Dear Friends of "Dial Daily Bread":
It’s a phenomenon that shows up sadly in almost every disaster: survivors who have no food or water fight like wild animals when a little becomes available. Let’s give them the benefit of every doubt—they are parents grabbing what they can for their hungry children. But still, whoever grabs deprives someone else.
Let’s pause a moment and pray that the Lord may prepare us for if or when our turn may come to be hungry “survivors.” In Psalm 19:12-14 we find the right prayer to pray:
(1) “Who can understand his errors?” [we don’t know what is buried in our sinful nature! It’s good to realize the truth about our potential apart from Christ].
(2) “Cleanse me from secret faults” [the most terrible sins are the unconscious ones. Jesus prayed for His murderers, “Father, forgive them for they know not what they do” (Luke
(3) “Keep back Your servant from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me” [when I am finally tempted to let go of self-control, O Lord, save me in that hour! Let not self gain the victory! Let me practice today taking up my cross to follow Jesus and may self be “crucified with Him” (Gal.
(4) “Then I shall be blameless, and I shall be innocent of great transgression” [the stakes now are high; it’s time for “144,000” to “follow the Lamb wherever He goes,.... without fault before the throne of God” (Rev. 14:1-5). No, we’re not jockeying for the highest places; what we want is to honor Christ in the “great controversy” hour of final trial. It’s He who deserves a crown, not we].
(5) “Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer” [today; amen and amen].
Be sure to check your e-mail for "Dial Daily Bread" again tomorrow.
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