Psalm: 118 Meditation: RomansAbraham was justified by faith; by believing in God and the promises that God had made to him and to his family. No act or work made Abraham worthy of God’s love or forgiveness. We often see people try to work through a checklist of all the good things that they can …
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Saturday, April 16
Psalms: 88, 95 Meditation Job: For a limited time, Job’s life was fraught with misery. In chapters 1-2 Job went from sublime prosperity and progeny (he had 10 adult children) and in the course of a day, he lost it all. Job’s attitude? “The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away.” (1:21) This passage …
Friday, April 15
Psalms 22, 95 Meditation Genesis: This is the first portrayal of the act of redemption – one life sacrificed in place of another. Centuries later on Calvary this same scene will be carried out only this time it will be God’s only Son – one perfect life offered for many imperfect ones. “Now I know …
Tuesday, March 22
Psalm: 62 Meditation Romans: At age 75 Abraham received the promise of Isaac and the land of Canaan as an inheritance. Abraham and Sarah had to wait another 25 years before the miraculous birth of Isaac. Abraham and Sarah were as good as dead when it came to child-bearing and laughter (meaning “Isaac”). But Abraham …
Wednesday, February 2
Psalm: 91 Meditation Galatians: I have often wondered of how much interest Jewish history was to the newly converted Galatians. How could they appreciate or identify with Abraham, Hagar and Mount Sinai? I don’t think they can any more than we. Albeit, we are children of the free woman, as it were, “born from above. …
Sunday, January 30
Psalms: 136 Meditation Hebrews: Because he is the father of the faithful, Abraham is held here before us as an example. And why not? He was 75 when called by God to pull up stakes in the city of Ur and just follow God’s lead. So, like a nomad, he and his family eventually made …
Thursday, December 16
Psalms: 52, 110 Meditation 2 Peter: Happy Advent to these people! Many unbelievers bear the attributes which Peter ascribes to them. I wonder why this passage is chosen for this time of year unless to bring encouragement to those of us who happily wade through this “second Advent”. Reference is made to Noah who antedates …
Friday, June 18
Psalm: 41 Meditation - Galatians: This is a tricky passage. It seems to me that whenever Paul starts talking about the Law, he leaves me behind. These verses are no different. Paul was a Pharisee; one cannot unlearn all that he had learned at the feet of Gamaliel (Acts 5:27-40). Paul had undoubtedly memorized large …
Thursday, February 4
Psalm 71 Meditation: Genesis – Much of Sarah’s life foreshadows the troubles of the early Israelites. God changed her name as a symbol of their covenant, she became a slave of the Pharaoh in Egypt, and was freed from Egypt through a series of plagues. Finally, upon her death, Abraham took possession of a piece …
Friday, January 29
Psalm 51 Meditation: Genesis – Abram becomes Abraham and Sarai becomes Sarah as a sign of their covenant with God. The idea of renaming oneself as a symbol of a commitment is not unheard of. Nuns taking their vows choose a new name, typically one connected to a saint, as a symbol of commitment to …
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