Psalm: 93 Meditation: GenThis is a great story about faith in God, and trust in God’s ability. Abraham trusts God to direct his servant. The servant travels across the Middle East, stops at the right well, meets the right girl that responds with the right words. Both her and her family are receptive to Abraham’s …
Tag: Trust
Wednesday, February 8
Psalm:72 Meditation: HebThis passage is part of the Heroes of Faith chapter. The life and times of Moses shows the power of faith in the lives of believers. The value of faith here eclipses wealth, influence, fear and their own mortality. The multi-generational effect of this faith also gave the Israelite leaders the courage to …
Sunday, November 13
Psalm: 66 Meditation: LukeThe term “unjust servant” would be the same as today’s deceitful business person. The rich man may not have been honest either. Jewish businessmen were not allowed to charge their brethren interest. Instead they overcharged for goods. Jesus then contrasts this with the life and trust of God’s followers and the great …
Monday, September 26
Psalm: 89:1-18 Meditation:MattHow do animals live their lives? Why is the human way to worry about the future and its needs? Jesus gives an alternative view and gives reasons to trust in God. Jesus turns back to the first commandment focusing on righteous thinking and living. Gospel:Matt 6:25-34 New Testament:1 Cor 7:25-31 Old Testament:2 Kings …
Saturday, September 18
Psalms: 127,128,134 Meditation Job: Job is facing his day of reckoning. The LORD asks him rather pointed, if rhetorical, questions. All of Job’s questions remain unanswered, principally the question “Why?” For some reason, and I don’t think it’s presumptuous to ask, we think God owes us an explanation for His behavior. The LORD reminds Job, …
Thursday, February 25
Psalm 50 Meditation: Genesis – From the highest, most trusted position in the house to being imprisoned on false charges, Joseph’s life feels like a rollercoaster, one of the super tall and twisty ones. Potiphar had no reason not to trust Joseph but even with all of the power that had been given to him, …
Sunday, January 10
Psalm: 146 Meditation: Ephesians – Predestination can be a hard pill to swallow, especially since we are socially driven to ‘stand on our own two feet’ and ‘pull ourselves up by our bootstraps.’ We are surrounded by people extoling the fact that they fought for everything they have with no help as if that was …

Monday, December 14
Psalm: 41 Meditation Revelation: “…who holds the key of David…” What is that? The key represents the office of steward. A steward held the purse strings such that even the master of the house would not know the state of the exchequer (bank balance). Perhaps the highest position of trust. Here Jesus is describing His …