Just the other day, my son took my phone and was playing with it without my knowledge. As I walked towards him, he hid my phone because he knew that I did not permit him to play with my phone. But I knew everything he did and I was annoyed and angry just because he…
Is. 6 The prophet Isaiah saw a vision of God and saw His glory and holiness. The Seraphs were saying, “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of His glory” (Is. 6:3). Then, Isaiah saw how unclean he was and lamented, “Woe is me! I am lost, for I…
While it is possible to go forward in big strides in the service of the LORD, many times, the LORD build up His people and teaches them in the art of waiting for Him and to be properly trained. Look at the life of Joseph: He was only 17 when God revealed to him of…
Neh. 13 When Nehemiah went to Jerusalem to build the wall, “Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab” (Neh. 2:19) created a lot of troubles. But, Nehemiah, knowing that they were just asking for trouble, continued his work and completed building it in just 52 days (Neh. 6:15). After they…
Deut. 11:31 Yesterday, we spoke a bit about the Promised Land. But how do we get into it? Deuteronomy 11:31 says, “When you cross the Jordan to go in to occupy the land that the LORD your God is giving you…” By saying this, we know that the Jordan must be crossed, even if it…
Deut. 11:11-12 Moses told the Israelites about the land they are to occupy: “the land that you are crossing over to occupy is a land of hills and valleys, watered by rain from the sky, a land that the Lord your God looks after. The eyes of the Lord your God are always on it, from the beginning of the…
2 Samuel 12:20 David sinned. He slept with Bathsheba and killed her husband. “The thing that David had done displeased the LORD” (2 Sam. 11:27). The Prophet Nathan was sent to David to tell him of his sins and what will become of him. Regarding the son that was born to David from Bathsheba, Nathan…
Romans 8:28 says, “We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.” How wonderful! But let us look at the verse again. It says that all things work together for good “for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.”…
We have been following the Israelites through their wanderings in the wilderness for quite some time. Now, Moses was not allowed to enter the land of Canaan, and he convened all Israel and gave the ten commandments and the statutes and ordinances of the LORD to them (cf. Deut. 5; 6:1). We will not be…
Deut. 4:7 Moses was not permitted to enter Canaan. But he gave some final commandments to the Israelites – to be obedient to the LORD. He elaborated on how the LORD has been good to those who are near Him, and how the Israelites had a guardian in Him. These particular words of Moses touched…