Mon., 2/11/13 Devotion (Job 10:12)

Today's encouragement comes from Job 10:12, where Job says this about The Lord:

"You [God] have granted me life and steadfast love, and Your care has preserved my spirit." (ESV)

Sometimes we feel like "throwing in the towel," and quitting the race of faith. Our infirmities, but especially our lack of faith, fuels this devilish notion. God "preserves the spirit" of His saints; and does not allow us to become so overcome, that we cannot continue the fight of faith.

May our Heavenly Father's fresh supplies of grace, sent by His Holy Spirit, through the mediation of Christ alone enliven and revive us, today!

[Puritan quote of the day: "A Christian should consider, that murmur-ing and discontentedness is below the high dignity which God has put upon him. . . . The meanest [lowest] Christian in the world is a lord of heaven and earth." --Jeremiah Burroughs, in, "The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment"]