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Tuesday
January 1, 2008
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was empty, a formless mass cloaked in darkness. And the Spirit of God was hovering over its surface. Then God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. And God saw that it was good. Then he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light "day" and the darkness "night." Together these made up one day.
A new beginning, a clean slate, day, and night ahead of us; what an opportunity to start over and obey Him ¾ fresh, new, daily!
I don't know about you, but last year I didn't do too well with total obedience. I fell along the wayside more times than I'm willing to admit, although I will admit I fell. It wasn't pretty and it wasn't fun, but fall ¾ I did. However, as always, He was there to pick me up, dust me off, and help me start over again.
In her wonderful devotional, Streams in the Desert, Mrs. Charles Coman (whom I will may be quoting much this year), shares how our lives often come to the Red Sea…a place I've also been to many, many times. Today I want to share a poem from her writing for today.
Have you come to the Red Sea place in your life,
Where, in spite of all
you can do,
There is no way out, there is no way back,
There is no other
way but through?
Then wait on the Lord with a trust serene
Till the night
of your fear is gone;
He will send the wind,
He will heap the floods,
When He says to your soul, "Go on."
And His hand will lead you through—clear through--
Ere the watery walls
roll down,
No foe can reach you, no wave can touch,
No mightiest sea can
drown;
The tossing billows may rear their crests,
Their foam at your feet
may break,
But over their bed you shall walk dry shod
In the path that
your Lord will make.
In the morning watch, 'beneath the lifted cloud,'
You shall see but the
Lord alone,
When He leads you on from the place of the sea
To a land
that you have not known;
And your fears shall pass as your foes have
passed,
You shall be no more afraid;
You shall sing His praise in a better
place,
A place that His hand has made.
--Annie Johnson
Flint
Today, just know that this year, no matter what happens, He is with you, and will guide you. Let's just trust and obey. We've been given a clean slate!
