Devotions from May 2022

Passage Read: Ecclesiastes 7-10 Meditation Verse: 7:9 It is not good to be quick to anger, because many times anger comes without a full understanding of what is happening. A fool gets angry at everything because anger resides in his heart. It's always there, just…

Passage Read: Ecclesiastes 11 - Song of Solomon 2 Meditation Verses: Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 Solomon's conclusion after declaring that all is vanity? The only thing of real value is to fear God and obey His commands, because He will judge all men for everything they've done…

Passage Read: Song of Solomon 3-6 Meditation Verses: 5:2-6 Her beloved came and asked her to open to him, but she didn't want to get up at first. She hesitated, then got up to open to him, but then he was gone. She went out…

Passage Read: Song of Solomon 7 - Isaiah 2 Meditation Verse: Isaiah 2:3 This is what God intends, this is what He plans, that His ways and His laws are taught throughout the land and all people walk in His ways. So why don't we…

Passage Read: Isaiah 3-6 Meditation Verse: 6:13 The remnant, the holy seed of Israel and Judah will be just a tenth part, like a tithe of the people. Though they be as numerous as the sand on the seashore or like the stars in number,…

Passage Read: Isaiah 7-10 Meditation Verse: 10:20 The people of Israel and Judah were more impressed by those who overthrew them than by the Lord. They trusted in men and their might more than they trusted in the Lord. When a foreign power defeated them…

Passage Read: Isaiah 11-14 Meditation Verses: 14:1-2 Part of the promise to Israel is to restore them to their land, to gather them from all the nations. In fact, the nations shall bring them back to their homeland, delivering them back to their homes. And…

Passage Read: Isaiah 15-18 Meditation Verses: 18:1-3 The nations will plot together against the Lord, they will gather together against Him. They will encourage themselves and seek aid from each other. They think their numbers and weapons of war will be sufficient against the Lord.

Passage Read: Isaiah 19-22 Meditation Verses: 22:11-14 The Lord brought trouble on Judah and Jerusalem, but they didn't look to Him to understand what was happening. They did all they could think of to hold off the attackers, then feasted, thinking their end was at…

Passage Read: Isaiah 23-26 Meditation Verses: 25:2-3 The strong understand strength and power, and when the Lord exercises His might, then they honor and glorify Him. They do not respect what they perceive as weakness, but when the Lord overthrows cities that seem untouchable, they…

Passage Read: Isaiah 27-30 Meditation Verses: 30:9-11 Lord, surely there are still people who desire to know You and live by Your Word. They seem so few and far between. Who seeks You from Your whole counsel? Or have I gone astray? Do I think…

Passage Read: Isaiah 31-34 Meditation Verses: 32:17-18 "The work of righteousness shall be peace, the service of righteousness shall be quietness and peace forever." Oh to be there already. To already be in a peaceful home and safe dwelling and a secure resting place. How…

Passage Read: Isaiah 35-38 Meditation Verse: 38:15 The Lord said that Hezekiah would die, and Hezekiah pleaded with the Lord to remember his faithfulness and dedication to Him. Hezekiah would have been safe if he had died at that point, but he may not have…

Passage Read: Isaiah 39-42 Meditation Verses: 40:6-8 Men and all their "goodness" are but like grass and the flowers of the field. The Lord has to but blow on them and they are gone. Yet His Word stands forever. Men come and go and their…

Passage Read: Isaiah 43-46 Meditation Verses: 45:20-22 Multiple times, God has contrasted Himself with the idols of the nations. He is about to send His people into captivity. They have consorted with idols and will then be surrounded by people who worship idols. Those so-called…

Passage Read: Isaiah 47-50 Meditation Verse: 50:10 Even if I walk in darkness and have no light, I need to continue to fear the Lord and obey His Son. If I trust in the Lord and lean on His guidance, I will be safe and…

Passage Read: Isaiah 51-54 Meditation Verse: 54:17 The inheritance of the servants of the Lord is that no weapon formed against us shall prosper, and every tongue that rises to condemn us, we will condemn. And our righteousness will not be our own, but will…

Passage Read: Isaiah 55-58 Meditation Verse: 58:2 God is not mocked, He is not fooled. He knows who truly desires to do His will and who only wants to make a show of obedience. He saw through Israel's "seeking" of Him, their asking for judgments,…

Passage Read: Isaiah 59-62 Meditation Verses: 59:14-16 There was no righteousness, no justice, no truth in the land. Indeed, the three stayed away from the land and the people. They were not welcome and they stayed back, because the people wanted nothing to do with…

Passage Read: Isaiah 63-66 Meditation Verse: 66:5 Those who tremble at God's Word, it is their own brothers who hate them and drive them out in God's name. They say God is glorified by their driving out of those who fear the Lord, but the…

Passage Read: Jeremiah 1-4 Meditation Verses: 3:11-15 Apostasy is when people who should know God turn to other gods, while still claiming to follow the Lord. They claim to belong to the Lord, but they also seek the help of other gods, worshiping gods more…

Passage Read: Jeremiah 5-8 Meditation Verses: 7:2-4 This warning is for people coming to worship the Lord. They think that because the Temple is there, because they worship the Lord in His Temple, they think everything will be all right. They don't understand what it…

Passage Read: Jeremiah 9-12 Meditation Verses: 12:14-17 The Lord will cast out His people from their land because they did not obey Him. But afterwards, He promises to have pity on them and bring them back to their land, to restore their inheritance to them.

Passage Read: Jeremiah 13-16 Meditation Verse: 15:10 It is hard to be a prophet. When God sends a prophet, it is usually to a people He cares for but who have turned from His ways. They need correction because they have turned away from following…

Passage Read: Jeremiah 17-20 Meditation Verses: 19:14-15 Except in a few cases, prophets spoke to groups of people, not to individuals. The next chapter starts with a prophecy directed at the priest who imprisoned Jeremiah, an exception, but most of Jeremiah's messages are spoken to…

Passage Read: Jeremiah 21-24 Meditation Verses: 23:21-22 A good prophet is one who stands in the Lord's counsel, listens to His voice and tells the people what he hears. They don't need a special message, just the Words that have already been written! All anyone…

Passage Read: Jeremiah 25-28 Meditation Verse: 25:29 Judgment begins with the people of God, and if God finds fault with His own people, what will He do to those who do not follow Him at all? Of course He will find even greater fault! At…

Passage Read: Jeremiah 29-32 Meditation Verse: 32:33 Lord, You said You would make a new covenant with Your people, a covenant to write Your Law on their hearts and on their inward parts. Why then does it seem that "believers" today still seem so clueless…

Passage Read: Jeremiah 33-36 Meditation Verse: 33:3 This is a well known promise, God's invitation to come and ask Him to reveal great and mighty things, mysteries and future events. But in its immediate context, it begins with bad news, that the Lord will destroy…

Passage Read: Jeremiah 37-40 Meditation Verses: 39:16-18 In the midst of great disaster, God is able to promise to a foreign slave in the king's house that he will not die, but be given his life as a ransom because of his faith in the…

Passage Read: Jeremiah 41-44 Meditation Verses: 44:17-18 They remember it wrong or analyze it incorrectly because they don't understand the compassion of the Lord. While they sinned against Him, they enjoyed His mercy while He sent prophets to rebuke them and turn them from their…