The scripture for today, September 27 (9/27), is Nehemiah 9:27 as found in the Old Testament of the Bible:
“So, you handed them over to their enemies who oppressed them. But when they were oppressed, they cried out to you. From heaven you heard them, and in your great compassion you gave them deliverers, who rescued them from the hand of their enemies.”
With many people, the only time we think about God is when we feel oppressed by something or someone in our life. We may even blame God.
That can be a good thing. Perhaps we hadn’t given God a second thought since our last calamity. So now, at last, we’re thinking about him. Yes, we may be angry at God, but at least we’re thinking about him.
Let us thank God for times of oppression. Sometimes that is what it takes for God to get our attention. Then perhaps God can show us that he wants to be our friend.
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“O Lord, see how my enemies persecute me! Have mercy and lift me up from the gates of death, that I may declare your praises…and there rejoice in your salvation.”
“My shield is God Most High, who saves the upright in heart.”
“The end of a matter is better than its beginning, and patience is better than pride.”
“The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.”
“Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”
“The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.”