Devotion on Jeremiah 1:1-19 pt. 1

It wasn’t that long ago that I preached through the book of Jeremiah. I am revisiting the prophet for our devotions together due to the profound contemporary nature of Jeremiah’s prophecy. I am not going to be including the text reading, as some of them will be rather...

Devotion on Psalm 121

Psalm 121 I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? 2 My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. 3 He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber. 4 Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. 5...

Devotion on Psalm 120

We have talked before about the “new immediacy”, which is meant that the past is irrelevant and the future is too long to wait for, and so, all that matters is the now. The urgency of the present pushes upon us and to the point that there is an entire sub-culture that...

Devotion on Psalm 27

The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? 2 When evildoers assail me to eat up my flesh, my adversaries and foes, it is they who stumble and fall. 3 Though an army encamp against me, my...

Devotion on Psalm 42:1-12

As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God. 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God? 3 My tears have been my food day and night, while people say to me all day long, “Where is your God?” 4 These...

Devotion on Psalm 68:1-35

May God arise, may his enemies be scattered; may his foes flee before him. 2 May you blow them away like smoke— as wax melts before the fire, may the wicked perish before God. 3 But may the righteous be glad and rejoice before God; may they be happy and joyful. 4 Sing...