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28 March 2014 - Scripture: Job 19:1 Then Job answered,
2 “How long will you
torment me,
and crush me with words?
3 You have reproached
me ten times.
You aren’t ashamed that you attack me.
4 If it is true that I
have erred,
my error remains with myself.
5 If indeed you will
magnify yourselves against me,
and plead against me my reproach;
6 know now that God has
subverted me,
and has surrounded me with his net.
7 “Behold, I cry out of
wrong, but I am not heard.
I cry for help, but there is no justice.
8 He has walled up my
way so that I can’t pass,
and has set darkness in my paths.
9 He has stripped me of
my glory,
and taken the crown from my head.
10 He has broken me
down on every side, and I am gone.
My hope he has plucked up like a tree.
11 He has also kindled
his wrath against me.
He counts me among his adversaries.
12 His troops come on
together,
build a siege ramp against me,
and encamp around my tent.
“Dangerous Freedom” by Mallory
Sauer
It is no secret that
the teenage years are when most people tend to be rebellious. Discovering your
identity and longing to experience all that the world has to offer. Responsible
parents seem more like paranoid prison guards—always watching and waiting to
sound the alarm, if their child steps out of line. Teenagers often consider themselves
to be invincible, take dangerous risks, try harmful substances or associate
with questionable influences in an effort to embrace their freedom from
parental restrictions. However, this “freedom” always comes with a price that
they, too often, refuse to consider.
Parents who truly love
their children set appropriate boundaries for them and discipline the children
when they disobey. Similarly, God has rescued us from our rebellious ways
through His Son’s sacrifice and by giving us a standard to live by—His Word.
With that in mind, be
careful where you get your “freedom” from because it may trick you and enslave
you, just as any lie of the Devil will. Accept God’s loving discipline and turn
away from your disobedience because it will save your life. “Where the Spirit
of the Lord is, there is freedom” (2 Corinthians 3:1).
Hymn for Today:
“Trust and Obey” by John
H. Sammis
1. When we walk with
the Lord in the light of His Word,
What a glory He sheds
on our way!
While we do His good will,
He abides with us still,
And with all who will
trust and obey.
Refrain:
Trust and obey, for
there’s no other way
To be happy in Jesus,
but to trust and obey.
2. Not a shadow can
rise, not a cloud in the skies,
But His smile quickly
drives it away;
Not a doubt or a fear,
not a sigh or a tear,
Can abide while we
trust and obey.
Refrain:
Trust and obey, for
there’s no other way
To be happy in Jesus,
but to trust and obey.
3. Not a burden we
bear, not a sorrow we share,
But our toil He doth
richly repay;
Not a grief or a loss,
not a frown or a cross,
But is blessed if we
trust and obey.
Refrain:
Trust and obey, for
there’s no other way
To be happy in Jesus,
but to trust and obey.
4. But we never can
prove the delights of His love
Until all on the altar
we lay;
For the favor He shows,
for the joy He bestows,
Are for them who will
trust and obey.
Refrain:
Trust and obey, for
there’s no other way
To be happy in Jesus,
but to trust and obey.
5. Then in fellowship
sweet we will sit at His feet.
Or we’ll walk by His
side in the way.
What He says we will
do, where He sends we will go;
Never fear, only trust
and obey.
Refrain:
Trust and obey, for
there’s no other way
To be happy in Jesus,
but to trust and obey.
Thought for Today:
“Teach me, Yahweh, the
way of your statutes. I will keep them to the end. Give me understanding, and I
will keep your law. Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart” (Psalm 119:33-34).
Prayer Needs:
For faculty and
students as they prepare for full-time Christian ministry in Papua New Guinea!
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