Devotional for August 27

Apply the Heart to Wisdom

10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.
12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
13 Return, O Lord, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
14 O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
15 Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.
16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children.
17 And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it. Psalm 90:10-17 (KJV)

The Morning Exhortation

Never miss an opportunity to do good when it is in the power of your hand to do it. It is in blessing others that we ourselves are most easily blessed. Try it and see. There is no such thing as a lessor fruit of the Spirit. Sad is the one who has never seen, nor has ever shown, kindness. Such a one is like an ugly duckling stuck in its shell, cut off from the giving and receiving of kindness to and from others. The shell of the status quo, no matter how unprofitable, is so familiar and comfortable that it becomes harder and harder to put forth the effort necessary to break out of it the longer it is maintained The double call of the gospel is come just as you are, and be willing to change once you’ve come. May your heart judge rightly what you hear. If it is worth doing, do it now. To wait for tomorrow is to risk missing the last boat. Step out in faith and expect to be totally transformed by the power of God. (Galatians 3:13-14; Genesis 22:17-18; Proverbs 3:27-28; Luke 10:25-37; Galatians 5:14-23; John 7:37; Revelation 21:6; Isaiah 55:1-3; Proverbs 9:1-11, 24:30-34; Matthew 7:24-29, 24:37-51; 2 Thessalonians 2:13; Isaiah 55:6-7; Matthew 11:28-30; 2 Peter 1:3-4; Romans 12:1-2; Ephesians 4:22-24; Zechariah 4:6; 1 Peter 5:6-10; Romans 16:20).