September 23, 2025 4:00 am
The saints of God face a two-pronged challenge to their hope: persecution and the prosperity of the wicked. The Word of God provides comfort in affliction, and embracing God's will can bring joy and rejoicing to the heart.
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Yeah. Welcome to the Days of Praise podcast, a daily devotional by the Institute for Creation Research. Hope through the word. Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope. Psalm 119, 49.
The saints of God have always faced something of a two-pronged challenge to their hope. First, Those that will live godly and love his laws will suffer persecution. And secondly, we have will be troubled by the prosperity of the wicked. The pressure of the first and the perplexity of the second often test our expectations. but the Word of God provides comfort in my affliction.
Jeremiah, often called the weeping prophet, found that the word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart, simply because he embraced with unshakable confidence the fact that he was called by Thy name, O Lord God of hosts. When the psalmist asked Why art thou cast down, O my soul? His answer, in spite of the troubles of the hour, was his certain knowledge that he shall yet praise him. We may recoil in holy anger when the wicked forsake Thy law, but we can still live with songs in our hearts, knowing that our great Creator God is working all things after the counsel of His own will, and that even the wrath of man will eventually bring praise to Him. Our time is short.
We live for about one hundred years and brag as though we have lived forever. The Creator reckons the nations as mere dust of the balance. We need to shift our viewpoint from the temporal to the eternal and rest in the absolute God-given knowledge that our light affliction, which is but for a moment, Worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. This I had the psalmist exclaimed. because I kept thy precepts.
Psalm one nineteen. fifty six. If you've enjoyed today's devotional, be sure to subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. And please rate and review so more listeners can find us. To support ICR's ministry, visit icr.org/slash donate.
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