You need this

Good morning everyone,

Our theme for this month: “God’s power in you and for you”

Our Bible verse for today: “God, you are my God; I eagerly seek you. I thirst for you; my body faints for you in a land that is dry, desolate, and without water. So I gaze on you in the sanctuary to see your strength and your glory.” Psalm 63:1-2 (CSB)

Our thought for today: “You need this”

Today is Saturday, tomorrow is Sunday. You need to be in church tomorrow. I mean it. You need to be there. Your soul needs it. All throughout the week the world has been sucking your soul dry. Hopefully you have a good pattern of daily spiritual disciplines that help to keep renewing your soul, but you also need the spiritual nurture that comes from being in the sanctuary, with God’s people, engaging in corporate worship.

That’s what David was writing about in Psalm 63:1-2. His soul had been sucked dry by the world. It felt desolate and in need of refreshing. So, he went to the sanctuary to experience God’s glory and to be renewed. There are some spiritual experiences that can only happen in a spiritually-charged group setting. The spiritual dynamic in such times is powerful and your soul needs it. That’s why the writer of the letter to the Hebrews told us in Hebrews 10:24 that we are not to skip the regular gatherings of our church families. We need to be there.

Life is a battle – an ongoing spiritual battle. But we cannot live in a state of constant war. If we try to, it will exhaust us. But that’s exactly what Satan wants. He wants to keep you engaged with him so he can bury you in battle after battle, overwhelming you, sucking your soul dry. That’s why so many passages in both the Old and New Testaments urge us, even command us, to withdraw and renew. You need a refuge from the storms of life, from the battles. Daily time with God is one of those sources of refuge, but so is a great time of corporate worship.

God wants to be powerful in you and through you, but you have to do your part to create the conditions for that to be so. Corporate worship is one of those places where God will do a deep work in your soul. It is one of those shelters from the storms of life, a break from the battles, that God will use to renew and refresh you. You need this if you are going to be powerful in the rest of life.

God bless,
Pastor Jim

(If you like what you’re reading in these daily devotionals and if you would like more content from Oak Hill Baptist Church, join us on Sundays at 10:00 – in-person if you are nearby or, if you are geographically distant or if you just can’t make it, online at www.YouTube.com/@oakhillbaptistcrossville

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