NOVEMBER 3, 2023 Psalm 14:7 Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When the Lord brings back the captivity of His people, let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad. As David closes this psalm, he conveys a yearning for a time when Israel’s suffering and affliction at the hand of their enemies would come to an end. Speaking prophetically, […]
NOVEMBER 2, 2023 Psalm 14 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and do not call on the Lord? There they are in great fear, for God is with the generation of the righteous. After noting that God observes the children of men from heaven, David now asks the question: Do […]
NOVEMBER 1, 2023 Psalm 14:2-3 The Lord looks down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there are any who understand, who seek God. They have all turned aside, they have together become corrupt; there is none who does good, no, not one. In his letter to the Romans, Paul made the argument that no […]
OCTOBER 31, 2023 Psalm 14:1 The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” Have you ever noticed that those who proclaim to be atheists have to constantly remind themselves of this position? Not only that, but many of them feel compelled to make it their live’s mission to convince everyone else of their fallacy. […]
OCTOBER 30, 2023 Psalm 13:5-6 But I have trusted in Your mercy; my heart shall rejoice in Your salvation. I will sing to the Lord, because He has dealt bountifully with me. When God has allowed His people to suffer, even be expelled from the land due to sin, their enemies have looked down upon them […]
OCTOBER 29, 2023 Psalm 13:3 Consider and hear me, O Lord my God; enlighten my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death. After questioning God four different times about “How long?” David petitions the LORD for three things in an attempt to assuage his loneliness and what he perceives to be an estrangement from God — Consider, Hear (respond) and […]
OCTOBER 28, 2023 Psalm 13:1-2 How long, O Lord? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me? How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? How long will my enemy be exalted over me? In the previous devotion, I spoke of exile and the […]
OCTOBER 27, 2023 Psalm 13:1-2 How long, O Lord? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me? How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? How long will my enemy be exalted over me? Few are they who have not heard of David and […]
OCTOBER 25, 2023 Psalm 12:2 They speak idly everyone with his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak. May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaks proud things, who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail; our lips are our own; who is lord over us?” Think of all the different organs located in the body and […]
OCTOBER 24, 2023 Psalm 12:1 Help, Lord, for the godly man ceases! For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men. The word translated as “help” would be better rendered as “save.” The Hebrew word hoshia denotes the need to be rescued from certain peril, thus the use of the word save. Most of you are […]
OCTOBER 23, 2023 Psalm 11:7 The Lord is righteous, He loves righteousness; His countenance beholds the upright. There is a famous quote ascribed to Oscar Wilde that says, “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.” Unfortunately, some have used this as an excuse for blatantly copying others which, in the business world for example, can get you into serious […]
OCTOBER 22, 2023 Psalm 11:4 The Lord is in His holy temple, the Lord’s throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, His eyelids test the sons of men. If we were only to glance at this verse, something very interesting, even very important, might be overlooked. Specifically, let us consider that the temple David referred to may not have been the Heavenly […]
