You said, 'No, we will get our help from Egypt. They will give us swift horses for riding into battle.' But the only swiftness you are going to see is the swiftness of your enemies chasing you! One of them will chase a thousand of you. Five of them will make all of you flee. You will be left like a lonely flagpole on a hill or a tattered banner on a distant mountaintop."
What's today's equivalent to the swift horses of Egypt? Is it that I trust in the permanency of the social security system? Or the Affordable Care Act? Or the benevolence of a state agency to provide an income if I'm laid off? Or is it the ?????
Or do I need to place my faith in Your promise to meet my needs if my first priority is to seek Your kingdom and Your righteousness? Am I living according to Your desire for me to live justly, love mercy and walk humbly before You?
Today's readings in the Psalms:
Morning: Psalm 66
Mid-day: 119:121-128
Evening: Psalm 142
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