OUR DAILY BREAD : THE FATHER'S FAITHFULNESS

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April 24
Friday


THE FATHER'S
FAITHFULNESS

READ:
Psalm 107:1-16
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Through the LORD'S
mercies we are not
consumed, because
His compassions fail
not.... Great is Your
faithfulness
__Lamentations 3:22-23
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Hudson Taylor, the humble servant of God to China, demonstrated extraordinary trust in God's faithfulness. In his journal he wrote:

"Our heavenly Father is a very experienced One. He knows very well that His children wake up with a good appetite every morning.... He sustained 3 million Israelites in the wilderness for 40 years. We do not expect he will send 3 million missionaries to China; but if He did, he would have ample means to sustain them all.... Depend on it, God's work done in God's way will never lack God's supply."

We may be faint and weary, but our heavenly Father is all-powerful. Our feelings may fluctuate, but He is unchangeable. Even creation itself is a record of His steadfastness. That's why we can sing these words from a hymn by Thomas Chisholm: "Summer and winter, and springtime and harvest, sun, moon, and stars in their courses above join with all nature in manifold witness to Thy great faithfulness, mercy, and love."

What an encouragement to live for Him! Our strength for the present and hope for the future are not based on the stability of our own perseverance but on the fidelity of God. No matter what our need, we can count on the Father's faithfulness. __Paul Van Gorder
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``````````Great is Thy faithfulness! Great is Thy faithfulness!`````````
````````````````Morning by morning new mercies I see;````````````
```````````````All I have needed Thy hand hath provided--``````````
``````````Great it Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me! __Chisholm```````
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He who abandons himself to God
will never be abandoned by God.

****************Today's Bible Reading __ Psalm 107:1-16*********

1 Oh, give thanks to the
LORD, for He is good! For
His mercy endures forever.

2 Let the redeemed of the
LORD say so, whom He has
redeemed from the hand of
the enemy, 3 and gathered
out of the lands, from the
east and from the west,
from the north and from the
south.

4 They wandered n the
wilderness in a desolate
way; they found no city to
dwell in. 5 Hungry and
thirsty, their soul fainted in
them. 6 Then they cried out
to the LORD in their trouble,
and He delivered them out
of their distress. 7 And he
led them forth by the right
way, that they might go to a
city for a dwelling place.

8 Oh, that men would give
thanks to the LORD for His
goodness, and for His
wonderful works to the
children of men! 9 For He
satisfies the longing soul,
and fills the hungry soul
with goodness.

10 Those who sat in
darkness and in the shadow
of death, bound in affliction
and irons__11 because they
rebelled against the words
of God, and despised the
counsel of the Most High,

12 therefore He brought
down their heart with labor;
they fell down, and there
was none to help. 13 Then
they cried out to the LORD
in their trouble, and He
saved them out of their
distresses. 14 He brought
them out of darkness and
the shadow of death, and
broke their chains in pieces.

15 Oh, that men would give
thanks to the LORD for His
goodness, and for His
wonderful works to the
children of men! 16 For He
has broken the gates of
bronze, and cut the bars of
iron in two.