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          OUR DAILY BREAD                         Friday, April 15, 1994
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          Read:  Psalm 121

                               HIS MIND NEVER WANDERS

                         He who keeps you will not slumber.
                                     Psalm 121:3

          Has this ever happened to you?  I was driving down the highway on
          a  pleasant evening after a full day.  I was paying attention  to
          traffic and driving defensively.  The next thing I knew, I  heard
          the  crunch  of tires on gravel.  They were mine!  I  snapped  to
          attention.

          My  mind had wandered and I had strayed to the edge of the  road.
          Either  I  was daydreaming or I was enjoying the  beauty  of  the
          evening and forgot what I was doing.

          What  would happen if God's mind  wandered?  Consider  Colossians
          1:17, which says that in Christ "all things consist."  This means
          that in His providence, the Son of God holds all things  together
          and  keeps our world in motion.  So if His mind  wandered,  trees
          would  crash to the ground.  Water would pour out of the  oceans.
          The  planets would go spinning off through space.  Prayers  would
          be  unheard and unanswered.  And those He protects would be  left
          vulnerable to the attack of the enemy.

          But  that  could never happen.  Why?  Because the God  who  never
          sleeps  is  watching over our world--and us--all  the  time  (Ps.
          121:3-4).  We  are  ever at the center of His attention  and  His
          care.  We  are secure because we love and serve a God whose  mind
          never wanders.

          Author:  David C. Egner

                           I know God's care and kindness
                               Will ever with me stay,
                           To assist me on life's journey
                               And brighten up my day.
                                        Hall

          THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
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          Because God's mind is on us, we can put our mind at ease.

          THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:   Psalms 13-15




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