Morning Musings – Page 215

Morning Musings: Isaiah 45:4-6

October 20, 2017October 18, 2017Leave a comment

“For the sake of my servant Jacob, and Israel my chosen, I call you by your name, I name you, though you do not know me. I am the Lord, and there is no other, besides me there is no God; I equip you, though you do not know me, that people may know, from the rising of the sun and from the west, that there is none besides me; I am the Lord, and there is no other.” (ESV – Read the chapter)

These verses and the few on either side comprise God’s message from Isaiah to the Persian Emperor, Cyrus the Great. It is a remarkable bit of Scripture for two reasons. Read the rest…

Morning Musings: Isaiah 42:6-7

October 18, 2017October 17, 2017Leave a comment

“I am the Lord; I have called you in righteousness; I will take you by the hand and keep you; I will give you as a covenant for the people, a light for the nations, to open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, from the prison those who sit in darkness.” (ESV – Read the chapter)

Israel was always intended to serve as an invitation to the rest of the world to come and be a part of the people of God. They were to be a light for the nations. Unfortunately, they never quite managed to do that with anything resembling consistency. They got close under David and Solomon, but never other than that. Read the rest…

Morning Musings: Galatians 3:7

October 16, 2017October 16, 20172 Comments

“Know then that it is those of faith who are the sons of Abraham.” (ESV – Read the chapter)

This idea was always one of the hardest things for first century Jews to get their minds and hearts around and it still isn’t widely appreciated today. The Jews of Paul’s day understood the designation “the children of Abraham,” the thing that most gave them their identity, to be a genetic one. Now, no, they didn’t think of it in exactly those terms as they hadn’t been invented yet, but the observation is true nonetheless. Read the rest…

Morning Musings: 2 Corinthians 12:10

October 13, 2017October 12, 2017Leave a comment

“For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.” (ESV – Read the chapter)

Our own power is insufficient to the task of life. We don’t have what it takes on our own. We cannot make right what is broken in us by ourselves. The only hope, the only power that is up to such tasks is the power of God. His alone can overcome the various obstacles in this world and bring about the incredible life available in the kingdom. Read the rest…

Morning Musings: Psalm 106:45

October 11, 2017October 10, 2017Leave a comment

“For their sake he remembered his covenant, and relented according to the abundance of his steadfast love.” (ESV – Read the chapter)

God doesn’t have mercy on us for His sake. He doesn’t extend to us His steadfast love because it does something for Him. He does it for us. He does it because His love naturally moves outward and we are the only creatures in the world made in His image. He does not deal with us according to our deeds, but quickly offers mercy when we cry out to Him for our sake. He doesn’t want to see us destroyed. He wants to see us live abundantly and flourish. Read the rest…