FEBRUARY 9, 2025 Psalm 78:32-33 In spite of this they still sinned, and did not believe in His wondrous works. Therefore their days He consumed in futility, and their years in fear. In the verses just prior to this, the psalmist recounted how God gave the people flesh to eat per their request. He orchestrated the winds […]
FEBRUARY 8, 2025 Psalm 78:23-25 He had commanded the clouds above, and opened the doors of heaven, had rained down manna on them to eat, and given them of the bread of heaven. Men ate angels’ food; He sent them food to the full. In the previous devotion we addressed the fact that, upon first seeing the manna, […]
FEBRUARY 7, 2025 Psalm 78:23-25 He had commanded the clouds above, and opened the doors of heaven, had rained down manna on them to eat, and given them of the bread of heaven. Men ate angels’ food; He sent them food to the full. Just before the destruction of Sodom, Abraham and Sarah were visited by three angels. […]
FEBRUARY 6, 2025 Psalm 78:18-19 They tested God in their heart by asking for the food of their fancy. Yes, they spoke against God. They said, “Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?” Throughout their wilderness experience, the people of Israel acted and spoke as if they were continually without — without proper food, […]
FEBRUARY 5, 2025 Psalm 78:14-16 In the daytime also He led them with the cloud, and all the night with a light of fire. He split the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink in abundance like the depths. He also brought streams out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers. God’s miraculous […]
FEBRUARY 4, 2025 Psalm 78:13 He divided the sea and caused them to pass through; and He made the waters stand up like a heap. There is an old song that says, “God will make a way where there seems to be no way.” I can think of no greater example of this truth than what […]
FEBRUARY 3, 2025 Psalm 78:12 Marvelous things He did in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. When we think of the marvelous things God did for the Exodus generation, our minds will logically go to the splitting of the sea, the giving of manna, water from the split […]
FEBRUARY 2, 2025 Psalm 78:9-11 The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. They did not keep the covenant of God; they refused to walk in His law, and forgot His works and His wonders that He had shown them. Recall that when Joseph presented his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, unto […]
FEBRUARY 1, 2025 Psalm 78:7-8 Keep His commandments; and be not like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that did not set its heart aright, and whose spirit was not faithful to God. Most of us can probably say that the lessons we learned from our parents and other ancestors are both good and bad. […]