FWD: Morning Manna (June 30); BP: Ps. 40; RBTTY: Acts 10:1-23; Job 17-19

 
Samuel D. High
sdhigh@aristotle.net

 

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Sent: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 16:59:52 -0500
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Subject: Morning Manna (June 30); BP: Ps. 40; RBTTY: Acts 10:1-23; Job 17-19
 
 
June 30 “All We’ll Ever Need”  
 
“But I am poor and needy—yet, the Lord thinks upon me. You are my Help and  
my Deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.”  
Psalm 40:17  
He’s all we’ll ever need—and more.  
What comes to your mind when you think about one who’s “poor and  
needy”? An orphaned street kid in some large, third-world metropolitan city  
trying to fend for himself? A bag lady sleeping on a cardboard box on a  
sidewalk near a towering building’s steam vents? A hobo hopping boxcars and  
sleeping underneath overpasses at night? An uneducated, unemployed  
day-laborer trying to feed eight hungry mouths on inadequate wages?  
 
Did your own face come to mind?  
If you’re like most folks, not very likely—for we seldom think of  
ourselves as being “poor and needy.” Oh, we might have it hard making ends  
meet, when the money runs out before the month does. Or, we may have  
“fallen on hard times” and are simply trying to “get by” in this dog-eat-dog  
world.  
 
But, most of the time, even then we don’t include ourselves in the  
description of one who’s “poor and needy.” Why, then, did David describe  
himself in such a way—especially when he’d been used so mightily by the God  
of Abraham down through the years? It’s because he never forgot where he’d  
come from and his ever-present need of his Good Shepherd. And, if the truth  
be known, neither should we.  
 
You see, dear Pilgrim, even on our “best days” we’re still “poor and  
needy.” Even if we have an overabundance of the world’s goods. . .and even  
if we can’t remember the last time we even felt much of a hunger pang. .  
.the fact remains that we are all “poor and needy” apart from God’s grace.  
And, even after having “been enlightened. . .tasted of the Heavenly gift. .  
.been made partakers of the Holy Spirit. . .dined on the good Word of God. .  
.and experienced the powers of the world to come” (Heb. 6:4-5). . .we still  
are totally dependent upon the Heavenly Father, whether we realize it or  
not.  
 
Think of it:  
He’s the One Who keeps our heart beating at night while we’re fast  
asleep. He’s the One Who designed our lungs to keep breathing and our brain  
to keep firing its electrical impulses when we’re oblivious to that around  
us. Therefore, we should always be ready to sing the old Gospel song, “I  
need Thee, O I need Thee. Every hour I need Thee. O bless me now, my  
Savior, I come to Thee.”  
 
Only then will we understand why David, the shepherd-king, went on to  
write “You are my Help and my Deliverer.” Pity us or anyone else if proud  
sufficiency ever replaces this sense of spiritual importunity. May the Holy  
Spirit help us to spend time today reflecting on the words of Mother  
Theresa, who once said “You’ll never know that Jesus is all you need until  
Jesus is all you have.” So true, so true.  
 
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