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    OUR DAILY BREAD                    Saturday, December 18, 1993
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    Read:  Psalm 62

                           INTERSTATE TRAFFIC

                  My soul, wait silently for God alone,
                     for my expectation is from Him.
                              --Psalm 62:5

    Isn't  it frustrating to get caught in slow-moving traffic on  an
    interstate  highway -- especially when you get hemmed in  with  a
    solid line of cars in both the right and left lanes, a huge  semi
    just  ahead of you, and one tailing you?  Sandwiched between  two
    of  these monsters, all you can do is stare at the back doors  of
    the  one  in front of you and read how much the carrier  pays  in
    taxes each year.  Some consolation!

    I  remember being in that kind of situation once.  As I  felt  my
    patience  running low and my adrenaline running high, I began  to
    think of it as a small drama of the Christian life.  Sometimes in
    our  walk  with  the  Lord we get  hemmed  in  by  uncontrollable
    circumstances.  We  grind to a halt, move only occasionally,  and
    then  not  very  far.  We  wish we could  see  what's  up  ahead.
    Impatience and even anger compound the situation.

    The  psalmist  must  have felt something like that  as  he  wrote
    today's  Scripture.  But  he  reminded  himself  of  his   secure
    relationship with God, and that the way would become clear again.
     
    We  must choose not to fight life's traffic jams, but  rather  to
    view them as opportunities to learn to wait silently for God  and
    keep our expectation focused on Him.

    Author:  Dennis J. De Haan

              Dear heart, let perfect patience be thy goal;
             It is the way earth's noblest souls have trod.
                 It's just a calm adjustment of the soul
                In all things to the perfect will of God.
                                --Hayward

    THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
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    Patience means awaiting God's time without doubting God's love.

    THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:  James 1-2


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