Category: Genesis to Revelation

  • MORNING & EVENING

    I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love. — Song of Solomon 5:8 Such is the language of the believer panting after present fellowship with Jesus, he is sick for his Lord. Gracious souls are never perfectly at ease except they…

  • TRANSITIONS

    Connect The TestamentsIsaiah 42:10–43:28; Luke 16:1–17:10; Job 9:25–35 Life is marked by seasons—times of great difficulty and times of great joy. Usually we focus on making the transition from pain to relief as quickly as possible, but in the process, we may forget the significance of the transition itself. A transition is an opportunity to…

  • MORNING & EVENING

    I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain. — Isaiah 45:19 We may gain much solace by considering what God has not said. What he has said is inexpressibly full of comfort and delight; what he has not said is scarcely less rich in consolation. It was one of these…

  • THE PURSUIT OF FAILURES

    Connect The TestamentsIsaiah 41:1–42:9; Luke 15:1–32; Job 9:20–24 Often, when we focus too much on our own failures, we don’t reach the point where grace changes us. That’s why the parable of the Prodigal Son is so comforting for people who are caught up and brought down by their failures. In this parable it’s not…

  • MORNING & EVENING

    The sweet psalmist of Israel. — 2 Samuel 23:1 Among all the saints whose lives are recorded in Holy Writ, David possesses an experience of the most striking, varied, and instructive character. In his history we meet with trials and temptations not to be discovered, as a whole, in other saints of ancient times, and…

  • THE COST OF COMFORT

    Connect The TestamentsIsaiah 39:1–40:31; Luke 14:1–35; Job 9:12–19 “ ‘[You all] comfort; comfort my people,’ says your God. ‘Speak to the heart of Jerusalem, and call to her, that her compulsory labor is fulfilled, that her sin is paid for, that she has received from the hand of Yahweh double for all her sins’ ” (Isa 40:1–2).…

  • MORNING & EVENING

    He shall stand and feed in the strength of the Lord. — Micah 5:4 Christ’s reign in his Church is that of a shepherd-king. He has supremacy, but it is the superiority of a wise and tender shepherd over his needy and loving flock; he commands and receives obedience, but it is the willing obedience…

  • CONNECTING THE DOTS

    Connect The TestamentsIsaiah 37:14–38:22; Luke 13:1–35; Job 9:1–11 When we don’t have all the facts, we still like to connect the dots. Questions make us uncomfortable, so we draw lines with answers that make us feel safe and that fit our worldview. But sometimes we hold too tightly to the picture that results. Job’s friends…

  • MORNING & EVENING

    Strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the Lord’s house. — Jeremiah 51:51 In this account the faces of the Lord’s people were covered with shame, for it was a terrible thing that men should intrude into the Holy Place reserved for the priests alone. Everywhere about us we see like cause for sorrow. How…

  • ANXIETY AND THE WILDERNESS

    Connect The TestamentsIsaiah 35:1–37:13; Luke 12:22–59; Job 8:11–22 Anxiety has a way of ruling over us. Although many of our concerns are legitimate—like having money to pay the rent and buy food—some of them are nonsensical. We envision future catastrophes and spend our days worrying about what might never happen, creating an emotional wilderness for…