Clinging to God
Amy Boucher Pye Our Daily Bread Ministries https://odb.org/ All rights reserved-Published with permission Clinging to God Bible in a Year : Psalms 79-80 Romans 11:1-18 Eleazar stood his ground and struck down the Philistines till his hand grew tired. 2 Samuel 23:10 Today's Scripture & Insight : 2 Samuel 23:8-12 When Joni Eareckson Tada speaks of Rika, she highlights her friend’s “deep, time-tested faith in God” and the endurance she’s developed while living with a debilitating chronic condition. For more than fifteen years, Rika has been bedbound, unable even to see the moon from her room’s tiny window. But she hasn’t lost hope; she trusts in God, reads and studies the Bible, and as Joni describes it, she “knows how to stand firm during fierce battles against discouragement.” Joni likens Rika’s tenacity and persistence to that of Eleazar, a soldier at the time of King David who refused to flee the Philistines. Instead of joining the troops who took off, “Eleazar stood his groun