Devotionals
The God Who Saves, Even in Judgment
As we read through Revelation, particularly chapters 7 to 10, we are swept into the grandeur of God’s final plans for humanity and creation. These chapters depict a world groaning under divine judgment—earthquakes, plagues, cosmic upheaval. Yet, woven into this vivid tapestry of destruction is an astonishing truth: even as God dismantles the earth, His... Read More →
Relentless Pursuit: God’s Unyielding Love for the Lost
In Ezekiel 34, we find a powerful portrayal of God as the Good Shepherd who pursues His lost sheep with relentless love and compassion. The shepherds of Israel had failed miserably, prioritizing their own gain over the well-being of their flock. Yet, even in the face of such leadership failure, God Himself steps in, promising... Read More →
Are You Unredeemable?
No. That’s it. No. I think this is hilariously accurately summed up by the Backstreet Boys who said, “I don’t care who you are, where you’re from, what you’ve done… as long as you love me.” This idea struck me as I was reading today’s passage about the great (if underrated) king Hezekiah. His first... Read More →
Can God Still Love Me?
God gives Amos a vision to share with Israel it starts with a warning against Israel’s enemies of coming calamity because of their treatment of God’s chosen people. I’m sure that seemed all well and good, until God — and Amos — turned their attention to Israel herself. Much more time is spend on Israel’s... Read More →
We Left No Survivors
Deuteronomy 2:34 reads, “At that time we seized all his cities and put every one of them under divine judgment, including even the women and children; we left no survivors.” It seems so shocking by today’s standards. God said to do what?! And why?! The questions seek no answer. They are rhetorical. And more than that,... Read More →
Blessings, Curses, & Unfailing Love
Reading through the blessings and punishments of God in Leviticus 26 is interesting. As modern Christians under the New Covenant with Jesus the “goods” of obediences and “bads” of disobedience seem much more… temporal and terrestrial. Grounded in the things of this earth. Since Jesus has come we tend to think of God’s blessings and... Read More →
Representative Value
God asks the Israelites to provide the finest materials they have to offer for the construction of the Tabernacle. Worth noting; this is the same fine material they got from the Egyptians when they left. So God is really just asking for some of the blessing He has bestowed on the people to be voluntarily... Read More →
What is Your Value to God?
“What pleasure would it give the Almighty if you were righteous? What would he gain if your ways were blameless?” (Job 22:3, NIV) The previous questions are part of Eliphaz’s third response to Job. A response in which Eliphaz goes on to tell the grieving Job that there is no limit to his sins, before... Read More →