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Daily Light's Morning Reading
What man is he that feareth the Lord? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.—PSA. 25:12.
The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single thy whole body shall be full of light.
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.—Thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.—I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. Be ye not as the horse or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee. Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compass him about. Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Matt. 6:22.Psa. 119:105. -Isa. 30:21. -Psa. 32:8-11.Jer. 10:23.
Spurgeon's Morning Reading
“His bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob.”
Genesis 49:24
That strength which God gives to his Josephs is real strength; it is not a boasted valour, a fiction, a thing of which men talk, but which ends in smoke; it is true—divine strength. Why does Joseph stand against temptation? Because God gives him aid. There is nought that we can do without the power of God. All true strength comes from “the mighty God of Jacob.” Notice in what a blessedly familiar way God gives this strength to Joseph—“The arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob.” Thus God is represented as putting his hands on Joseph’s hands, placing his arms on Joseph’s arms. Like as a father teaches his children, so the Lord teaches them that fear him. He puts his arms upon them. Marvellous condescension! God Almighty, Eternal, Omnipotent, stoops from his throne and lays his hand upon the child’s hand, stretching his arm upon the arm of Joseph, that he may be made strong! This strength was also covenant strength, for it is ascribed to “the mighty God of Jacob.” Now, wherever you read of the God of Jacob in the Bible, you should remember the covenant with Jacob. Christians love to think of God’s covenant. All the power, all the grace, all the blessings, all the mercies, all the comforts, all the things we have, flow to us from the well-head, through the covenant. If there were no covenant, then we should fail indeed; for all grace proceeds from it, as light and heat from the sun. No angels ascend or descend, save upon that ladder which Jacob saw, at the top of which stood a covenant God. Christian, it may be that the archers have sorely grieved you, and shot at you, and wounded you, but still your bow abides in strength; be sure, then, to ascribe all the glory to Jacob’s God.
Old Testament Chapter a Day - 2 Chronicles 15
15. Asa's Reform
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The spirit of God came upon Azariah son of Oded.2He went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: The Lord is with you, while you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you abandon him, he will abandon you.3For a long time Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law;4but when in their distress they turned to the Lord, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found by them.5In those times it was not safe for anyone to go or come, for great disturbances afflicted all the inhabitants of the lands.6They were broken in pieces, nation against nation and city against city, for God troubled them with every sort of distress.7But you, take courage! Do not let your hands be weak, for your work shall be rewarded.”
8 When Asa heard these words, the prophecy of Azariah son of Oded, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the towns that he had taken in the hill country of Ephraim. He repaired the altar of the Lord that was in front of the vestibule of the house of the Lord.9He gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and those from Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who were residing as aliens with them, for great numbers had deserted to him from Israel when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.10They were gathered at Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.11They sacrificed to the Lord on that day, from the booty that they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.12They entered into a covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their ancestors, with all their heart and with all their soul.13Whoever would not seek the Lord, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman.14They took an oath to the Lord with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with horns.15All Judah rejoiced over the oath; for they had sworn with all their heart, and had sought him with their whole desire, and he was found by them, and the Lord gave them rest all around.
16 King Asa even removed his mother Maacah from being queen mother because she had made an abominable image for Asherah. Asa cut down her image, crushed it, and burned it at the Wadi Kidron.17But the high places were not taken out of Israel. Nevertheless the heart of Asa was true all his days.18He brought into the house of God the votive gifts of his father and his own votive gifts—silver, gold, and utensils.19And there was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa.
New Testament in Four Years - Hebrews 2:10-13
2. Warning to Pay Attention
10 It was fitting that God, for whom and through whom all things exist, in bringing many children to glory, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through sufferings.11For the one who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one Father. For this reason Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters,12saying,
“I will proclaim your name to my brothers and sisters,
in the midst of the congregation I will praise you.”
13 And again,
“I will put my trust in him.”
And again,
“Here am I and the children whom God has given me.”
Psalm a Day - Psalm 32
32. Psalm 32
Psalm 32
The Joy of Forgiveness
Of David. A Maskil.
1
Happy are those whose transgression is forgiven,
whose sin is covered.
2
Happy are those to whom the Lord imputes no iniquity,
and in whose spirit there is no deceit.
3
While I kept silence, my body wasted away
through my groaning all day long.
4
For day and night your hand was heavy upon me;
my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer.Selah
5
Then I acknowledged my sin to you,
and I did not hide my iniquity;
I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”
and you forgave the guilt of my sin.Selah
6
Therefore let all who are faithful
offer prayer to you;
at a time of distress, the rush of mighty waters
shall not reach them.
7
You are a hiding place for me;
you preserve me from trouble;
you surround me with glad cries of deliverance.Selah
8
I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go;
I will counsel you with my eye upon you.
9
Do not be like a horse or a mule, without understanding,
whose temper must be curbed with bit and bridle,
else it will not stay near you.
10
Many are the torments of the wicked,
but steadfast love surrounds those who trust in the Lord.
11
Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, O righteous,
and shout for joy, all you upright in heart.