteland--a place where no human help was possible. Read it all over again, and you will find comfort in God's dealings with wandering Israel. When the waters are bitter to you and the thunders of trouble seem to roll about your head, you can turn to the secret place and find help in time of need.
Israel called when in trouble, and God answered "in the secret place of thunder." They cried to Him in their bitter bondage as slaves, and He answered in thunder and lightning in the plagues of Egypt.
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Difficult or obscure words:
Psalm 105:22. "Bind"--better: instruct.
Psalm 105:22. "Senators"--literally: elders.
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