Psalm: 145 Meditation Luke: This is Luke’s rendering of Matthew chapter 5 except instead of minas (1 ¼ lbs.) Matthew uses talents (75 lbs.) for the gold weight which is considerably more. The point is the same: do something with what God has given you. Even if you lose it all, you did more than …
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Thursday, June 11
Psalm: 70 Meditation 2 Corinthians: As if to bring forward our last look at 2 Corinthians, Paul rejoices in his weaknesses because then God can work more powerfully through him This is what Chapter 10 talks about in not using the world’s weapons. This scene is played out in a much larger scale in the …
Wednesday, June 10
Psalm: 119:121-144 Meditation Deuteronomy: For our purposes the meaningful objective of the passage shows up in Deut. 31:19: ”Now write down for ourselves this song and teach it to the Israelites and have them the sing it, so that it may be a witness for me against them.” This ode is sung principally so the …
Tuesday, June 9
Psalm: 62 Meditation Luke: I’ve always thought it was interesting that Jesus knew Zacchaeus’ name. Someone must have old Him (no matter). Because Zacchaeus was a tax collector he was regarded as a collaborator with the Romans. Strike one. He was rich, probably from ill-gotten gain. Strike two. He was viewed as a sinner. You’re …
