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E V E R Y D A Y L I G H T
Daily readings to help you see Jesus' light in your life
by Selwyn Hughes
Take an inside look
For reading & meditation:1 Corinthians 11:27-34
"A man ought to examine himself '" (v.28)
>From what we have seen over the past few days, it is clear that the
psalmist has come to the place where his views have changed. He sees that
God is ruling over human affairs and that the ungodly are not in such an
enviable situation after all. We come now to see that he was not only put
right in his thinking about the ungodly and about God, but he was also put
right about himself: "When my heart was grieved and my spirit embittered, I
was senseless and ignorant: I was a brute beast before you" (Psa.
73:21-22).
What a different view he has of himself now compared to previously, when he
so evidently felt very sorry for himself: "Surely in vain have I kept my
heart pure; in vain have I washed my hands in innocence" (v.13). Outside
the sanctuary, he felt full of self-pity; inside the sanctuary, he had an
entirely different view of himself. This is a moment when the psalmist
honestly faces himself - something that is very difficult to do.
Most of us don't mind working our way through our problems, but the moment
we get relief, we want to stop right there. We do not go on to face up to
what caused us to come to the wrong conclusions in the first place. This is
why we keep going through the same problems over and over again - we fail
to take an inside look. A schoolteacher claimed to have twenty-five years
of experience, but her head teacher said of her: "She has just one year of
experience twenty-five times." She worked long but learned little.
Prayer:
Father, I see why it is that so often I go through the same problems over
and over again - I stop short of learning why they happened in the first
place. Help me today to think through why it is that I get so tied up. In
Jesus' Name I pray. Amen.
For further study:
1 Chronicles 28:1-10 ; Jeremiah 17:10 ; Jeremiah 17:10 ; Psalms 44:20-21
1. What did David reflect to Solomon?
2. What question did the Lord ask?
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Spoken from the Heart, by Selwyn Hughes
Find out more about this brand new book from Selwyn Hughes
http://www.crosswalkmail.com/tjccvzl_ppingp.html
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For more devotional materials and books from Selwyn Hughes visit CWR Online
Store at: http://www.crosswalkmail.com/oxnnipi_ppingp.html
Additional devotionals are available from Crosswalk.com:
http://www.crosswalkmail.com/bvggrii_ppingp.html
E V E R Y D A Y L I G H T
Daily readings to help you see Jesus' light in your life
by Selwyn Hughes
Take an inside look
For reading & meditation:1 Corinthians 11:27-34
"A man ought to examine himself '" (v.28)
>From what we have seen over the past few days, it is clear that the
psalmist has come to the place where his views have changed. He sees that
God is ruling over human affairs and that the ungodly are not in such an
enviable situation after all. We come now to see that he was not only put
right in his thinking about the ungodly and about God, but he was also put
right about himself: "When my heart was grieved and my spirit embittered, I
was senseless and ignorant: I was a brute beast before you" (Psa.
73:21-22).
What a different view he has of himself now compared to previously, when he
so evidently felt very sorry for himself: "Surely in vain have I kept my
heart pure; in vain have I washed my hands in innocence" (v.13). Outside
the sanctuary, he felt full of self-pity; inside the sanctuary, he had an
entirely different view of himself. This is a moment when the psalmist
honestly faces himself - something that is very difficult to do.
Most of us don't mind working our way through our problems, but the moment
we get relief, we want to stop right there. We do not go on to face up to
what caused us to come to the wrong conclusions in the first place. This is
why we keep going through the same problems over and over again - we fail
to take an inside look. A schoolteacher claimed to have twenty-five years
of experience, but her head teacher said of her: "She has just one year of
experience twenty-five times." She worked long but learned little.
Prayer:
Father, I see why it is that so often I go through the same problems over
and over again - I stop short of learning why they happened in the first
place. Help me today to think through why it is that I get so tied up. In
Jesus' Name I pray. Amen.
For further study:
1 Chronicles 28:1-10 ; Jeremiah 17:10 ; Jeremiah 17:10 ; Psalms 44:20-21
1. What did David reflect to Solomon?
2. What question did the Lord ask?
--------------------------------------------
Spoken from the Heart, by Selwyn Hughes
Find out more about this brand new book from Selwyn Hughes
http://www.crosswalkmail.com/tjccvzl_ppingp.html
--------------------------------------------
For more devotional materials and books from Selwyn Hughes visit CWR Online
Store at: http://www.crosswalkmail.com/oxnnipi_ppingp.html
Additional devotionals are available from Crosswalk.com:
http://www.crosswalkmail.com/bvggrii_ppingp.html