OUR DAILY BREAD : UNPREDICTABLE

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SATURDAY AUGUST 8


UNPREDICTABLE

READ:
PSALM 46:10
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Be still, and know
that I am God; I will
be exalted among
the nations, I will
be exalted in the
earth!
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In the 2003 US Women's Open, the relatively unknown Hilary Lunke secured the greatest prize in women's golf__and a place in history. Not only did she win the US Open in an 18-hole playoff, but it was also her only professional victory. Her surprising and inspiring win underscores the fact that one of the most exciting things about sports is its unpredictablity.

The unpredictability of life is not always so thrilling, however. We devise and strategize. We make plans, projections, and proposals about what we would like to see happen in life, but often they are little more than our best guess. We have no idea what a year, a month, a week, or even a day might bring. So we pray and plan, and then we trust the God who knows fully and completely what we can never predict. That is why I love the promise of Psalm 46:10: "Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!"

Life is unpredictable. there are countless things I can never know with certainty. What I can know, however, is that there is a God who knows all and loves me deeply. And by knowing Him, I can "be still"__I can be at peace.
__Bill Crowder

**What plans do I need to surrender to God today?
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God's care is the certainty we take into life's uncertainties.

**********************Today's Bible Reading __ Psalm 46*********************
1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in
trouble. 2 Therefore we will not fear, even though the
earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried
into the midst of the sea; 3 though its waters roar and be
troubled, though the mountains shake with its swelling.

4 There is a river whose streams shall make glad the city of
God, the holy place of the tabernacle of the Most High. 5 God is
in the midst of her, she shall not be moved; God shall help her,
just at the break of dawn. 6 The nations raged, the kingdoms
were moved; he uttered His voice, the earth melted.

7 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge.

8 Come, behold the works of the LORD, who has made
desolations in the earth. 9 He makes wars cease to the end of
the earth; he breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two; he
burns the chariot in the fire.

10 Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among
the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!

11 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Today's psalm contains the much-loved and
often-quoted words of verse 10: "Be still, and know that I am
God." But it is interesting to note the context of these words. The
psalmist opens by celebrating the help of God in times of trouble
(vv. 1-3) and then shows how strong the city of God is because God
is there (vv. 4-7). In verses 8-9 the psalmist describes the strength
of the Lord in terms of His power over war and desolation, and
in verse 10 he proclaims that God will be "exalted among the
nations." In the midst of upheaval, whether natural or man-made,
God is our stability. __J.R. Hudberg