Psalm: 30 Meditation John: This passage in John could sound like a lesson on how to pick which hill to die on. When I was much younger (maybe 50 years ago) every hill I encountered was one worth dying on. Each hill was just another facet of the precious stone which will survive the purging …
Category: Daily Reading Guides
Saturday, February 1
Psalms: 141, 146 Meditation Isaiah: This entry of Isaiah’s has all the earmarks of Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem. From first to last this celebration (Isaiah 51) is one organized and given by God to all His faithful ones. Consider verse 7 “You people who have My law in your hearts,” sounds eerily like Jeremiah …
Friday, January 31
Psalm: 136 Meditation Galatians: It won’t take long to assign the Galatians as legalists. When Paul speaks of God’s promise spoken to Abraham and to his seed. I always have the same difficulty with “seed” and then “and to seeds”. Paul goes a long way in explaining this text. Genesis 12:7 “And to thy seed …
Thursday, January 30
Psalm: 116 Meditation Mark: This is Mark’s rendering of Jesus’ feeding of the 5,000. Previously, Jesus had sent the 12 out to preach the gospel (“good news” that God is proclaiming victory over sin and death) to the villages and towns. Now they returned excited and joy-filled, but, I suppose, a little tired. Jesus’ concern …
Wednesday, January 29
Psalms: 133, 134, 140 Meditation Isaiah: One of Isaiah’s missions was to evangelize Judah, i.e., remind them that the people of God were to be a blessing to the whole world. Isaiah was called by God that He would make him a light to the Gentiles “that you (Isaiah) may bring my salvation to the …
Tuesday, January 28
Psalms: 131, 132 Meditation Galatians: Paul had not gone to discipleship school with the other Apostles. When he first ventured back to Jerusalem (after the Damascus Road experience), he had to look up Peter, James and John in order to confirm to himself that what he was preaching was, in fact, “kosher”. This is what …
Monday, January 27
Psalm: 114 Meditation Isaiah: The plague of idolatry is addressed (yet again!) in this section. So Israel cannot abandon her false gods. The LORD may be seen to be pleading with the Jews to give up false worship. It really is important to remember the prohibition against false worship. The bitter truth is that they …
