A Daily Devotional with Pastor Doug Crouse July 1, 2018 Rescued Scripture Reading – Psalm 121:1 - 2 (NLT)"I look up to the mountains - does my help come from there? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth!" 

Have you ever been outside of the reach of the city lights on a clear night and looked up into a clear and cloudless starlight sky without even thinking that God knows each of the stars by name?

Or perhaps you have had the opportunity to drive through the mountains as I have had number of times, always saying to my wife as usually we share this ride together in awe: 'Honey this is the post card and we are living in it'. Again without even recognizing that these mountains are His footstool.

Or maybe you have stood underneath a sunlight sky with a gentle breeze blowing through your hair on the seashore as the waves send individual grains of sand through your toes, never understanding that His love for you is deeper than all of the grains of sand in all of the oceans of the earth.

The wonderful news friend from the Psalmist this day is that when we lift up our eyes to Him there is a fresh revelation from the Spirit that we are, 'Rescued'. Yes the God of all creation, the One who made the heavens and the earth - He is our God, and truly we can count on Him!

On this Canada Day we pray that Jesus will have dominion from sea to shining sea all across our Nation. That you and I will reflect His glory through our lives that many more will come to know and share in the wonderful gift of God’s grace.  

Prayer My Father in Heaven today I remember that it is You who has made everything I can see. Lord Jesus I realize afresh that everything that is consists and has its being and is sustained in You. God keep our land glorious and free, I pray in Jesus mighty name. 

Memory Verse:  2 John 1:3a NLT"Grace, mercy, and peace, which come from God the Father and from Jesus Christ – the Son of the Father…”