Today's reading from ODB is Psalm 17 : 1-9, I reflected on 2 issues : a) In v 7-8 : when we are in need, admit it and seek for refuge (help); and b) In v 3-4 :we must come clean before God, our Refuge and admit our sins.
Today's devotional contains a very interesting fact - In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina’s devastation of the southern United States, displaced families and individuals were often referred to in the media as “refugees.” For some, this term was viewed as insulting, so it prompted reporters to scramble for another word that would not be perceived as negative. They decided on the word "evacuees".
While we are educated to be strong and successful, it's hard to admit our failures or weaknesses. Yet, who can stay successful all the time ? Further, before our Mighty God, we must be reminded to be humble as we are nothing without Him.
Before our holy God, one must be clean and holy. Though this may sound too high a standard, it is indeed doable. To be holy means to be separated from the world to God. It's a process, it's an experience to rely on God to do good and speak no evil !
3你試驗了我的心，在夜間鑒察了我；你熬煉了我，還是找不到甚麼，因為我立志使我的口沒有過犯。4至於世人的行為，我藉著你嘴唇所出的話，保護了自己，不行強暴人的道路。...6神啊！我向你呼求，因為你必應允我；求你側耳聽我，垂聽我的禱告。...7求你把你的慈愛奇妙地彰顯，用右手拯救那些投靠你的，脫離那些起來攻擊他們的。8求你保護我，像保護眼中的瞳人，把我隱藏在你的翅膀蔭下；9使我脫離那些欺壓我的惡人，脫離那些圍繞我的死敵。
No comments:
Post a Comment