Psalm: 140 Meditation: MattWho deserves honor in the kingdom of heaven? How do we get a place of honor? After several years together, the disciples were vying for importance and status. Jesus made it clear who judges but also hints at the requirements. Can you think of any one deserving a praise and what did …
Tag: Judgment
Monday, November 21
Psalm: 106:1-18 Meditation: JoelHow scary would it be to hear the Lord roar against his enemies? The nations of the world that were persecuting God’s people will come and be judged. While the location of the Valley of Jehoshaphat isn’t known today, the end results and the allusions to Biblical history should be a comfort …
Tuesday, September 13
Psalm: 61 Meditation: 1 KingsWouldn’t it be amazing if every time a leader did something evil God sent a prophet or calamity immediately? Ahab and his evil Queen had lived and ruled with impunity and led others astray. Is it in character or out of character when he repents after being challenged directly by the …
Friday, June 10
Psalm: 69:1-23 Meditation:Obadiah: There is an old Jewish saying: God never sleeps. In this book, God has seen everything that the Edomites had allowed to happen to their cousins the Israelites, going so far as to dance upon their graves. He remembers and punishes those who had open disregard and malice towards Him and the …
Wednesday, March 16
Psalms: 16, 21 Meditation Romans: “Since they did not think it was worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind.” God has an interesting way of exacting judgment. He did a very similar thing in Egypt – first the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart and later Pharaoh hardened his …
Monday, January 31
Psalm: 66 Meditation Isaiah: The Jews of Isaiah’s day, not unlike Christians today, had a tendency not to be faithful. The early part of chapter 51 speaks of judgment and then we come to verse 17. The tone here changes from one of judgment to one of reconciliation. The LORD, like any good parent, may, …
Sunday, November 28
Psalms: 14, 15 Meditation 2 Peter: If I were to apply a word to describe what Peter is saying here, it would be “watch” or “be vigilant”. He speaks of judgment, certainly the great flood, but also of a time when God’s patience runs low as the sands in an hourglass. Further, Peter warns us …
Sunday, October 11
Psalm: 147 Meditation Luke: How easily our eyes are closed to ourselves as Jesus said in the “Sermon on the Mount”: clear out your own eye before judging someone else. While the Pharisee is judging Jesus, Jesus, is about to judge him. Like Jonah, the Pharisee hates the idea of God showing forgiveness and mercy …
Wednesday, October 7
Psalms: 128, 129, 130 Meditation 2 Kings: A woman prophet – or prophetess? Never! Well, actually they had been around since Moses’ day – even his own sister Miriam was a prophetess. Deborah, a judge in Israel was also a prophetess. Huldah, this prophetess tells Josiah that all of the disaster spoken of by Moses …
Sunday, September 6
Psalm: 63 Meditation Acts: “Judge for yourself whether it is right in God’s sight to obey you rather than God.” (v. 19) This same conclusion was arrived at by the midwives in ancient Egypt when Pharaoh decreed that all Hebrew male children shall be killed. That was a persecution. This was to become a persecution …
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