Life
is full of ups and downs. There are high-points – “The fire of the Lord
fell” and “all the people said, ‘The Lord, He is God’” ( 1 Kings
18:37-39), and there are low-points – ”O Lord, take away my life” (1
Kings 19:4). Lord, we are so changeable. Sometimes, we’re full of joy.
At other times, we’re at the point of despair. We find ourselves in a
turmoil of confused and confusing emotions. What are we to do? What can
we do? Can we pull ourselves together? We try – but we fail. Lord, help
us to look beyond our own efforts. Help us to look to You, to believe
that You can change us, You can come to us in our weakness, You can give
us Your strength – the strength that we need to love You more and bring
more glory to Your Name, the Name of our salvation.
By Your grace, Lord, You call us to be Your soldiers and servants. Help us not to be "fearful and fainthearted" (Deuteronomy 19:19). Help us to be "good soldiers of Jesus Christ" (2 Timothy 2:3). When we hear your challenging question: "Who is on the Lord's side?", may we give our committed answer: "By Thy call of mercy, by Thy grace divine, we are on the Lord's side; Saviour, we are Thine."
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