Today’s Word
Waits
“Our soul waits for the LORD; He is our help and our shield.” Psalm 33:20 Waits – Ready. Set. But don’t GO yet. Excuse the grammar but unless you know something about the form of this verb, you can’t appreciate what is means. The word is hakah but the verb form is one that expresses…
Helper
“Hear, O Lord, and be gracious to me; O Lord, be my helper.” Psalm 30:10 Helper – “God, help me!” These words are the summary of the Gospel. Reflect just a moment on what they really say. I admit I am in trouble I recognize that some other person must come to my aid I…
Gracious
“Hear, O Lord, and be gracious to me; O Lord, be my helper.” Psalm 30:10 Gracious – Back to Exodus. God’s self-definition uses a form of this same word, but the word in Exodus 34:6 is never applied to anyone but God. “I am the Lord, compassionate and gracious”. David would never be so bold…
Hear, O Lord
“Hear, O Lord, and be gracious to me; O Lord, be my helper.” Psalm 30:10 Hear, O Lord – Those that do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. So goes the great thought of Wellington. And this is what David has in mind. The phrase David uses is not just any ordinary…
Target
“What have I done to You, O watcher of men? Why have You set me as Your target,” Job 7:20 Target – Have you ever felt like God’s bull’s eye? Right in the center of His aim? God draws back the bow and lets the arrow fly and “Whap!” it penetrates right into the center…
Restrained
“for the LORD is not restrained to save by many or by few.” 1 Samuel 14:6 Restrained – Mass marketing. The numbers game. Mega-lotto. Our world view is all about “bigger is better”. How many business decisions do we make based entirely on the premise that mass exposure will produce results? How many projects do…
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