The Lord, God Almighty!

Be Still . . .
Devotionals for Daily Living ^©

God is our refuge and strength,
an ever-present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way
and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
though its waters roar and foam
and the mountains quake with their surging.
Selah
There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
the holy place where the Most High dwells.
God is within her, she will not fall;
God will help her at break of day.
Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall;
he lifts his voice, the earth melts.
The LORD Almighty is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress.
Selah
Come and see the works of the LORD,
the desolations he has brought on the earth.
He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth;
he breaks the bow and shatters the spear,
he burns the shields with fire.
“Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.”
The LORD Almighty is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress.
Selah
(Psalms 46:1-11 (NIV))

No matter what the future may bring, always rely on God as your firm foundation. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. The events of this world may shake our physical foundations, but we should never let them shake our spiritual foundations, for they are built upon the Rock of Ages and nothing can move that.

Copyright 1998 – 2014 Dennis J. Smock
Daily Living Ministries, Inc.
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Will your heart keep you from seeing the glory of the Lord?

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Devotionals for Daily Living ^©

The moon will be abashed, the sun ashamed; for the Lord Almighty will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before its elders, gloriously.
(Isaiah 24:23 (NIV))

When we think of something that shines, we always think of the best that it can be. Consider what is said when someone does extremely well at something. It is said that they really shine at that task or undertaking.

What do you think of that shines the brightest? If you are like most people, you probably answered the sun and then the moon. These two celestial bodies give us light by day and by night. We compare everything that we know of as good to these two bodies. However, they pale in comparison to the way that our Lord will shine when He reigns on this earth and in eternity.

The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp.
(Revelation 21:23(NIV))

What a glorious place we will be in! There will be no need for the sun or the moon, for the glory of the Lord will shine brighter than anything that is created. Who will get to see this glory? Only those who call upon the name of Jesus, God’s only Son, as their Lord and Savior.

Remember that the light of God looks beyond the outward appearances and sees the heart. What is in your heart? Will it keep you from seeing the glory of the Lord?

Copyright 1998 – 2014 Dennis J. Smock
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How can God use you?

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Devotionals for Daily Living ^©

Lift up your heads, O you gates;
be lifted up, you ancient doors,
that the King of glory may come in.

Who is this King of glory?
The LORD strong and mighty,
the LORD mighty in battle.

Lift up your heads, O you gates;
lift them up, you ancient doors,
that the King of glory may come in.

Who is he, this King of glory?
The LORD Almighty–
he is the King of glory.
(Psalms 24:7-10 (NIV))

David gave us a look into the future when Jesus returns not as Savior, but as a mighty warrior reclaiming what is God’s. It is amazing that God gave this message to us through David, when Jesus was several generations from being born. Yet, God gave David this psalm describing exactly what would happen not at Jesus’ first coming, but at His second coming. If David, who was looking at this as if looking through a telescope, could have the faith to believe God, then we, who have the advantage of being able to look back at Jesus’ first coming, should have all the more faith that what God said through David will come to pass.

True, David was a man after God’s own heart, yet, David was not free from sin. God used David in all his human failings to not only give us these words, but to also give us Jesus himself.

If God can use David, who was a sinner, to give us a sinless Savior, how can He use you?

Copyright 1998 – 2013 Dennis J. Smock
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