I have a devotional book that I go through on an almost daily basis. It's called The Continual Burnt Offering and the copy I have is from 1944. Each day there is a short devotional along with a song or poem that corresponds with it. I thought that today's devotional was really good:
"I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the Lord" - Zephaniah 3:12
It is the troubled and distressed who find their relief in God. Ofttimes temporal prosperity proves to be a hindrance to spirituality. It need not be so but we are so constituted that when all goes well in this scene and we have abundance of the good things of life we are apt to forget the Giver and be more occupied with His gifts than with Himself. In our afflictions and needy circumstances, if we turn to Him we learn how marvelously He can satisfy our hearts and lift us above the trials of the way.
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Considering that the average income in the U.S. was 22,000 in 1944 (in 2004, it was 43,000), this was even more interesting to me.
1 comment:
That sounds like an awesome devo-thanks for letting us know about it!
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