Today’s Word
Mysterious Left-overs
“If thieves came to you,
If robbers by night—
O how you will be ruined!—
Would they not steal only until they had enough?
If grape gatherers came to you,
Would they not leave some gleanings?” Obadiah 1:5 NASB Gleanings – Are you left-overs? I know we like to think of ourselves as the elect, the chosen, the special ones…
Fruit Inspector
“So I will choose their punishments
And will bring on them what they dread.
Because I called, but no one answered;
I spoke, but they did not listen.
And they did evil in My sight
And chose that in which I did not delight.” Isaiah 66:4 NASB Punishments – Jeremiah tells us that God rewards according…
Contingent Destiny
I, the Lord, search the heart,
I test the mind,
Even to give to each man according to his ways,
according to the results of his deeds. Jeremiah 17:10 NASB Results – Frankly, this verse scares me. There are a few others that give me equal fright, but this one might be at the top of that list. …
The Royal Convocation
For behold, the kings assembled; they came on together. Psalm 48:4 ESV Assembled – The kings marched together in order to pass before the city of God. What was the result? They were astonished, humbled, afraid. They fled in terror and confusion. No nation stands before Him. David’s declaration of the majesty of the Lord…
Let the Courts Decide
He who withholds his rod hates his son,
but he who loves him disciplines him diligently. Proverbs 13:24 NASB Rod – God’s idea of training involves correction, sometimes correction that stings. We, of course, are more civilized. Who would ever consider punishing a child with a rod these days? Probably only those who risk being taken…
Davidic Redundancy
Within her citadels God has made himself known as a fortress. Psalm 48:3 ESV Citadels/fortress – God has made Himself known as a fortress? What in the world does that mean? According to the psalmist, God is already within the citadels of the city. So why does He need to make Himself known as a…
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