Evening, August 2
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So Ruth gathered grain in the field until evening. And when she beat out what she had gleaned, it was about an ephah of barley.  — Ruth 2:17
Bible League: Living His Word
Jesus said, "Go. You are healed because you believed."
— Mark 10:52 ERV

We need to get up and go. There are things we need to do and places we need to visit. Life should move forward. Standing still is not a viable option, and going back is even worse. Moving into the future should be moving forward into the new, the different, and the good, but moving into the same old thing can happen. Stagnation and reversal are not impossibilities.

If we are to move forward, then we need to break free from the past. We need to break free from everything that holds us back from flourishing in the future. The trouble is that there is an enemy that wants to hold us back. Satan wants to keep us locked up in the old, the same, and the bad. He wants us to stay stuck in sickness, spiritual blindness, financial failure, social woe, marital collapse, and any other trap his evil mind can conceive to keep us from moving forward in blessing.

Like Bartimaeus, the beggar to whom Jesus spoke the words of our verse for today, we need to find the key that will unlock our futures. Bartimaeus was trapped in blindness (Mark 10:46). He couldn't do what needed to be done. He couldn't go where he needed to go. But when Jesus showed up, he knew he had found what was needed. He knew that Jesus was the key that could set him free from Satan's traps.

So, he cried out, "Jesus, Son of David, please help me" (Mark 10:47)! He had faith that Jesus would set him free. He didn't listen to those who wanted him to be quiet. His faith made him shout even louder (Mark 10:48). Indeed, his faith in Jesus set him free. That's when Jesus told him to "Go." That's when Jesus released him into his future.

We need to move forward like him. We also need to cry out, "Jesus, Son of David, please help me!" When we do, our faith in Jesus will set us free, our faith will open up a future full of promise.

Then, with that future there before us, just like He told Bartimaeus, Jesus will tell us to "Go."
Bible in a Year
Old Testament Reading
Psalm 68, 69


Psalm 68 -- Let God arise! Let his enemies be scattered!

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Psalm 69 -- Save me, God, for the waters have come up to my neck!

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New Testament Reading
Romans 3


Romans 3 -- All Have Sinned and are Justified by faith

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Reading Plan Courtesy of Christian Classics Etherial Library.
Tyndale Life Application Daily Devotion
He took some bread and gave thanks to God for it. Then he broke it in pieces and gave it to the disciples, saying, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this to remember me.”
Insight
Jesus asked the disciples to eat the broken bread “to remember me.” He wanted them to remember his sacrifice, the basis for forgiveness of sins, and also his friendship that they could continue to enjoy through the work of the Holy Spirit. Although the exact meaning of Communion has been strongly debated throughout church history, Christians still take bread and wine in remembrance of their Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Challenge
Do not neglect participating in the Lord's Supper. Let it remind you of what Christ did for you.
Morning and Evening by Spurgeon
Ruth 2:17  So she gleaned in the field until even.

Let me learn from Ruth, the gleaner. As she went out to gather the ears of corn, so must I go forth into the fields of prayer, meditation, the ordinances, and hearing the word to gather spiritual food. The gleaner gathers her portion ear by ear; her gains are little by little: so must I be content to search for single truths, if there be no greater plenty of them. Every ear helps to make a bundle, and every gospel lesson assists in making us wise unto salvation. The gleaner keeps her eyes open: if she stumbled among the stubble in a dream, she would have no load to carry home rejoicingly at eventide. I must be watchful in religious exercises lest they become unprofitable to me; I fear I have lost much already--O that I may rightly estimate my opportunities, and glean with greater diligence. The gleaner stoops for all she finds, and so must I. High spirits criticize and object, but lowly minds glean and receive benefit. A humble heart is a great help towards profitably hearing the gospel. The engrafted soul-saving word is not received except with meekness. A stiff back makes a bad gleaner; down, master pride, thou art a vile robber, not to be endured for a moment. What the gleaner gathers she holds: if she dropped one ear to find another, the result of her day's work would be but scant; she is as careful to retain as to obtain, and so at last her gains are great. How often do I forget all that I hear; the second truth pushes the first out of my head, and so my reading and hearing end in much ado about nothing! Do I feel duly the importance of storing up the truth? A hungry belly makes the gleaner wise; if there be no corn in her hand, there will be no bread on her table; she labors under the sense of necessity, and hence her tread is nimble and her grasp is firm; I have even a greater necessity, Lord, help me to feel it, that it may urge me onward to glean in fields which yield so plenteous a reward to diligence.

Daily Light on the Daily Path
Isaiah 63:3  "I have trodden the wine trough alone, And from the peoples there was no man with Me. I also trod them in My anger And trampled them in My wrath; And their lifeblood is sprinkled on My garments, And I stained all My raiment.

Exodus 15:11  "Who is like You among the gods, O LORD? Who is like You, majestic in holiness, Awesome in praises, working wonders?

Isaiah 59:16  And He saw that there was no man, And was astonished that there was no one to intercede; Then His own arm brought salvation to Him, And His righteousness upheld Him.

1 Peter 2:24  and He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed.

Galatians 3:13  Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us-- for it is written, "CURSED IS EVERYONE WHO HANGS ON A TREE "--

Psalm 98:1  A Psalm. O sing to the LORD a new song, For He has done wonderful things, His right hand and His holy arm have gained the victory for Him.

Colossians 2:15  When He had disarmed the rulers and authorities, He made a public display of them, having triumphed over them through Him.

Isaiah 53:11  As a result of the anguish of His soul, He will see it and be satisfied; By His knowledge the Righteous One, My Servant, will justify the many, As He will bear their iniquities.

Judges 5:21  "The torrent of Kishon swept them away, The ancient torrent, the torrent Kishon. O my soul, march on with strength.

Romans 8:37  But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us.

Revelation 12:11  "And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even when faced with death.

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