OUR DAILY BREAD                  Tuesday, January 3, 1995
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READ:  Job 13:1-15

               TRUSTING IN TRIAL

 "Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him."

                - Job 13:15

Mary Kimbrough composed this poem based on Job 13:15,
which underscores the wisdom of trusting God through
trial:

 "Though He slay me, I will trust Him,"
   Said the sainted Job of old;
 "Though He try me in the furnace,
   I shall then come forth as gold."

 "Though the 'worms of deep affliction'
   Cause this body to decay,
 In my flesh I shall behold Him --
   My Redeemer -- some glad day."

 "Though He slay me" -- can I say it
   When I feel the searing fire,
 When my fondest dreams lie shattered --
   Gone my hope and fond desire?

 "Though He slay me, I will trust Him,"
   For He knows just how to mold,
 How to melt and shape my spirit --
   I shall then come forth as gold.!

A weak faith may appear to be strong when friends are
true, the body is healthy, and the business is
profitable.  But a truly strong faith clings to the
Lord's promises and relies on His faithfulness when
loved ones leave, health departs, and dark clouds
obscure the future.

Evangelist D. L. Moody once said, "Trust in yourself
and you are doomed to disappointment; trust in your
friends, and they will die and leave you; but trust
in God, and you will never be confounded in time or
eternity."

Don't murmur and rebel in your hour of adversity.
Learn to trust God in every trial.

    -- Henry G. Bosch

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      THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
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  Trials are the soil in which
      faith can flourish.

THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:  Genesis 6-9

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