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Observations from today’s readings and today’s S-WOD, Sunday, 23 February 2025:
Psalm 60:1-3 — O God, you have rejected us, broken our defenses; you have been angry; oh, restore us. You have made the land to quake; you have torn it open; repair its breaches, for it totters. You have made your people see hard things; you have given us wine to drink that made us stagger.
The key to national security is obedience to the Sovereign LORD. Disobedience is catastrophic.
Psalm 60:6 — God has spoken in his holiness….
God speaks from His holiness, calling us to Holiness.
Psalm 60:11 — “Vain is the salvation of man!”
There is no strength, no peace, no success, no hope apart from God. Many people are striving today to create their own heaven on earth and to achieve their own salvation from sorrow, pain and death. They come to no lower point in life than when they eventually realize that they hoped in nothing. Salvation is only found in Jesus Christ, the Way, the Truth, and the Life. The Bible offers many practical steps to better living, but we must be very careful not to turn the Bible into a supernatural self-help book or to preach good advice to others rather than Jesus. The goal of the Bible is found in John 17 – knowing Him and being one with Him. The goal is not comfort but rather Christ Himself.
Psalm 60:12 — “With God we shall do valiantly; it is he who will tread down our foes.”
Victory is in the hands of The Lord.
“Cross” Fit S-WOD (Spiritual Workout of the Day) – 23 February 2025: Today, don’t just seek blessings from God, seek God Himself through loving submission, trust, and obedience.
Defenders Bible Reading Plan 