Psalm: 17 Meditation Luke: “He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were religious and regarded others with contempt.” (v. 9) Well, I don’t like to think that I regard someone less religious than I in contempt. I have fallen victim to some self-complacency when I only wish others were …
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Friday, October 29
Psalms: 98, 100 Meditation Revelation: I cannot pretend to explain the descriptions of horses and riders here. I know this that since this is a word of prophecy, it would be unwise (i.e., stupid) to treat these images as literal. If prophesies were “letter-perfect”, they would cease to be prophesies but rater newspapers (and those …
Wednesday, October 6
Psalms: 142, 146 Meditation Hosea: Ten times in this reding the word “whore” or its attendant synonyms (prostitute, adulterer). Happily, Pastor Gelinas is teaching on the book of Hosea but don’t get your hopes up – this approach may bear little or no resemblance to the Pastor’s insights. In these verses, I see the adultery …
Tuesday, September 21
Psalm: 18 Meditation Job: God continues to question Job and his serious limitations. Leviathan sounds something like a mythical beast, but most scholars hold that Leviathan is a crocodile. If God were to pit Job against a crocodile, job would be seriously outmatched. (v. 8) I think the point here is to underscore what Job’s …
Wednesday, September 15
Psalm: 119:97-120 Meditation Job: Please re-read verses 29:16-31. Notice this is Job pouring out his feelings of abandonment by God. Job does not mince his words or complaints. Most of us, when we pray and do not receive a favorable response, may the echo what Job says here. This is not to say Job had …
Friday, September 3
Psalms: 124, 126 Meditation Job: It seems that Job has a good sense of who he is as compared with God. Job considers just how great God is so who can go up against Him? Job does not even want to try because the prospect is laughable on its face. God is much greater than, …
Sunday, June 13
Psalm: 71 Meditation Ecclesiasticus: These opening lines set the tone of the book – dismal. The most recognizable expression is “Vanity of vanities! All is vanity.” This term “vanity” is not exactly what you may think. This word in Hebrew may refer to “vapor” or “breath”. Oddly enough, the term “breath” is also used to …
Monday, July 12
Psalms: 60, 61 Meditation Numbers: Only now are the Israelites becoming aware that the promise of the inheritance from God is about to be fulfilled. It is one thing to embrace a promise (as we have for heaven – our Promised Land) and quite another actually to embark on the fulfillment. The Reubanites and the …
Wednesday, June 23
Psalm: 139 Meditation Matthew: The admonition here to become like little children, i.e., to be wholly dependent upon God, hearkens back to Matthew 11. There Jesus makes an astounding pronouncement: “Truly I tell you, among those born of women no one has arisen greater than John the Baptist; yet the least in the kingdom is …
Saturday, March 6
Psalm 75, 76 Meditation: Genesis – Joseph’s brothers thought that they would be attacked and sold into slavery when they were brought to Joseph’s house. The steward tells them that he received their payment for the last trip and that the God of their father must have given them the silver. How confused do you …
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