DAILY?READINGS: Deuteronomy 5; Ecclesiastes 7; Luke 8:1-21
But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled. Job 4:5
In the previous verses Job was commended for instructing, upholding and strengthening others. But now sorrow and grief had touched him and he was deeply troubled by it. Isn’t this just how we react? We try to encourage, strengthen and comfort others by the precious words of Scripture, but when sorrow touches us, all too often we reel and falter. We need to go back to those very verses that we showed to others, apply them again and be strengthened by God’s Holy Spirit. —M. Robins
Tho’ I may see but one step at a time,
As up the pathway to glory I climb,
Yet I believe in the promise divine,
His grace is sufficient for me. —C. H. Gabriel