Psalm: 77 Meditation Isaiah: Isaiah prefigures the verse in John’s Revelation (1:8): the first and last. The LORD, speaking through Isaiah, eloquently describes His own attribute and His faithfulness to His people. There is a sense of melancholy (v. 18) of blessings missed because of the desertion of His people. When the prophet, speaking for …
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Saturday, January 22
Psalm: 59 Meditation Isaiah: Isaiah, in delivering this prophecy, is again harping about idolatry. This is a constant theme throughout all of Scripture. I am persuaded we, today, do not do any better – we just don’t see it at all. We treat idolatry as though it were limited to silver and gold and carved …
Wednesday, January 19
Psalm: 40 Meditation Isaiah: This is a curious reading for it sets Bible scholars’ hearts aflutter. Cyrus in verse 28 is a Persian king – the thing is he will not have been born for well over 100 years to come. It is he who would release the Jews from Babylon – but at this …
Thursday, January 13
Psalm: 78:40-72 Meditation Isaiah: Isaiah is addressing a people who continually turn to false gods (idols). The consequences become evident, certainly as predicted by Moses in Deuteronomy. What we have here is a people now in a figurative desert, but God will meet this thirst and drought with water and abundance. God calls for the …
Wednesday, December 29
Psalm: 119:121-144 Meditation Isaiah: Christmas marks the beginning of the culmination of the redemption story: the life of Christ. Isaiah’s words can be echoed by believers: “…for though You were angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and You comforted me.” (v. 1) The thing about the water and the well is that it …
Sunday, December 26
Psalm: 119:49-72 Meditation Isaiah: We are living in the midst of the Second Advent; much of what was said before Jesus came can also be said today. Stephen, the first martyr’s (witness) death is remembered today. Suddenly, with his stoning, this whole Jesus People movement becomes serious – it may actually cost us our lives. …
Thursday, December 23
Psalm: 37 Meditation Isaiah: is speaking here of lip service. There was a lot of lip service in Isaiah’s day – just as much today, so we can’t say we’ve improved much at all. Unfortunately, today, Christian lip service may manifest itself simply showing up for church any given Sunday, thinking that perhaps that will …
Monday, December 20
Psalms: 32, 36 Meditation Isaiah: I am no particular fan of poetry, but the opening line Isaiah gives ranks rather high in terms of beauty. The shoot springing forth from the stump (root KJV) of Jesse is none other than Jesus. The picture here is something like the Garden of Eden and of the restored …
Sunday, December 19
Psalms: 26, 30 Meditation Ephesians: The prevalent “nice” gospel does not show up here. Remember, we are players (soldiers, warriors etc.) during this second Advent. Jesus came, as Isaiah said, to be the “Prince of Peace” though He Himself said “Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have …
Friday, December 17
Psalm: 48 Meditation Isaiah: Here we see how the LORD redeems and/or disciplines His people. At the outset, let’s remember that if this is true for the Israelites of Isaiah’s day, it is equally true for us today. God uses the threat of the mean Assyrians in an effort to wake up His people. As …
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