Psalm: 88 Meditation: HebWhy would a passage that focuses on the promises of rest in God have warnings about fidelity and the Lord’s judgment? Does the term rest refer to a certain time or place? Did the term mean different things at different times? Arguments exist over this term and its relationship to the term …
Tag: Promise
Monday, February 27
Psalm: 63:1-11 Meditation: DanHave you ever apologized for something someone else did? Have you ever asked God to keep His promise? Here Daniel points out the relationship between God and His people and the covenants broken by Judah, Jerusalem, and Israel. Daniel states God was just and righteous in His punishments and the seventy years …
Tuesday, February 21
Psalm: 97 Meditation: GenAfter 20 plus years, Jacob feels the pull of the Lord to return to the land of God’s promise. This chastened and humbled Jacob has been cheated to and lied to but relies on God’s provision and protection. We also see there is no love lost between Jacob’s wives and their father. …
Thursday, February 9
Psalm: 70 Meditation: GenWhen Abraham’s beloved Sarah dies, he enters into a negotiation to purchase a cave and plot/field to bury her. While he pays an excessive price, Abram is showing his faith in God’s promise that this whole land would belong to his descendants forever. This deed was binding and recorded as an unimpeachable …
Friday, February 3
Psalm: 40 Meditation: GenHave you ever pondered the faith of Abraham? When God told him to do something he accepted and did it. How would you respond if God spoke to you directly? Would you believe God if He told you that your 90 year old wife would have a child in a year? One …
Wednesday, June 1
Psalm: 76 Meditation Ezekiel: Here we read about the restoration of Israel. As the Jews currently are in a (or several) foreign land(s), the Lord tells Ezekiel to announce this good news to the exiles. Embedded in this passage is also the promise of regeneration: “I will give the one heart and put a new …
Thursday, March 10
Psalm: 135 Meditation Hebrews: The recurring word of this passage is “Today”. C.S. Lewis in The Screwtape Letters reminds us that God is a God of “Today”. No one has the promise of tomorrow but what you do have is today. Jesus once spoke of the rich man who rebuilt barns to house all his …
Saturday, March 5
Psalms: 12, 13 Meditation Deuteronomy: One of the first things Moses admonishes here is to remember. Years earlier shortly after the Jews had set out on their freedom journey, Moses’ had dispatched 12 spies to scope out the Promised Land. Ten of the 12 came back already defeated and dejected. This attitude affected all the …
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 …
Sunday, December 27
Psalm: 92 Meditation 1 Samuel: The birth of Samuel was also a miracle thought not like that of Samson nor of John the Baptist. His mother, Hannah, prayed fervently for a child and did promise that should the LORD grant her a son, she would dedicate him to the LORD to live out his days …
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