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OUR DAILY BREAD                      Wednesday, August 31, 1994
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READ: Psalm 73


                     "WHAT ARE YOU RUNNING TO"

              "It is good for me to draw near to God;
               I have put my trust in the Lord God."

                           Psalm 73:28

Author and cartoonist James Thurber made this provocative
observation about life: "All persons must learn before they die
what they are running "from" and what they are running "to", and
why." 

Our thoughts and actions in the present are shaped by something in
our past: a parent who set standards that we could never reach;
sexual abuse; a great potential in high school that fizzled when
we got out into life; insecurity; growing up in a remote area or
growing down in the inner city.

We must also find out what we're running "to". Some people,
competing for temporary fame and fortune, are like passengers who
are fighting for the best seats on a bus headed for oblivion.
Others plan for their retirement -- but not for old age or beyond
death. 

The psalmist Asaph knew what he was running from. He had lived in
doubt near the neighborhood of despair. He also knew what he was
running to and why. He sang, "It is good for me to draw near to
God;... that I may declare all Your works" (Ps. 73:28). He also
said, "You will guide me with Your counsel, and afterward receive
me to glory" (v. 24).

Have you figured out what you are running from? More important, do
you know what you are running to? 

- Haddon W. Robinson

          Those searching to know life's true meaning 
                  Can find it in only one way:
             By knowing the Lord as their Savior,
                 And living for Him day by day.

                       - J. David Brannon

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
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Keep your eyes on the Lord and you won't lose sight of life's
purpose.

THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 2 Chronicles 1-3

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