Remaining in the Desert

Numbers 14:2-3 “All the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron; and the whole congregation said to them, ‘Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or would that we had died in this wilderness! Why is the Lord bringing us into this land, to fall by the...

One Thing

Psalm 27:4 “One thing I ask of the Lord, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple” (NIV). Observation: Psalm 27 exudes David’s confident faith in the Lord....

The Deep

Genesis 1:1-2 “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep…” Observation: Time now begins. The uncreated, eternal God who had ‘til now communed within Himself as Father, Son...

Who Is Lord?

Acts 25:26 “Yet I have nothing definite about him to write to my lord.” Observation: Festus had a real problem on his hands. Paul had come into the Roman justice system for discipline, yet Rome’s representative had to confess to King Agrippa that he had no meaty...

A Spiritual Nation

Acts 24:14 “But this I admit to you, that according to the Way which they call a sect I do serve the God of our fathers, believing everything that is in accordance with the Law and that is written in the Prophets.” Observation: Paul affirmed here, as Jesus Himself had...

Stark Choices

Leviticus 26:3-4, 14, 16 “If you walk in My statutes and keep My commandments…then I shall…But if you do not obey Me and do not carry out all these commandments….I…will…” Observation: We find set forth here the laws concerning obedience, given by God as unalterable...