Today's Reading:Old Testament: Joshua 14 - 17
New Testament: Romans 11
Focus Verses: Romans 11
33Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out! 34"Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?" 35"Who has ever given to God, that God should repay him?" 36For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen.
Insight:
God's will and work to save humankind is beyond human comprehension. Those who respond to God's grace and mercy, those who reject it, and how they affect and relate to each other and to God is something only the infinite knowledge and wisdom of God can trace out. All things are from God and through God and for God. All glory belongs to him.
Response and Action:
My faith rests in God. The scriptures testify that he is loving, just, all-wise, and all-powerful. I know that life, truth, and even my own self are too wonderful and deep for me to grasp and comprehend. In humble recognition of my weakness, the limitations of my understanding, the smallness of my being, and the frailty of my life, I place all my hope and trust in God. In faith I will take hold of the salvation and hope he holds out to me through Christ. In faith I will surrender to the leading and shaping of the Holy Spirit. In faith I will hide the scriptures in my heart that I might be an obedient disciple. Since all I have comes from God, I will commit my all to bringing glory and honor to Him.
O magnify the Lord with me and let us exalt his name together!
O God, you are my God, and I will glorify you. I will seek you in the morning. My hope is in you all day long. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.
Proverbs: 7:4
"Say to wisdom, 'You are my sister,' and call understanding your kinsman..."
Resources:
I Give You Glory, O God: Honoring His Righteousness in Your Private Worship
by Jerry Bridges
