Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and conflict abounds. Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails. The wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted. Habakkuk 1:3-4 NIV Make me look – “A startled, tormented man is Habakkuk. He is…
Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel. Exodus 34:23 NASB Are to appear – You probably know about this requirement. According to Jewish practice, three times a year all Israelite males had to appear before the Lord. In the days of the Temple, this…
I certainly believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait for the Lord. Psalm 27:13-14 NASB Living – We looked at Psalm 27:13 before, some time ago. CLICK here. But it’s worth reconsidering because the claim seems so…
He will call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him and honor him. I will satisfy him with a long life, and show him My salvation. Psalm 91:15-16 NASB Show – How will God “show” His salvation to the man who calls on Him? If you read this…
Now it came about in the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was by the river Chebar among the exiles, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God. Ezekiel 1:1 NASB Visons – We might have a deeper appreciation for Ezekiel’s experience of God if we realized that the verb rāʾâ…
If I regard wickedness in my heart, the Lord will not hear; Psalm 66:18 NASB Regard – The Bible is a very scary book. Yes, of course, it speaks about God’s care and concern for His creation, including, fortunately, us. But laced throughout the glowing promises of forgiveness and shalom are verses like this one, verses…
