Daily Reading
Daily Verse
"Naked I came from my mother's womb,
and naked I will depart.
The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away;
may the name of the LORD be praised."
Job 1:21
Daily Thought
Zero is quite powerful. When you add zero, nothing much happens. But try multiplying! Go ahead. Multiply anything by 0, and what do you get? Zero. Zero dominates!
12 x 0 = 0
$12,158,990,756,314.58 (our current national debt) x 0 = 0
We spend our entire lives adding and subtracting, but at the end, everybody gets multiplied by zero.
Does that seem disheartening? Think again. Look in your closet, your attic, your garage, your hope chest, your cupboards. Nothing we accumulate adds value to who we are. If we lose anything, or everything (think Job), we are of no less worth.
It is incredibly powerful to realize that our worth comes from nothing more and nothing less than being a child of God made in his image.
Nothing can touch that! No one can touch that. Not a demeaning boss, nor a degrading father, nor a disloyal friend. When we delight in God we find rest, contentment, peace, significance. Nothing can rob us of that, because God is not going anywhere. Even while we were yet sinners, Christ died for you! If God is for us, who can be against us.
To God's Glory,
Dave
Daily Prayer
Father in heaven, you are the creator of all things. We give you all glory and honor and praise. What a world you have created! Forgive us for focusing on the trivial when the majesty of your creation is forever in front of us. Oh Lord, may we be content in you.
Faith, hope, and love, these are essential. And the greatest of these is love. Out of our faith in the God of truth, out of our hope in the God who is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow, may we love you with all of our heart, our soul, our mind, and our might. And may we love one another, and thus display your love to the world.
