August 3 “He taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.” (Psalm 147:10) What an interesting insight! The great, transcendent God doesn’t take pleasure in the legs of a man! We can think of this in connection with the world of athletics. The track star, lithe and swift, crossing the finish line with hands…
August 2 “…they feared as they entered into the cloud.” (Lu. 9:34) Peter, James and John were on the mount with Jesus. Sensing that this was a significant moment in history and desiring to somehow preserve its glory, Peter proposed erecting three booths—one each for Jesus, Moses and Elijah. This, of course, would have put…
August 1 “A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.” (Prov. 25:11) The combination of golden apples in a setting of silver is pleasingly appropriate. The two go together well. It is the same with a golden word spoken at just the proper time. “A man hath joy by the…
July 31 “There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel’s, but he shall receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in…
July 30 “…as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike. “(1 Sam. 30:24) When David recovered the city of Ziklag from the Amalekites, some of his men did not want to share the spoil with 200 who had stayed…
July 29 “Shouldest those help the ungodly, and love them that hate the Lord? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the Lord.” (2 Chron. 19:2) King Jehoshaphat had joined wicked King Ahab in war against the Syrians. It was an unholy alliance that almost cost his life. The Syrians mistook Jehoshaphat for Ahab and…
July 28 “Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.” (Isa. 55:7) The trembling sinner fears that God will not receive him. The penitent backslider doubts that God…
July 27 “And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.” (Ez.33:32) One of the ironies of declaring the word of the Lord is that people are often intrigued…
July 26 “For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.” (Mt. 10:35, 36) Our Lord is not speaking here about the direct purpose of His coming but…
July 25 “And when the Lord saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.” (Gen. 29:31) There is a law of compensation in life. According to that law, people who are deficient in one respect are given some counterbalancing benefit in another. The law prevents anyone from having everything. What…