TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE
Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee. Psalms 116:7
Memorize this Verse: (Cover the verse text and using just the first letters of each word try to recite the entire passage.)
7. R U T R O M S F T L H D B W T
Notes on verse:
Luther, “Be thou again joyful, O my soul.” The meaning seems to be, “Return to thy former tranquility and calmness; thy former freedom from fear and anxiety.” He had passed through a season of great danger. His soul had been agitated and terrified. That danger was now over, and he calls upon his soul to resume its former tranquility, calmness, peace, and freedom from alarm. The word does not refer to God considered as the “rest” of the soul, but to what the mind of the psalmist had been, and might now be again.
“For the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee” (see notes at Psalm 13:6).
There is a rest for the believer. I believe there can be perfect peace for the believer all the time (even in time of trouble), if we will just put our total trust in the Lord. To be at peace with the world is one thing, but to be at peace with yourself is entirely another thing. The peace that we should all seek is, to be at peace with God and oneself. If you are at peace with God, then somehow, you are at peace with the world.
Proverbs 16:7 “When a man’s ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.”
The dealing bountifully with us, could easily be speaking of God giving man the greatest gift that one can receive. He gave us eternal life through the sacrifice of His Son.
TODAY'S BIBLE READING
Old Testament
Lamentations 4-5 — 7.5 minutes
Song of Solomon 8:8-14 — 2.0 minutes
New Testament
John 7:25-36 — 3.0 minutes
1 Peter 5:8-14 — 1.5 minutes
Total Average Read Time — 14.0 minutes
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