21 AUG 23 Tuesday: A Closer Walk Devotional
“I look up to the mountains-does my help come from there? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth!” Psalm 121:1-2
I was driving down the road the other day and the car’s license plate in front of me said, NUTN EZ. I laughed, but there is some truth to that. In this life we will have trials, the Lord said. People can think that they will never face challenges, suffer, or experience death. There is a feeling of invincibility that it won’t happen to you. Eventually, it does and all the insulating factors they have built around themselves are gone. They stand naked and afraid looking for solutions.
Desperation sometimes leads to poor choices, but it can also lead to foundational clarity. People look at horizontal solutions to get them through the problem or suffering. They look to the latest psychological approach thinking the solution is within themselves. They look to religious practices of the far east, like mindfulness and meditation. Sometimes these work for a temporary fix. These things are a false hope.
Others like David, leave all the world’s ways behind and find vertical soul-utions in God himself. If God is the maker of heaven and earth, is there any problem that he cannot solve? If Jesus faced all the issues and challenges that we face plus suffered and died a horrible death, is there anything he cannot advise us or care for? David had a relationship with God and knew His character. David to his cares for him because God would provide real and lasting solutions that would extend into eternity.
Are you putting your hope in Jesus or still exploring the world’s solutions?
Reading Plan: Psalm 121, 122, 123; 2 Sam. 18:9-18; Acts 23:12-24; Mark 11:27-12:12
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