Today’s Word
What God Wants
Be pleased to accept the voluntary offerings of my mouth, Lord, and teach me Your judgments. Psalm 119:107 NASB Voluntary offerings – Abraham Heschel formulated Man’s critical question: “What does God demand of me?” It’s amazing that we have turned this question upside-down. In our modern religious world, the question becomes “What do I demand of God?” Well,…
Stand Up and Be Counted
I have sworn and I will confirm it, that I will keep Your righteous judgments. Psalm 119:106 NASB Sworn/confirm – Are you ready? Ready to swear an oath to God’s governance of the world? Ready to stand up, be marked, be despised and rejected by men? Are you willing to put your life on the line? …
Retracing Our Steps
How I loved Your teaching. All the day it was my theme. Psalm 119:97 Robert Alter I loved – We’ve reached the end of the Mem section of this acrostic, but before we continue, we need to recognize a larger pattern. The acrostic is made up of blocks (verses that begin with the same letter). Each…
What’s the Difference?
From Your precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way. Psalm 119:104 NASB Get understanding – What does it mean to “get understanding.” In our word-intensive, dictionary-based culture, we would probably say that it means to gather useful information. For that we can (sometimes) just Google. What’s delivered is information, but that isn’t “understanding” in…
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