May 27 Daily Devotional

Bible Reading

Isaiah 25:

¹O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.
²For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.
³Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee.
⁴For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
⁵Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low.
⁶And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.
⁷And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the veil that is spread over all nations.
⁸He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.
⁹And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
¹⁰For in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill.
¹¹And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim: and he shall bring down their pride together with the spoils of their hands.
¹²And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.

Devotional

We are living in troublous times, dangerous times, times that afford no peace and rest for the souls of men. There are political upheaveals, economic uncertainty and spiritual perils by reason of false doctrines and the wiles of the devil, "who, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour." Peace and rest and perfect security is to be found only in God. But peace with God we can have only when we are reconciled unto him through our Lord Jesus Christ, "who was delivered for our offenses, and was raised again for our justification." "Being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." That is the peace of God which passeth all understanding. All who believe in Jesus Christ have this peace, and are kept in this peace. "Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee, because he trusteth in thee." Therefore, in the storms and turmoils of life, trust in the Lord; and not only then, but for ever; "for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength." He is the Rock of Ages, that can never be moved. All his enemies shall be made his footstool. And He shall reign for ever and ever. And his people shall rejoice and praise his name for ever.

Our hope is on Jehovah stayed,
In Him our hearts are joyful made;
Our help and shield is He.

Prayer

O Lord, Thou art our God; we will exalt Thee. We will praise Thy name; for Thou hast done wonderful things; Thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. Thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat. Help us to put our whole trust in Thee; and help us to rejoice in Thy salvation. May the joy of the Lord be our strength. Amen.

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Scripture in Devotional: 1 Pet. 5:8; Rom. 4:25; 5:1; Phil.4:7; Isa. 26:3, 4; Ps. 110:1.

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