by David Keesling | Apr 29, 2015 | Uncategorized
John 2:15 “After making a whip out of cords, He drove everyone out of the temple complex, with their sheep and oxen.” Observation: This is the first of two instances where Jesus cleared the temple complex, but this one is interesting because it occurred at the...
by David Keesling | Apr 28, 2015 | Uncategorized
1 Samuel 16:7 “Do not look at his appearance or his stature, because I have rejected him.” Observation: Samuel has been grieving over the Lord’s rejection of Saul as king of Israel (16:1), but the Lord had said, in essence, “Buck up! Get over it!” “Go to Jesse of...
by David Keesling | Apr 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
Psalm 116:7, 12 “Be at rest once more, O my soul, for the Lord has been good to you. How can I repay the Lord for all His goodness to me?” Observation: The whole of Psalm 116 celebrates the Lord’s deliverance from death. Verse 3 remembers, “The cords of death...
by David Keesling | Apr 26, 2015 | Uncategorized
Daniel 1:2 “And the Lord delivered Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, along with some of the articles from the temple of God.” Observation: Daniel’s beginning sets the stage for some troubling personal reflection. Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, had besieged...
by David Keesling | Apr 25, 2015 | Uncategorized
Lamentations 5:3 “We have become orphans without a father…” (NAS) Observation: The Jews are in Babylonian captivity, having lost everything. Their inheritance (v. 2) had been “turned over to strangers,” their houses had been forfeited to aliens. Everything they...
