August 24 Daily Devotional

Monthly Theme:

These meditations are on the psalms. All those songs about Zion, the temple, and the Son of David really make sense when they are sung In the New Testament church.

Bible Reading:

Psalm 91

Bible Text:

"He will call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him" (Ps. 91:15).

Devotional:

It is impossible for caring parents to hear their children cry and not pay attention. It is unthinkable for God our Father to hear his children call and turn a deaf ear.

Our calls for God should be as instinctive as an infant's cries for his or her parents. When we call out to God, we don't have to kneel or sit down. We think of God as spontaneously as we think of our loved ones on earth, and we can speak to God aloud or in our thoughts anytime, anywhere. God's response to us is just as instinctive and spontaneous. In fact, both our call and God's answer are divine gifts. Together they form the communion of Parent and child, the most valued relationship we have.

God promises to do more than answer when we call. He will be with us in our trouble, deliver us from distress, and honor us when the trouble is past.

In times of trouble God will always come and sit down with us. Even when we are temporarily not ready for God's comfort, he is there. Countless people have testified how real God's presence was to them precisely during their hour of trouble.

Then God delivers us from trouble, either by taking the burden away or by empowering us to carry it.

Afterward we are "honored" by God—refined, touched by his holiness, recipients of some of his glory.

Andrew Kuyvenhoven's Daylight, a modern devotional classic, was originally published in 1994. This edition is copyright by Faith Alive Christian Resources, from whom may be ordered Daylight, the predecessor of Twilight.

A man of many accomplishments, Andrew Kuyvenhoven is probably best known for his contributions to Today (formerly The Family Altar), a widely-used monthly devotional booklet associated with the Back to God Hour. Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations for this edition of Twilight are from the New International Version

Be sure to read the "Preface" and the "Acknowledgments" by the author.