My tears have been my food by day and by night, while they say to me all the day, “Where is your God?” Psalm 42:3 By Day And By Night – It seems as if followers of YHWH often do battle on two fronts at the same time. On the one hand, we confront the…
Be of good courage, and let your heart be strong, all you who hope in YHWH. Psalm 31:25 Hope – What is the justification for hope? If your worldview rests on the Greek platform, the answer is obvious. My reason for hope is anchored in the rationality of Man. In other words, I hope that…
I waited, waited for YHWH; And He inclined to me, and heard my cry. Psalm 40:2 (Hebrew Text) Waited – Soon we will all have additional opportunities to wait. Try seeing a doctor next year. Of course, our cultural framework for waiting isn’t the same as waiting in David’s Hebrew view. If we read our…
Behold, when we come to the land, you shall bind this line of scarlet thread in the window from which you let us down, . . . Joshua 2:18 Line – Usually translated “cord” in this verse, the Hebrew word tiqvah has a different meaning in every one of its additional thirty-one occurrences. The fact…
. . . remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. Ephesians 2:12 Having No Hope – From the biblical perspective, there is no man without a country. If I am…
How blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God. Psalm 146:5 Is In – It’s certainly commonplace for us to say we hope in the Lord, but we might be surprised to find the Jewish prayer book doesn’t render the thought this way. The same…
Therefore, my heart is glad and my glory rejoices; also my flesh shall rest in confidence. Psalm 16:9 Therefore – Why are you glad? Why do you rejoice? Why do you rest in confidence (not “rest in peace” – not yet, I hope)? David has a very good reason for proclaiming these things, but we…
in much endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in distresses 2 Corinthians 6:4 Endurance – Frankly, I’m tore down. I can’t remember when I have been so tired. Every part of my body aches. I have a hard time thinking. I just want to go to sleep. Does that sound like you? It wouldn’t surprise me. …
