DAILY?READINGS: Numbers 35:9 to 36:13; Proverbs 31; Luke 5:17-39
Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women’s house, to know how Esther did and what should become of her. Esther 2:11
Every day Mordecai walked past where his cousin Esther, the king’s new bride, was living, to see how she was getting on. In an infinitely more wonderful way, God’s Holy Spirit dwells inside each believer. He is just as concerned about our feelings and thoughts as Mordecai ever was about Esther. When we neglect our times with the Lord, He is grieved, and when we rebel against what we know the Scriptures teach, His voice can be quenched. In spite of this, He is always with us. —G. Frear
Holy Spirit, strong and mighty,
Thou who makest all things new,
Make Thy work within us perfect,
And the evil foe subdue. —Heinrich Held