by David Keesling | Oct 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
Psalm 11:3 “When the foundations are being destroyed, what can the righteous do?” Observation: This verse, either spoken by David’s friends or perhaps by a whispering enemy seeking to wear down his faith, reflects the stress David experienced as Saul and his army...
by David Keesling | Oct 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
Ecclesiastes 11:2 “Give portions to seven, yes to eight, for you do not know what disaster might come upon the land.” Observation: In this and surrounding verses, Solomon presses me to be liberal to the poor, generous in meeting the needs of others. Verse 1 tells me...
by David Keesling | Oct 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
Psalm 20:3a “May He remember all your sacrifices.” Observation: Psalm 20 opens as a prayer for David. We aren’t told who is doing the praying … it may be priests who regularly surrounded David, or perhaps family and friends. But their prayers were the sort of thing...
by David Keesling | Oct 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
Genesis 4:7 “If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it.” Observation: God here addresses Cain, who had become “very angry” with God because God...
by David Keesling | Oct 18, 2021 | Uncategorized
Genesis 2:3b “on it (the seventh day) He rested from all His work.” Observation: In six days God had unleashed unimaginable creative powers. Things inanimate that had never before existed (earth and sky, dry land and seas, stars sufficient to fill the eternally...
