Old Testament: Psa 86.16–17

To read the Bible in a year, read Psalms 85–87 on August 9, In the year of our Lord Christ 2024

By Don Ruhl 

An enemy fights us, but we know that God is with us. However, the enemy does not see that. Therefore, David prayed: “Oh, turn to me, and have mercy on me! Give Your strength to Your servant, and save the son of Your maidservant. Show me a sign for good, that those who hate me may see it and be ashamed, because You, LORD, have helped me and comforted me” (Psalm 86.16–17). 

As always, David wanted his enemy to see the Lord. To David, it was not about himself, but about the Lord. 

Questions from today’s reading and devotional: 

• Do you see your life as one in which others can see the Lord? 
• Why do you live from day to day? 

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Don preaches with the Savage Street Church of Christ in Grants Pass, Oregon. 

Listen to his sermons here: GrantsPassChurchOfChrist.com