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OUR DAILY BREAD                       Tuesday, May  10,1994
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READ: Psalm 18:1-19

                  "NO CONTEST"

       The Lord is my rock and my fortress
              and  my  deliverer.
                 - Psalm 18:2

A family friend was deserted by her husband and left to care
for her small children alone.  I wonder how she'll make it.

A grandmother wrote Radio Bible Class asking for prayer  for
her  grandchildren  who  all seem to be throwing their lives
away on things of this world.  I feel sadness.

My teenage daughter talked about the poverty she  saw  among
believers  in  a  country she visited on a missions trip.  I
search for answers.  Why such inequities?

Then I look at Psalm 18.  David had his own  list  of  trou-
bles.   He  was  threatened  by enemies (v.3), surrounded by
"the pangs of death" and "the floods of ungodliness" (v.4).

What hope could there be in his situation?  Would  the  help
come  in  the  form of money, soldiers, powerful weapons, or
people who would come to his aid?   No,  David's  help  came
from  an  inexhaustible source - the Lord, whom David called
"my rock and my fortress and my deliverer" (v.2).

Like all of us, David faced adversity.  But as Psalm 18  in-
dicates,  when  our  problems  are pitted against our Lord's
strength, it's no contest.

Are you in distress?   Call on the  Lord.   He  will  always
hear your voice.

Author:  J. David Branon

Even in my darkest hour
The Lord  will  bless  me  with  His power;
His loving grace will sure abound,
In His sweet care I shall be found.  - Brandt

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
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All is not  hopeless when your hope is in God.

The Bible in One Year:  Psalms 88-90

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