May 9

TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Psalms 46:1
 
​Memorize this Verse: (Cover the verse text and using just the first letters of each word try to recite the entire passage.)
1. G I O R A S A V P H I T

Notes on verse:

That is, Christ, who is God as well as man, is the “refuge” for souls to fly unto for safety. As for sensible sinners, in a view of danger, wrath, and misery, so for saints, in every time of distress. Typified by the cities of refuge, under the legal dispensation (See note on Psalm 9:9). And he it is from whom they have all their spiritual strength, and every renewal and supply of it. To exercise grace, perform duties, withstand enemies, bear the cross patiently, show a fortitude of mind under the sorest distresses, and hold on and out unto the end. In short, he is the strength of their hearts, under the greatest trials of their lives, amidst the greatest dangers. And of their salvation, notwithstanding all their enemies.

“A very present help in trouble”: Whether inward or outward, of soul or body. The Lord helps his people under it to bear it, and he helps them out of it in the most proper and seasonable time. They are poor helpless creatures in themselves; nor can any other help them but the Lord, who made heaven and earth. And he helps presently, speedily, and effectually. In the Hebrew text it is, “he is found an exceeding help in trouble”; in all kind of trouble that the saints come into, the Lord has been found, by experience, to be an exceeding great helper of them. Moreover, he is easily and always available to come to and be found by them for their help.

Others may boast of their great armies and their weapons of war, but our strength and help if we are Christians, is the Lord. In our world now, there are enough atomic bombs to destroy the world as we know it. We cannot depend on these bombs for protection. If one person ever pushes the button to the first atomic bomb, there will be many that will follow. There is no security in this world, or in the things of this world. God alone can help us.

TODAY'S BIBLE READING

May 9
Today's Bible Reading Plan selections can be found below. If you don't have a Bible with you, just click the references to read each passage online:

​Old Testament
1 Samuel 19-20  —  8.0 minutes
Psalms 103  —  3.5 minutes

New Testament
Mark 12:13-27  —  4.0 minutes
2 Corinthians 8  —  6.0 minutes

Total Average Read Time — 21.5 minutes