JULY 30, 2025 Psalm 102:27 You are the same and your years will have no end. When I was a child, there were nights I would lay in bed and try to contemplate eternity. I will stare into the darkness and try to imagine what it would be like to know that there will always […]
JULY 29, 2025 Psalm 102:25-26 Of old You laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands. They will perish, but You will endure; yes, they will all grow old like a garment; like a cloak You will change them, and they will be changed. Years ago there was a somewhat popular […]
JULY 28, 2025 Psalm 102:21-22 To declare the name of the Lord in Zion, and His praise in Jerusalem, when the peoples are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the Lord. As I’ve previously mentioned, much of this psalm looks to the future when the kingdom of Israel is restored and Messiah rules from Jerusalem. Specifically, it addresses […]
JULY 27, 2025 Psalm 102:18 This will be written for the generation to come, that a people yet to be created may praise the Lord. This is a fascinating verse. David prophesies that all that he has written up to this point — and particularly the words of hope and restoration — were written for a generation that […]
JULY 26, 2025 Psalm 102:17 He shall regard the prayer of the destitute, and shall not despise their prayer. For the people of Israel, the height of their existence was in the days when they were a united people, when the Temple stood on Mount Moriah, and more importantly, when the Presence of God resided […]
JULY 25, 2025 Psalm 102:15-16 So the nations shall fear the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth Your glory. For the Lord shall build up Zion; He shall appear in His glory. The Bible has much to say regarding the restoration of the kingdom of Israel and the future of Jerusalem, much of it in […]
JULY 24, 2025 Psalm 102:13-14 You will arise and have mercy on Zion. For the time to favor her, yes, the set time, has come. For your servants take pleasure in her stones, and show favor to her dust. In the previous devotion, we addressed the unique connection between God’s people and the land of Israel and […]
JULY 23, 2025 Psalm 102:13-14 You will arise and have mercy on Zion. For the time to favor her, yes, the set time, has come. For your servants take pleasure in her stones, and show favor to her dust. Each time I’ve traveled to the land of Israel with a tour group, there is always a few […]
JULY 22, 2025 Psalm 102:13 You will arise and have mercy on Zion. For the time to favor her, yes, the set time has come. When the time came for Messiah to be taken up into Heaven, His disciples gathered on the Mount of Olives, presumably unaware of what was about to happen. I say this because […]
JULY 21, 2025 Psalm 102:12-13 But You, O Lord, shall endure forever, and the remembrance of Your name to all generations. You will arise and have mercy on Zion. For the time to favor her, yes, the set time, has come. For several verses prior to these, David describes the intense suffering experienced by the afflicted. He says […]
JULY 20, 2025 Psalm 102:2 Do not hide Your face from me in the day of my trouble; incline Your ear to me; in the day that I call, answer me speedily. I think it is fair to say that most of us, at some point or another, have had days — or even seasons […]
JULY 19, 2025 Psalm 102:1 A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed and pours out his complaint before the Lord: Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come to You. As we begin, let us first take note of the heading given to this particular psalm, which tradition says was written by David. Though […]
