by David Keesling | Jan 30, 2023 | 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 | Jan 29, 2023 | 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 | Jan 28, 2023 | 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 | Jan 27, 2023 | Uncategorized
Lamentations 5:3 “We have become orphans without a father.…” 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 needed...
by David Keesling | Jan 26, 2023 | Uncategorized
Ezekiel 20:1 “Now it came about in the seventh year, on the fifth month on the tenth of the month, some of the elders came to inquire of the Lord, and sat before me.” Observation: Ezekiel was Israel’s prophet-in-exile. He had been captured by Nebuchadnezzar’s army and...
by David Keesling | Jan 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
Psalm 91:11–12 “For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; they will lift you up in their hands.…” Observation: The whole of Psalm 91 is one of the most comforting in all Scripture. The promise is simple: If I will but dwell in...
