Devotional for August 9

Lord, My God, How Great Thou Art

16 The trees of the Lord are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;
17 Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house.
18 The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.
19 He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
20 Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
21 The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
22 The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.
23 Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.
24 O Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
25 So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
26 There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
27 These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.
28 That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.
29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.
31 The glory of the Lord shall endure for ever: the Lord shall rejoice in his works. Psalm 104:16-31 
  (KJV)

The Morning Exhortation

Two people headed in different directions can only walk together if one of them changes course. We are the inner and Adam is the outer in this colossal Russian doll set known as humanity. When Adam walked away from God, we all walked away. Where Adam went, we all went, because we were still in Adam at that time. God mercifully sent Christ to redeem us and bring us back to Himself. To be born again, is to die in Adam, and be made alive to God nested in Christ. How wonderful the mystery of you in Christ and Christ in you! The revelation of this double abiding gives the understanding of the apostle’s testimony of being able to do all things through Christ. Because Christ can do all things through me, I can do all things through Christ. (Amos 3:3; Psalm 53:2-3; John 3:1-18; Romans 6:1-11; 2 Corinthians 5:17; John 14:20; Hebrews 6:17-7:10; James 2:23; Romans 5:14-19; Colossians 1:25-29; Matthew 28:18-20; Philippians 4:8-13; Ephesians 3:14-21)