“He found him in a desert land, and in the howling waste of a wilderness; He encircled him, He cared for him, He guarded him as the pupil of His eye.” Deuteronomy 32:10 God on Every Side Encircled – What good is a fence in the wilderness if it isn’t closed around the camp! If…
“He found him in a desert land, and in the howling waste of a wilderness; He encircled him, He cared for him, He guarded him as the pupil of His eye.” Deuteronomy 32:10 Where We Cry Howling waste – Have you ever been in the wilderness at night? Far from the man-made delusions of…
“He found him in a desert land, and in the howling waste of a wilderness; He encircled him, He cared for him, He guarded him as the pupil of His eye.” Deuteronomy 32:10 Where God Speaks Desert – Life in the house of God is not what the world imagines. Heaven on earth has very…
“Call to me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things which you do not know.” Jeremiah 33:3 God’s Version of Bigger and Better Great – What are the great things in your life? What things are most significant? What things are most important? God has something to say…
“Call to me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things which you do not know.” Jeremiah 33:3 It’s Not What You Think Mighty – If you understood nagad (“tell” – see yesterday), then you are prepared for batsar. But it probably isn’t “mighty”. God promises to answer us…
“Call to me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things which you do not know.” Jeremiah 33:3 The Discovery Zone Tell – The English Bible translates six different Hebrew words with “tell”. That’s a lot of territory with a lot of shades of meaning, lost under the umbrella…
“Call to me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things which you do not know.” Jeremiah 33:3 The Answer of Affliction Answer – Hebrew is a language written without vowels. The vowels and the correct pronunciation are added, usually from memory, to the written consonants. That means many…
“Call to me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things which you do not know.” Jeremiah 33:3 Specifically Yours, Call – The Hebrew root qara’ has a bit more to it than simply crying out. When the Bible uses qara’, it implies a specific request of a specific…
“Call to me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things which you do not know.” Jeremiah 33:3 God’s Higher Education Plan Call – Today’s post-modern culture ignores the most important part of education. Once God is removed from the system, education takes on a completely different objective. The…
“Do not fear them, for they can do no harm, nor can they do any good.” Jeremiah 10:5 The World of Threat and Reward Harm . . Good – When Jeremiah delivers God’s message of impending judgment, he captures both sides of our dilemma. Fearing the threats of this world is no less sinful than…
