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Our Daily Bread - Monday, October 19, 2015
by RBC Ministries

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HOW LONG?

READ:

How long, O Lord? Will You forget me forever?
-Psalm 13:1

THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Isaiah 56-58
2 Thessalonians 2

For 9 long years, Saul hounded David as "One hunts a partridge on the mountain"(1 Samuel 26:20).
"How long, O Lord? will You forget me forever?" David prayed "How long will you hide your face from me? How long will the enemy be exalted over me?"(Psalm 13:1-2).
Prolonged affliction often vexes us as well. We want a sudden solution, a quick fix. But some things can't be fixed. They can only be borne.
But we can complain to God in our troubles. We have a heavenly Father who wants us to engage with Him in our struggle. He understands His children as no one else can.
When we turn to Him with our complaints, we come to our senses. In David's case, his thoughts went back to life's certainty: God's love. David reminded himself: "I have trusted in Your mercy: my heart shall rejoice in Your salvation. I will sing to the Lord because He has dealt bountifully with me"(vv.5-6). Sufferings may persist, but David could sing in the midst of his trails, for he was God's beloved child. That's all he needed to know.
A.W. Thorold writes, "The highest pinnacle of the spiritual life is not happy joy in unbroken sunshine, but absolute and undoubting trust in the love of God."
Even in our troubles, God's love can be trusted. - David Roper
O yes, He cares;I know He cares,
His heart is touched with my grief:
When the days are weary, the long nights dreary,
I knew my Saviour cares! - Graeff

God's love stands when all else fails.

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