Evening, May 13
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The LORD is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words.  — Psalm 119:57
Bible League: Living His Word
Jesus replied, "There are twelve hours of daylight every day. During the day people can walk safely. They can see because they have the light of this world."
— John 11:9 NLT

If you're a Christian, then you can expect to receive a calling from God. Maybe you'll be called to be a mother or father. Maybe you'll be called to go into business, or academia, or the ministry. It could be anything. The Lord has need of servants in every area of life, and He calls us, as it were, to fill in the slots He has open. The calls God gives to His people are not limited to the religious professions. Ministry and service can happen in any area of life.

When you receive a call from God, you have to get busy doing it while the time is right. In our verse for today, Jesus used the analogy of daylight to explain this. Just as people can safely go about their business during the daylight, so people with a call of God on their lives can fulfill the call in the time God provides.

This was true for Jesus. His disciples were worried that He might be killed if He went to Judea. He had just been there a few days before and the people tried to stone Him (John 11:8). He replied with the words of our verse. Jesus was not worried about being killed because He knew there were still a lot of things He needed to do to fulfill His call from God. It was still daylight, to use His analogy, so He could safely go to Judea. He could go there and demonstrate the power of the Kingdom of God by raising Lazarus from the dead (John 11:40-44).

There may be some things that seemingly stand in the way of the calls of God on your life, as well. If you let them, they could stop you dead in your tracks. Jesus' message to you today is to not let that happen.

After all, it's the right time. There's still some daylight. So, you need to get to work and not let any fears you might have stop you.
Bible in a Year
Old Testament Reading
2 Kings 6, 7, 8


2 Kings 6 -- Elisha Causes the Axhead to Float; Arameans Blinded; Samaria Besieged

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2 Kings 7 -- Elisha Promises Plenty in Samaria; Siege Lifted

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2 Kings 8 -- The Shunammite's Land; Hazael Kills Ben-Hadad; Jehoram and Ahaziah Kings of Judah

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New Testament Reading
John 4:31-54


John 4 -- Jesus Testifies to the Samaritan Woman and Townspeople, Heals an Official's Son

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Reading Plan Courtesy of Christian Classics Etherial Library.
Tyndale Life Application Daily Devotion
“I knew you before I formed you in your mother's womb.
        Before you were born I set you apart
        and appointed you as my prophet to the nations.”
Insight
God knew you, as he knew Jeremiah, long before you were born or even conceived. He thought about you and planned for you.
Challenge
When you feel discouraged or inadequate, remember that God has always thought of you as valuable and that he has a purpose in mind for you.
Morning and Evening by Spurgeon
Psalm 119:57  Thou art my portion, O Lord.

Look at thy possessions, O believer, and compare thy portion with the lot of thy fellowmen. Some of them have their portion in the field; they are rich, and their harvests yield them a golden increase; but what are harvests compared with thy God, who is the God of harvests? What are bursting granaries compared with him, who is the Husbandman, and feeds thee with the bread of heaven? Some have their portion in the city; their wealth is abundant, and flows to them in constant streams, until they become a very reservoir of gold; but what is gold compared with thy God? Thou couldst not live on it; thy spiritual life could not be sustained by it. Put it on a troubled conscience, and could it allay its pangs? Apply it to a desponding heart, and see if it could stay a solitary groan, or give one grief the less? But thou hast God, and in him thou hast more than gold or riches ever could buy. Some have their portion in that which most men love--applause and fame; but ask thyself, is not thy God more to thee than that? What if a myriad clarions should be loud in thine applause, would this prepare thee to pass the Jordan, or cheer thee in prospect of judgment? No, there are griefs in life which wealth cannot alleviate; and there is the deep need of a dying hour, for which no riches can provide. But when thou hast God for thy portion, thou hast more than all else put together. In him every want is met, whether in life or in death. With God for thy portion thou art rich indeed, for he will supply thy need, comfort thy heart, assuage thy grief, guide thy steps, be with thee in the dark valley, and then take thee home, to enjoy him as thy portion forever. "I have enough," said Esau; this is the best thing a worldly man can say, but Jacob replies, "I have all things," which is a note too high for carnal minds.

Daily Light on the Daily Path
Psalm 38:10  My heart throbs, my strength fails me; And the light of my eyes, even that has gone from me.

Psalm 61:1,2  For the choir director; on a stringed instrument. A Psalm of David. Hear my cry, O God; Give heed to my prayer. • From the end of the earth I call to You when my heart is faint; Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

2 Corinthians 12:9,10  And He has said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness." Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me. • Therefore I am well content with weaknesses, with insults, with distresses, with persecutions, with difficulties, for Christ's sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong.

Matthew 14:30,31  But seeing the wind, he became frightened, and beginning to sink, he cried out, "Lord, save me!" • Immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and took hold of him, and said to him, "You of little faith, why did you doubt?"

Proverbs 24:10  If you are slack in the day of distress, Your strength is limited.

Isaiah 40:29  He gives strength to the weary, And to him who lacks might He increases power.

Deuteronomy 33:27  "The eternal God is a dwelling place, And underneath are the everlasting arms; And He drove out the enemy from before you, And said, 'Destroy!'

Colossians 1:11  strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for the attaining of all steadfastness and patience; joyously

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