Passage
Psalm 43:1-5 (ESV)
Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch
Acts 8:26-40
Key Verse: 8:35
Let Your Light and Truth Guide Me
Date: Dec. 8, 2015
Daily Bread
Key Verse: 43:3
First, you are God my stronghold (1-3). Living among an ungodly nation full of wicked men, the psalmist felt as if God rejected him. He went about mourning, oppressed by the enemy. What could/should he do? He turned to God for help. He asked God to send forth the light and truth and let them guide him. When we live in this dark world in great distress, we have no hope. But when we turn to God and go back to the word of God, Jesus the light and truth guides us and saves us again.
Second, God is my joy and my delight (4-5). By the guidance of the light and truth the psalmist went to the altar of God where Jesus' blood was shed. Through his sacrifice on the altar we can have new joy and delight. When our downcast soul puts hope in God, we can praise God our Savior.
Prayer: Lord, in this dark world you are the light and the truth. You are my joy and my delight through your blood on God's altar.
One Word: My soul, why are you downcast? Put your hope in God!
