THE 18TH OF AUGUST
WITH GOD’S HELP WE CAN OVERCOME ALL SUFFERING
My soul melts from heaviness; strengthen me according to Your word. Remove from me the way of lying, and grant me Your law graciously. – Psalms 119:28-29
We would never want to feel the heaviness written of in the above verses, but sometimes we do. Life in this decayed world is hard and full of pain and suffering. But because we belong to the Lord, we can always count on His help and protection. When we ask God to strengthen us according to His promises, He does. The more we study the Bible’s promises, the easier it is for the Holy Spirit to bring them fresh to our minds when we need them.
If we only ask God to strengthen us and we do not do our part, accumulating His Word into our hearts, nothing will change. God already did His part in giving us His promises, and now we need to feed our hearts upon them daily. Jesus said that the Holy Spirit will remind us of His Word that He has taught us. This means that we are to dig into the Scriptures and learn what they say, with the help of the Holy Spirit.
The Bible is the truth that helps us discern all the falsehood and unfaithfulness in this world as well as all the lies of the enemy. By learning what God teaches us in His Word, we can live in obedience to Him and be strengthened to be able to walk on the narrow path that leads to heaven.
SUGGESTED PRAYER
Heavenly Father, thank You so very much for teaching me Your ways and for all the wonderful promises in Your Word. Please help me gather Your truth into my heart so that I will not sin against You. I want so much to live right and please You, help me identify all the falsehood and lies in this world and to walk in Your truth being obedient to Your will, in the Name of Jesus. Amen
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