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A Divine Rescue He rescued me because he delights in me. (Psalm 18:19) I often tell people that when I grow up I want to be like my son, David. They usually smile because they think I’m joking, but the fact is, I really do want to be just like him. His relationship with Jesus is real and genuine and deep, and I couldn’t be more proud. Today he is considered one of the spiritual leaders in his church youth group. Pretty amazing when you consider that he’s basically shy, and we just began attending our church about a year ago. In fact, I still remember the first youth event he went to just a few weeks after we started attending. The event was a citywide carnival hosted by the church youth group. There were games and dunking booths and sporting events and about five hundred crazy kids running all over the parking lot. My son didn’t know a soul, but he wanted to go in hopes of meeting some new friends. I told him I’d stick around for the first ten minutes or so to make sure he was okay. Everywhere you looked kids were laughing and hanging onto each other, but David was all by himself. My heart cracked a little more with each passing minute. My ten minutes came and went, yet still I couldn’t bear to leave. I sat on the curb praying that God would bring some friends for David to hook up with. Still he walked from booth to booth by himself. Suddenly I caught him glancing in my direction, and I waved him toward me. He quickly made his way through the crowd and sat beside me on the curb. “There’s too many people here,” I said. “What do you say you and I take off and get some burgers?” His eyes grew wide, and his voice lifted with excitement. “Okay, let’s go!” he said. And that’s what we did. We decided over lunch that he had plenty of time to make friends later and that this would be a good day for us to just hang out together. “I wasn’t having any fun anyway,” he told me. I told him I knew. That’s why I rescued him. “He led me to a place of safety,” writes the psalmist. “He rescued me because he delights in me” (Psalm 18:19). God saved us for the same reason that I saved David from an afternoon of screaming kids. Because he loves us and simply wants to spend time with us. Because there’s nothing he’d rather do than be in our presence. Because we’re his children, and he wants us by his side. Because he likes having us around. Is there any greater comfort a child can imagine?
Today’s Reading Psalm 18:19, 25-31 Reflection How does it feel to know that God delights in having you around? Does it change the way you see yourself? How does it change your view of God?
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The best-selling Left Behind series has captured the attention of millions of readers, and it has changed lives. It has brought millions of believers the motivation to examine their hearts. Are you ready to embrace eternity? Live each moment as if it could be your last? Your future is more important than your past. Where you are going matters more than where you have been. What you do from this day forward means much more than what you have already done. You may be affected by your past, but you are not defined by it. Not in the eyes of God. What does it mean to embrace eternity? It means grasping each breath as if it could be your last, living life moment by precious moment with your feet planted firmly on earth but your heart aimed squarely at heaven. It means learning to embrace the role of dual citizenship—living in one world while belonging to another. It is a lifestyle of living like there’s no tomorrow and then dying so that your real life can finally begin! This 365-day devotional explores the themes introduced in the Left Behind series—themes of salvation, grace, obedience, and faith. New believers as well as mature believers will find a message of faith that will inspire and motivate daily.
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