Dear Friends of "Dial Daily Bread":
An old English verb in the King James Version is “quicken,” which means “make alive.” “The Son quickeneth whom He will” (John 5:21). The Holy Spirit “quickens” (6:63).
God “quickeneth the dead and calleth those things which be not as though they were” (Rom. 4:17).
That is the mind and the thinking of the Lord; to Him all things that will someday be, He considers as already being.
This writer is in bereavement for the loss of a beloved wife, Grace, of 66 years of happy marriage; but the good news in that Romans verse is that the Lord will “quicken” her and He sees her as already resurrected and glorified.
We can have the mind of Christ by faith; and thus enjoy peace and confidence in a bright and happy future ... “in Christ.”
She used to ask, “Can’t we take a vacation and go somewhere, like other people do?”
Well, I wanted to do so, as her husband; but there seemed always to be some problem, some meetings coming up that we had to go to, some writing deadline to be met.
Now comes that word “quicken”: the Lord has promised to “quicken” us both and He says, “Trust in the Lord and do good; ... Depend upon the Lord, and He will grant you your heart’s desire” (Psalm 37:3, 4).
A little later the Psalmist testifies, “I waited, waited for the Lord, and He bent down to me and heard my cry; He brought me up out of the muddy pit, out of the mire and the clay; He set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm footing; and on my lips He put a new song, a song of praise to our God” (40:1-3).
You want happiness? There’s your path to it.
Be sure to check your e-mail for "Dial Daily Bread" again tomorrow.
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