APRIL 9, 2025 Psalm 86:11 Teach me Your way, O Lord; I will walk in Your truth; unite my heart to fear Your name. When Jacob was forced to flee his brother’s wrath and journey to Syria, he spent a night at a place he called Bethel. It was here that God visited him in a […]
APRIL 7, 2025 Psalm 86:5 You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, and abundant in mercy to all those who call upon You After the sin of the Golden Calf, Moses went before God once again to receive the commandments of the Lord. During this exchange, the Creator described Himself as being, “merciful and gracious, long […]
APRIL 5, 2025 Psalm 86:3-4 Be merciful to me, O Lord, for I cry to You all day long. Rejoice the soul of Your servant, for to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul. Though obviously beloved of God, David did not consider himself to be deserving of God’s mercy and yet having the […]
APRIL 4, 2025 Psalm 86:1-2 Bow down Your ear, O Lord, answer me; for I am poor and needy. Preserve my soul, for I am faithful; You are my God; save Your servant who trusts in You! The Bible tells us that shortly before Messiah’s crucifixion, a woman of questionable character came to Him and washed his feet with her […]
APRIL 3, 2025 Psalm 86:1-2 Bow down Your ear, O Lord, answer me; for I am poor and needy. Preserve my soul, for I am faithful; You are my God; save Your servant who trusts in You! It is interesting that this psalm of David is inserted into the midst of psalms written by the sons of Korah. In fact, […]
APRIL 2, 2025 Psalm 85:10-11 Mercy and truth have met together; righteousness and peace have kissed. Truth shall spring out of the earth, and righteousness shall look down from heaven. If you will recall, the opening lines of this psalm allude to the redemption of God’s people when He brings them back into the land, […]
APRIL 1, 2025 Psalm 85:8-9 Let them not turn back to folly. Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him, that glory may dwell in our land. According to Jewish tradition, when God spoke to Sinai, the sound of His Voice purged the evil inclination from the people. More than once, Scripture describes His voice as being […]
MARCH 31, 2025 Psalm 85:8 I will hear what God the Lord will speak, for He will speak peace to His people and to His saints. When Israel awoke on the morning on the third morning after arriving at Mount Sinai, the Bible says that the mountain was engulfed in a thick dark cloud. There were lightnings […]
MARCH 29, 2025 Psalm 85:6-7 Will You not revive us again, that Your people may rejoice in You? Show us Your mercy, Lord, and grant us Your salvation. As we discussed in the previous devotion, in Jewish thought, exile from the land of Israel is akin to death because it is emblematic of being separated from God. […]