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    OUR DAILY BREAD                       Friday, December 17, 1993
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    Read:  Hebrews 12:1-6

                           A HOLE IN THE HEAD

                        Consider Him who endures.
                             --Hebrews 12:3

    Private Raymond Cote was in Germany with the 12th Infantry  after
    World  War  II.  During maneuvers, he was put on sentry  duty  to
    guard  some  pontoons on the banks of the Rhine.  Because  of  an
    oversight,  he was not relieved for 6 days.  He knew the  general
    order   that  states:  "To  quit  my  post  only  when   properly
    relieved."  So  he  stayed  on duty day and night  even  when  it
    rained  heavily.  Sympathetic  farmers gave him  food  and  milk.
    When  he  finally was relieved and got back to  his  outfit,  his
    commanding officer praised his "strong sense of duty."  But  some
    of his buddies wisecracked that Cote had "a hole in his head."

    Followers of the Savior also need a strong determination to carry
    out  faithfully whatever duty the Commanding Officer may  assign.
    It may involve much discomfort, perhaps causing people to  regard
    us  as  having a hole in the head.  But our  faithful  Commander,
    whose head was lacerated by a crown of thorns, also had holes  in
    His hands, feet, and side because He did His Father's will.

    What  will strengthen us to remain faithful when tempted to  quit
    some God-assigned post before our Lord properly relieves  us?  It
    is  the thought of "Him who endures such hostility  from  sinners
    against Himself" (Heb. 12:3).
     
    Author:  Vernon C. Grounds

           I would be true, for there are those who trust me;
             I would be pure, for there are those who care.
             I would be strong, for there is much to suffer;
              I would be brave, for there is much to dare.
                                --Walter

    THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
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    To remain faithful where God has placed you, give God first place
    in your heart.

    THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:  Hebrews 11-13


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