Daily Reading
81 I long for your salvation; I put my hope in your word. 82 My eyes grow weary looking for what you have promised; I ask, “When will you comfort me?”83 Though I have become like a wineskin dried by smoke, I do not forget your statutes. 84 How many days must your servant wait? When will you execute judgment on my persecutors? 85 The arrogant have dug pits for me; they violate your instruction. 86 All your commands are true; people persecute me with lies — help me! 87 They almost ended my life on earth, but I did not abandon your precepts. 88 Give me life in accordance with your faithful love, and I will obey the decree you have spoken. Psalm 119:81-88 (CSB)
Daily Reflection
Don’t give up in dry spells because God is working.
As Christians, we all face seasons of spiritual dryness. There will be dark days where God seems aloof. However, He is present. Even, David – a man after God’s heart – experienced feeling “like a wineskin dried by smoke.”
What are we to do when we walk through a spiritual drought? We are to put our hope in the promises of God. God will not break His assurance of salvation. Regardless, if fierce adversaries surround us, God will come through for us. Don’t give up in dry spells because God is working. He will use drought to grow our roots deeper. It is one thing to hear that God will send refreshing rains of deliverance and quite another to be drenched in the downpour. Don’t give up for I hear the sound of abundance of rain.
Suggestion for Prayer
Thank God for the season you are in regardless of how you feel. Ask God to give you the grace to endure times dryness of soul.
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