OUR DAILY BREAD           Tuesday, December 20, 1994
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READ:  2 Chronicles 20:1-17

           NOTHING LEFT BUT GOD

 "Do not be afraid nor dismayed because of
  this great multitude, for the battle is
          not yours, but God's."

          - 2 Chronicles 20:15

A wise Bible teacher once said, "Sooner or later
God will bring self-sufficient people to the place
where they have no resource but Him:  no strength,
no answers, nothing but Him.  Without God's help,
they're sunk."

He then told of a despairing man who confessed to
his pastor, "My life is really in bad shape."
"How bad?" the pastor inquired.  Burying his head
in his hands, he moaned "I'll tell you how bad --
all I've got left is God."  The pastor's face lit
up.  "I'm happy to assure you that a person with
nothing left but God has more than enough for great
victory!"

In today's Bible reading, the people of Judah were
also in trouble.  They admitted their lack of power
and wisdom to conquer their foes.  All they had
left was God!  But King Jehoshaphat and the people
saw this as reason for hope, not despair.  "Our eyes
are upon You," they declared to God (2 Chr. 20:12).
And their hope was not disappointed as He fulfilled
His promise":  "The battle is not yours, but God's"
(v. 15).

Are you in a position where all self-sufficiency is
gone?  As you turn your eyes on the Lord and put
your hope in Him, you have God's reassuring promise
that you need nothing more.

    -- Joanie E. Yoder

 In You, O Lord, we take delight,
   Our every need You will supply;
     We long to do what's good and right,
       So, Lord, on You we will rely.

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          THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
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       When God is all you've got,
       you've got more than enough.

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THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:  Titus 1-3

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