Daily Devotional 12-3-2021
Psa 91:5-7 CSB You will not fear the terror of the night, the arrow that flies by day, (6) the plague that stalks in darkness, or the pestilence that ravages at noon. (7) Though a thousand fall at your side and ten thousand at your right hand, the pestilence will not reach you. The psalmist, encouraging himself, expanded on the theme of the Lord’s protection from danger. He enumerated how God delivers a believer from various frightening attacks: (1) God delivers from the fowler’s snare, a figure for insidious attempts against his life. (2) God delivers from… deadly pestilence. (3) God covers him with His wings, a figure of safety and comfort. (4) God protects with His faithfulness, explained here by the metaphor of a shield and rampart. As a result of God’s help in these ways one who trusts in the Lord will not fear… terror at night, attack…
Daily Devotional 11-17-21
2Co 7:5-6 In fact, when we came into Macedonia, we had no rest. Instead, we were troubled in every way: conflicts on the outside, fears within. (6) But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus, Paul’s frame of mind and body before Titus’ arrival was far from placid. He had no rest. The great apostle did not always ride a spiritual crest, which he was not hesitant to admit. He candidly admitted that his conflicts… fears and depression (downcast) were brought on by apparent opposition or persecution in Macedonia, by anxiety about Titus’ well-being, by his reception by the Corinthians, and by their response to his letter. However, the ample comfort of God more than met his needs through the coming of Titus and the good news he brought. Titus had been well received by the Corinthians. They did love Paul and longed for him…