MAY 3, 2024 Psalm 38:15-16 For in You, O Lord, I hope; You will hear, O Lord my God. For I said, “Hear me, lest they rejoice over me, lest, when my foot slips, they exalt themselves against me.” As was discussed in the previous devotion, more often than not, it is far better that we should keep silent in the face […]
MAY 2, 2024 Psalm 38:12-14 Those who seek my hurt speak of destruction, and plan deception all the day long. But I, like a deaf man, do not hear; and I am like a mute who does not open his mouth. Thus I am like a man who does not hear, and in whose mouth is no response. It is unfortunate but true: […]
MAY 1, 2024 Psalm 38:11 My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague, and my relatives stand afar off. It is interesting to me to see that, through the ages, the attitudes and habits of people, both good and bad, have been pretty consistent. As we read the Bible, story after story reveals […]
APRIL 30, 2024 Psalm 38:9-10 Lord, all my desire is before You; and my sighing is not hidden from You. My heart pants, my strength fails me. There comes a point in our lives when it serves no true purpose to suppress our thoughts and feelings from the Lord; He already knows our heart anyway. […]
APRIL 29, 2024 Psalm 38:1 O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your wrath, nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure! As David begins this psalm, it should be noted that it was written as a remembrance, which in Hebrew thinking is to say, it was more than just something to recall to mind. Yes, […]
APRIL 26, 2024 Psalm 37:34 Wait on the Lord, and keep His way, and He shall exalt you to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it. On several occasions and in multiple psalms, David encouraged God’s people to “wait on the Lord.” We all understand what it means to wait, especially […]
APRIL 25, 2024 Psalm 37:30-31 The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom, and his tongue talks of justice. The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide. Throughout this psalm, David expressed the attributes and characteristics of those called righteous and established that their pursuit of God and things holy would be […]
APRIL 24, 2024 Psalm 37:25-26 I have been young, and now am old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his descendants begging bread. He is ever merciful, and lends; and his descendants are blessed. At an aged point in life, David made the above observation; God will never forsake those who commit […]
APRIL 22, 2024 Psalm 37:21-22 The wicked borrows and does not repay, but the righteous shows mercy and gives. For those blessed by Him shall inherit the earth, but those cursed by Him shall be cut off. As the old saying goes, there are givers and there are takers. There are those who would make […]
APRIL 21, 2024 Psalm 37:18-19 The Lord knows the days of the upright, and their inheritance shall be forever. They shall not be ashamed in the evil time, and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied. Messiah told us that the Father is so concerned with and involved in our lives, that He keeps track […]
APRIL 20, 2024 Psalm 37:16-17 A little that a righteous man has is better than the riches of many wicked. For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but the Lord upholds the righteous. No one, the righteous of the wicked, like going without the essentials of life. It is our nature as humans to desire what […]
APRIL 19, 2024 Psalm 37:9-11 Those who wait on the Lord shall inherit the earth. For yet a little while and the wicked shall be no more; indeed, you will look carefully for his place, but it shall be no more. But the meek shall inherit the earth and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. When Rebekah realized she was pregnant she also […]