Thurs., 7/25/13 Devotion (Judg. 8:34)

Today's encouragement comes from Judges 8:34, where we read these words:

"Thus the children of Israel did not remember the LORD their God, who had delivered them from the hands of all their enemies on every side."

Every time a sincere Christian sins, he or she "forgets" the Lord. The fact that God has cleansed one's soul from sin, death, misery, and hell is forgotten. The fact that God has made His children regal sons and daughters of glory is forgotten. The fact that the Lord has taught them that sin leads not to happiness, but to slavery is forgotten.

Has Almighty God delivered us from the hands of all our enemies, through the atonement wrought in Jesus' blood--apprehended by us through faith alone? If so, let us not forget this most-blessed fact.

[Puritan quote of the day: "The enemies of [God's] church shall do His [God's] work; He [God] will play His game by their hand." --Thomas Watson, in his sermon, "Comfort for the Church"]