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    OUR DAILY BREAD                     Thursday, December 23, 1993
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    Read:  Luke 2:25-35

                               THE LONGING

                      He would not see death before
                     he had seen the Lord's Christ.
                               --Luke 2:26

    Look  at the people around you:  the shoppers walking  the  malls
    hunting for last-minute Christmas gifts, the enthusiastic fans at
    football and basketball games, fellow employees in the workplace.
    Do you think they've found happiness?

    As people rush through life -- hurrying from paycheck to  payment
    and  from  job to home and then doing it all over again  --  many
    of them feel empty inside.  They long for something to make their
    existence more meaningful and fulfilling.

    Unlike Simeon, whom we read about in Luke, chapter 2, many people
    don't  know what will bring happiness.  The Holy Spirit had  told
    Simeon  that  he  would not die until he had  seen  the  promised
    Messiah.  When that extraordinary day came and Simeon came to the
    temple to meet Jesus, peace and contentment were guaranteed.

    All  around  us  are people who could have that  same  peace  and
    contentment if they could just meet Jesus.  As we see the  crowds
    each day, we should be reminded to pray that the Holy Spirit will
    touch their hearts and make them want to see Jesus.  They may  be
    rushing  around, but in their hearts they have a void waiting  to
    be filled by the Messiah, the Lord Jesus.

    Author:  J. David Branon

                    Now none but Christ can satisfy,
                         None other name for me;
                 There's love and life and lasting joy,
                       Lord Jesus, found in Thee.
                               -McGranahan

    THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
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    There is a longing in every heart that only Jesus can satisfy.

    THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:  1 John 1-2

          
          












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