Changes are inevitable and become more difficult for us as the years go by. Wouldn't it be nice if there were no changes? Isn't it amazing that our God, who never changes, has ordained changes in our lives?
The inevitable changes are not difficult. We seem to enjoy the change from summer to winter or day to night. It seems to be the unexpected changes that bother us. Those changes that we thought would never come, seem to throw us.
In Psalm 55:19b we read, "... Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God." The changes we fear are what draw us to the Lord many times.
David is going through great change as he writes Psalms 42 and 43. In 42:8 he mentions some of the comforts we can count on during the struggle. "Yet the Lord will command his loving-kindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life."
- Loving-kindness in the daytime ... in the sunshine when all is well.
David mentions the loving-kindness of the Lord many times. Jeremiah in Jer. 31:3 "... with loving-kindness I have drawn thee." Jer. 32:18 "Thou showest loving-kindness to thousands."
Loving-kindness is to be seen in the daytime and enjoyed.
Loving-kindness is to be shared with others.
The blessings we enjoy today do not come because we have earned or deserved them. They come from the loving heart of God through grace. Therefore, share! Unto whom much is given, much is required. - Songs in the night ... these are felt in the heart expressions of love and heard with the ear.
Job 35:10 "...God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;"
These songs in the night come from God.
It is in the night when we grow spiritually.
It is in the night when He strengthens us. - My prayer to the GOD OF MY LIFE
In the day or in the night of change, we ought to pray continually to the God of our life. Remember... He is the God of our life if we know him as Saviour.
Who or what is the god of your life?
Bill Gibson
The Flat Tortilla,
Winter 1987,
El Paso Texas
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