Psalm: 90 Meditation: IsaWill God ever forget those that He calls His own? Here Isaiah says that God will not rest until Jerusalem is returned to her glory and beauty. The city will be an example or light to the rest of the world and witness the confirmation of God’s promises. The new names mentioned …
Tag: Glory
Tuesday, November 29
Psalm: 5 Meditation: 2 PeterWhat would you say to your followers if you knew your time with them would be cut short? Would you emphasize what you taught them and why they should listen to you? Peter focuses on his role as an eyewitness to the events and to the glory of Christ revealed. Like …
Thursday, October 20
Psalm: 37:1-18 Meditation: MattJesus warns His followers not to tell others about the great things He had done. The people hungered for a conquering messiah that would free them and restore the glory of the former Israel. The passage mentioned from Isaiah outlines roles for the messiah focusing on justice, outreach and response from the …
Sunday, July 17
Psalm: 98 Meditation: RomansWith echoes of God’s response to Job’s questions, Paul states that God deserves all glory and that it is our honor and duty to dedicate our lives to his service, transforming ourselves to the good and perfect will of God. Gospel: Matthew 25:14-30 New Testament: …
Friday, May 27
Psalms: 91 Meditation Ezekiel: Here Ezekiel begins with the “appearance of the likeness of the glory (the weight, or gravitas) of the Lord, rainbow and all. Numerous times the Lord warns Ezekiel that the people of Israel are both rebellious and stubborn. He is then handed a scroll and told to eat it where it …
Friday, March 18
Psalms: 28, 95 Meditation Romans: The whole exhortation of Romans 2:25-29 is a rephrasing of Jesus’ quote in Matthew 15:8 and Mark 7:6 which he cited from Isaiah 29:13 namely: lip-service. The advantage of the Jews over the rest of us is that they were entrusted with the Word of God (and they did a …
Tuesday, March 1
Psalms: 1, 2, 3 Meditation Hebrews: “How can we escape if we neglect so great a salvation?” (v. 3) That is the point. The overwhelming number of people being lost are being lost because they have neglected such a great salvation. Paul tells us in the first chapter of Romans that “they are without excuse…” …
Saturday, February 12
Psalms: 8, 11 Meditation Isaiah: Rejoice is a key word here for this reading quite literally begins with that word in 61:10 and closes in 62:5 also using the same word. The image of a blissful marriage also begins and ends the reading. The day (or period) described here must be our tenure in heaven …
Thursday, January 6
Epiphany Psalm: 104 Meditation Revelation: From this verse to the end of chapter 22 represents the dénouement or “the outcome of a complex sequence of events” [Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary – 1975). It took us going through the whole bible to get here and it does not disappoint. Here, John is describing, as best he …
Monday, October 25
Psalm: 55 Meditation Luke: “When the days drew near for Him to be taken up, He set His face to go to Jerusalem.” (v. 51) This can only mean Jesus was determined to face, for good or for ill, what God had planned for Him to do. In Mark 8:31-34, Jesus had just told His …
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