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June 3
Tuesday


THE VIEW FROM
THE END

READ:
Deuteronomy 8:1-3,
11-16
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All things work
together for good to
those who love God.
__Romans 8:28
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Over the course of one year, Richard LeMieux's lucrative publishing business collapsed. Soon, his wealth disappeared, and he became depressed. Eventually, LeMieux began to abuse alcohol and his family deserted him. At the lowest point in his life, he was homeless, broken, and destitute. However, it was during this time he turned to God. He later wrote a book about what he learned.

The Israelites learned some valuable spiritual lessons when God allowed them to endure homelessness, uncertainty, and danger. Their hardships humbled them (Deut. 8:1-18).

They learned that God would provide for their needs. When they were hungry, He gave them manna. When they were thirsty, he gave them water from a rock. God taught them that, despite difficult times, He could bless them (v.1). Finally, the Israelites learned that adversity is not a sign of abandonment. Moses reminded them that God had been leading throughout their 40 years in the wilderness (v.2).

When we encounter desperate times, we can look for the spiritual lessons embedded in our difficulties__lessons that can help us rely on the One who causes all things to work together for our good and for his glory (Rom. 8:28).
__Jennifer Benson Schuldt

``````````````````````Dear God, please give me the faith`````````````````````
```````````````````to believe that You can bring good out of```````````````````
````````````````````any situation. Help me to see what You```````````````````
``````````````````````want to show me during adversity.``````````````````````
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The clearest view of everything that happens
comes from heaven.

***************************Today's Bible Reading __ Deuteronomy 8:1-3,11-16*********************

1 Every commandment
which I command you today
you must be careful to
observe, that you may live
and multiply, and go in and
possess the land of which the
LORD swore to your fathers.

2 And you shall remember
that the LORD your God led
you all the way these forty
years in the wilderness, to
humble you and test you, to
know what was in your
heart, whether you would
keep His commandments or
not. 3 So He humbled you,
allowed you to hunger, and
fed you with manna which
you did not know nor did
your fathers know, that He
might make you know that
man shall not live by bread
alone; but man lives by every
word that proceeds from the
mouth of the LORD....

11 Beware that you do not
forget the LORD your God by
not keeping His
commandments, His
judgments, and His statutes
which I command you today,

12 lest__when you have eaten
and are full, and have built
beautiful houses and dwell in
them; 11 and when your
herds and your flocks
multiply, and your silver and
your gold are multiplied, and
all that you have is
multiplied; 14 when your
heart is lifted up, and you
forget the LORD your God
who brought you out of the
land of Egypt... 16 who fed
you in the wilderness with
manna, which your fathers
did not know, that He might
humble you and that He
might test you, to do you
good in the end.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Remembering the hunger Israel experienced during their 40 years in
the wilderness, Moses told them it was "to do you good in the end"
(Deut. 8:16). What good? To "make you know that...man lives by
every word that proceeds from the mouth of the LORD" (v.3). Some
lessons are best learned through trials and understood through perspective.