Topic: Don’t Succumb to Despair [Sunday December 13, 2015]
Text: Psalm 102:1-11
Key Verse: “For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth. My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread” (Psalm 102:3,4).
Pain and affliction are a universal phenomenon. They come on people for various reasons. They also come upon believers through the purifying process of daily identifying with the Lord Jesus Christ.
Satan as the ‘god’ of this world exercises his evil power, causing pain and affliction. Suffering pain and affliction have been part of man’s experience after his fall (Genesis 3). In our text, this anonymous psalmist speaks about affliction as an experience of all ages. He reflects not so much on the intensity of his bitter experiences as in the unchanging nature of God in His dealings with men. He also reflects on the fleeting nature of life itself: “my days are like a shadow that declineth and I am withered like grass” (verse 11). Life’s challenges sometimes seem insurmountable, and nearly everything seems to be going wrong.
We appear helpless in our attempt to change the situation. In such trying circumstances, we need to place our life in the hands of Him who is the Master of circumstances. He understands all situations and can provide needed solution. Those who place their confidence in Him will not be disappointed. Are you sailing through life aimlessly? We have an Anchor that keeps the soul; Steadfast and sure while the billows roll; Fastened to the Rock which cannot move; Grounded firm and deep in the Saviour’s love. From today, learn and practise the art of anchoring fast and deep in Christ.
Thought for the day: Storms of life should some time cease.
Bible Reading in one Year: Isaiah 46 – 50
DCLM Daily Manna was written by Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi; is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church situated at KM 42 on the busy Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Nigeria.
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