Amble Past the Cemetery

Matthew 8:29 “Have You come here to torment us before the time?” Observation: As Jesus passed a cemetery, two demon-possessed men confronted him. They were so crazed that locals avoided that section of road.  The demons within these men instantly recognized the...

A Useful Test

Leviticus 26:5, 10 “Your threshing will continue until grape harvest and the grape harvest will continue until planting, and you will be eating all the food you want…You will still be eating last year’s harvest when you have to move it out to make room for the new”...

The Key Difference

Job 30:20 “I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer me; I stand up, and You turn Your attention against me.” Observation: There are two elements to Job’s lament in chapter 30. First is a comparison of his present devastation with his former life. In the...

Suffering Deserved?

Job 6:24: “Show me how I have erred.” Observation: Job had endured from his friend Eliphaz a discourse that fixed upon Job blame for his own suffering. He was saying, “Job, I’ve known you for years and I’ve seen the many good deeds you’ve done, but these calamities...

Remembering Former Things

Job 29:2: “Oh that I were as in months gone by.” Observation: Job 29 is a walk with Job back in time to the days before his afflictions began. He recalled what it was like to have been in the prime of life knowing that God’s friendship spilled over and blessed every...

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...