All the peoples on earth will be blessed through you. (Genesis 12:3) As we look to this week's readings, it is fitting the transition from a groaning creation to dawning plan of redemption come just a...  Read More

He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the trash heap. (Psalm 113:7) From an emotional standpoint, this has been a tough week of devotions! Creation is groaning, our own hearts are ...  Read More

Jesus wept. (John 11:35) The story of Lazarus is arguably one of my favorites in all the Bible, but probably not for the reasons you think. Most people identify with the triumph of Lazarus being raise...  Read More

My days are like a lengthening shadow, and I wither away like grass. (Psalm 102:11) At this point, it's pretty clear; all of creation is groaning. Our hearts are longing for more. This Psalm gives us ...  Read More

He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also put eternity in their hearts, but no one can discover the work God has done from beginning to end. (Ecclesiastes 3:11) Yesterday we saw all ...  Read More

For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together with labor pains until now. (Romans 8:22) In this life there are times when we become keenly aware deep in our bones that things aren't w...  Read More

Praise the LORD, all nations! Glorify him, all peoples! (Psalm 117:1) If dynamite comes in small packages, this Psalm packs quite the wallop. It's the shortest chapter in the Bible but the vision it p...  Read More

Today as you listen, this Scripture has been fulfilled. (Luke 4:21) This entire week has all been about the Mission of God. It's an old mission, one set in motion in the Garden of Eden and while sidet...  Read More

Declare his glory among the nations, his wondrous works among all peoples. (Psalm 96:3) Human beings have a strange ability, and might I way a tendency, to take in information, intellectually process ...  Read More

All the ends of the earth have seen our God’s salvation. (Psalm 98:3 As humans, we have a tendency to see the glass half empty, the world darker than it is, and the future uncertain. Yesterday we reme...  Read More

I will also make you a light for the nations, to be my salvation to the ends of the earth. (Isaiah 49:6) After the nations were dispersed at Babel and Abram (eventually God's people the Israelites) it...  Read More

Blessed be the LORD, my rock who trains my hands for battle and my fingers for warfare. (Psalm 144:1) Strength comes in many forms, but in the Kingdom of God, it has a very particular form and feel to...  Read More