Daily Light for September 9
Morning
“He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent empty away.”
“You say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked. I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich. . . . Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent.”
“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.”—When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue is parched with thirst, I the LORD will answer them; I the God of Israel will not forsake them.—I am the LORD your God. . . . Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.
“Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food.”—“I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.”
Luke 1:53; Rev. 3:17-19; Matt. 5:6; Isa. 41:17; Ps. 81:10; Isa. 55:2; John 6:35
Evening
My feet had almost stumbled, my steps had nearly slipped.
When I thought, “My foot slips,” your steadfast love, O LORD, held me up.
“Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you, that he might sift you like wheat, but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail.”
The righteous falls seven times and rises again.—Though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the LORD upholds his hand.
Rejoice not over me, O my enemy; when I fall, I shall rise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD will be a light to me.—“He will deliver you from six troubles; in seven no evil shall touch you.”
If anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.—Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.
Ps. 73:2; Ps. 94:18; Luke 22:31, 32; Prov. 24:16; Ps. 37:24; Mic. 7:8; Job 5:19; 1 John 2:1; Heb. 7:25
Excerpted from Daily Light on the Daily Path ©2002 Crossway Books, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.