Mon. 8/11/14 Devotion (Ps. 13:1, 6)

Today's encouragement comes from Psalm 13:1 & 6, where we read these words:

"How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me? . . . I will sing to the LORD, because He has dealt bountifully with me."

Such is life down here in a fallen world--even among the people of God. David opens his psalm with the lamentable words of, "How long . . . ?"; and ends it just five verses later with, "[God] has dealt bountifully with me." One moment he is in the pits; two minutes later he is on the mountaintop.

The wise Christian latches onto the Lord Jesus Christ, and “hangs on for the ride.” Nothing is guaranteed, except all the best from God to His church, in Jesus. None of us can control our various circumstances; but the one thing we *can* and *must* do is to cling tenaciously to Christ our Savior.

[Puritan quote of the day: "[Christ] was love itself clothed with man's na-
ture . . . " --Richard Sibbes, in, "The Bruised Reed"]