JULY 1, 2024 Psalm 48:2 Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, is Mount Zion on the sides of the north, the city of the great King. Several years ago, while on a trip to Israel, a dear friend of mine said of the land, “There is something in the dirt,” meaning that there was something special […]
JUNE 30, 2024 Psalm 48:1 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in His holy mountain. There is an old idiom that says, “familiarity breeds contempt,” meaning that it is our nature to lose respect for a person or situation that we are well acquainted with. In fact, it is our tendency […]
JUNE 28, 2024 Psalm 47:8-9 God reigns over the nations; God sits on His holy throne. The princes of the people have gathered together, the people of the God of Abraham. When Jacob was near the end of his life, he called for his sons to gather together so that he might “tell you what shall befall you in […]
JUNE 27, 2024 Psalm 47:5-6 God has gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet. Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises! There are some who worship God in whispers and soft voices and there are those whose worship is loud and demonstrative. Personally, I’m more […]
JUNE 23, 2024 Psalm 47:1-2 Oh, clap your hands, all you peoples! Shout to God with the voice of triumph! For the Lord Most High is awesome; He is a great King over all the earth. Many Jewish commentators consider this psalm to be a sequel to the previous one in which God destroyed the nations’ ability to make war. An […]
JUNE 26, 2024 Psalm 47:3-4 He will subdue the peoples under us, and the nations under our feet. He will choose our inheritance for us, the excellence of Jacob whom He loves. As discussed in the previous devotion, there is coming a day when Israel and the people of God will be elevated to a position […]
JUNE 25, 2024 Psalm 47:3-4 He will subdue the peoples under us, and the nations under our feet. He will choose our inheritance for us, the excellence of Jacob whom He loves. In Genesis 25, there is a prophecy regarding Jacob and Esau in which it is disclosed that the two nations would always be at […]
JUNE 24, 2024 Psalm 47:1-2 Oh, clap your hands, all you peoples! Shout to God with the voice of triumph! For the Lord Most High is awesome; He is a great King over all the earth. As discussed in the previous devotion, there is coming a day like nothing experienced since the beginning of time — when God reigns on earth […]
JUNE 21, 2024 Psalm 46:8-9 Come, behold the works of the Lord, who has made desolations in the earth. He makes wars cease to the end of the earth; He breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two; He burns the chariot in the fire. In consideration of the previous devotion, I think it is […]
JUNE 20, 2024 Psalm 46:8-9 Come, behold the works of the Lord, who has made desolations in the earth. He makes wars cease to the end of the earth; He breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two; He burns the chariot in the fire. In these verses, a very interesting notion is addressed which […]
JUNE 19, 2024 Psalm 46:7 The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. The Hebrew word that is translated refuge could also be rendered as stronghold — “the God of Jacob is our stronghold.” It is noteworthy that “our stronghold” is connected to the name Jacob as opposed to Abraham or Isaac. I say that […]
JUNE 18, 2024 Psalm 46:7 The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. In Judaism it is believed that a host angels of angels are assigned to supervise and control the different Gentile nations — the Bible seems to support this notion. For example, the prophet Daniel was visited by an angel who had been […]
