Sincere Milk

Key Verse

“O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.” Psalm 42:6

Text — Psalm 42:5-8

Message

To be cast down means to be discouraged, to lose hope; not expecting that any good thing will come out of a particular situation. This is a strategy from Satan to make friends of Jesus not to achieve what they are supposed to achieve. The story is told of a 10-year-old friend of Jesus who became discouraged because his grades were dropping in school. He made a lot of efforts, but things did not improve with his academic performance. One day in church, his teacher taught them using the above Bible passage.

This made them know that God understands what all His children pass through every time. He reminded them that He expects them to call on Him when they are discouraged. They must also search their lives, maybe they have displeased God. It was then the discouraged boy remembered that he had been leaving many important things undone- studying, praying, reading his Bible, attending fellowship regularly and punctually. He had been doing them, but not very well as he used do. He immediately made up his mind to become diligent in all these once again. He prayed and promised God and himself that he will do better. God answered his prayer and his academics performance improved tremendously.

Further Reading

2 Corinthians 1:8-10

Prayer for today

Lord, please help me to keep in mind and do all I need to do to remain at the top.