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Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. (Psalm 27:14) But I don’t like to wait. I have plans and goals and ideas and God just isn’t working fast enough for me. Besides, waiting … Continue reading
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My heart says of you, “Seek his face!” Your face, Lord, I will seek. (Psalm 27:8) This is part of that whole, “One thing I ask of the Lord…” idea we saw on Tuesday. Yesterday was a holiday, and … Continue reading
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given… (Isaiah 9:6) I don’t know if there is anything in life more exciting than the birth of a baby. The feeling of joy, of life, that … Continue reading
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me, and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. (Psalm 139:23-24) This psalm ends with a request. Like … Continue reading
You hem me in—behind and before; you have laid your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain. (Psalm 139:5-6). Continuing on yesterday’s theme, there are really two ways to see this … Continue reading
O Lord, you have searched me and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my … Continue reading
All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations will bow down before him, for dominion belongs to the LORD and he rules over the nations (Psalms 22:27-28). In … Continue reading
Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away. Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, or sinners in the assembly of the righteous. (Psalm 1:4-5) Sometimes I forget. Sometimes I look at the … Continue reading
He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers. (Psalm 1:3) OK, I really appreciate the tree image. On a day like today, … Continue reading
But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. (Psalm 1:2). Do you delight in God’s word? No guilt here—it’s an honest question. Actually, I ask the same question of … Continue reading