Day by Day

“This is the offering… two lambs of the first year without spot day by day, for a continual burnt offering. The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning, and the other lamb shalt thou offer at even” (Numbers 28:3).  “Unto Thee will I cry, O LORD my Rock; be not silent to me: lest, if Thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit… They regard not the works of the LORD” (Psalm 28:1,5).  “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the Holy is understanding” (Proverbs 9:10).  “He [Jesus] went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude resorted unto Him, and He taught them” (Mark 2:13). 

As day by day and night by night

A lamb was freshly sacrificed, 

The Lord shined His prophetic light

Foreshadowing the work of Christ.

We need this constant recollection

To always bring God’s work to mind,

For fools despise the Lord’s direction

And, by their choice, are rendered blind. 

So just like David, we should cry

To daily hear our gracious Lord,

Lest we be like them who deny

The works of God they have ignored. 

We need to hear what God will say,

So we may constantly increase

In wisdom thereby day by day

As He imparts His perfect peace. 

The fear of God is the beginning

Of wisdom that directs our path,

But fools, undaunted, go on sinning

And pay no heed to coming wrath. 

We know that God resists the proud,

Yet He is gracious to the lowly.

As understanding is endowed,

We grow in knowledge of the Holy. 

As by the seaside Jesus taught

Those multitudes which to Him came,

So by His Word our Lord has brought

The wisdom to exalt His name.

O Lord, we thank You for Your voice

That day by day we need to hear! 

How greatly now our hearts rejoice

As in Your presence we draw near! 

Lord, day by day we’re closer still

To when we’ll see You face to face, 

So lead us daily to fulfill  

The great commission of Your grace.