Today’s Word
Life Assurance
In peace I will both lie down and sleep, for You alone, O LORD, make me to dwell in safety. Psalm 4:8 Make Me To Dwell – The Greek poet Theognis (500 BC) understood precisely the true condition of men when he said, “Not to be born is the best of all things for those…
The Marriage Vow
And those who know Your name will put their trust in You, for you, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You. Psalm 9:10 Trust – “I promise to love, honor and obey . . until death do us part.” Recognize those words? Of course, if you look on the Internet for “traditional” wedding vows,…
The Reply To Holiness
In You our fathers trusted; they trusted and You delivered them. Psalm 22:4 Trusted – Pay very close attention to the implications in this verse, especially since what is says is so rare in Old Testament literature. While we find dozens of uses of the verb batach exhorting and commanding trust in God, there are…
The Answer
Yet You are holy, O You are enthroned upon the praises of Israel. Psalm 22:3 Holy – Perhaps this is the wrong word for our inquiry. Perhaps we should have looked at the conjunctive “vav” (a single Hebrew letter attached to the word). It can be translated in a dozen different ways, usually “and,” “but,”…
The Sign of the Afflicted
O my God, I cry by day, but You do not answer; and by night, but I have no rest. Psalm 22:2 Do Not Answer – If you had to boil all of life’s heartaches down to a single characteristic, what would you choose? David provides the Biblical perspective in this Hebrew phrase, lo (not)…
Times Two
My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Psalm 22:1 (English) My God, my God – In the Bible, when God really wants someone’s attention, He calls the name twice. This doesn’t happen often, but when it does, it is critically important. “Abraham, Abraham” (Genesis 22:11), “Samuel, Samuel” (1 Samuel 3:10), “Saul, Saul” (Acts…
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