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 …
Tag: Promise
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 …