Ex. 14-15 “The LORD will fight for you, and you have only to be silent.” (Exodus 14:14) This is very similar to Psalm 46:10 – “Be still and know that I am God.” Be silent. ...
Day 42 – Ex 12-13; Matt 26:1-35Day 42 – Ex 12-13; Matt 26:1-35
Ex. 12-13 The Bible is a very intricate story. It is full of pictures within pictures of God’s Plan – like the layers of an onion. It is utterly fascinating. The Passover is a foreshadowing ...
Day 41 – Ex 9-11; Matt 25:31-46Day 41 – Ex 9-11; Matt 25:31-46
Ex. 9-11 I noticed an interesting thing in chapter 9 that I had never noticed before. After the sixth plague – the boils – is the first time the text specifies that the LORD hardened ...
Day 40 – Ex 7-8; Matt 25:1-30Day 40 – Ex 7-8; Matt 25:1-30
Ex. 7-8 Throughout Genesis I have noticed and wondered about various foreign leaders who seemed to know and fear God (like when Abraham and Isaac told the leaders their wives were their sisters). But this ...
Day 39 – Ex 4-6; Matt 24:29-51Day 39 – Ex 4-6; Matt 24:29-51
Ex. 4-6 Moses did what we all do when we are afraid or lacking confidence – he made a whole string of excuses and objections. God is so patient with us! He answered every objection ...
Day 38 Ex 1-3; Matt 24:1-28Day 38 Ex 1-3; Matt 24:1-28
Ex. 1-3 One thing that stands out to me in these chapters is the courage of the Hebrew midwives. Technically, they lied to Pharaoh, but it says that “God dealt well” with them because of ...
Day 37 – Gen 49-50 – Matt 23:23-39Day 37 – Gen 49-50 – Matt 23:23-39
Gen. 49-50 Here we see the consequences of the actions of Israel’s three oldest sons – Reuben’s sin with Jacob’s concubine and the revenge Simeon and Levi took for their sister, Dinah. Thus, Judah got ...
Day 36 – Gen 46-48; Matt. 23:1-22Day 36 – Gen 46-48; Matt. 23:1-22
Gen. 46-48 Once again, the writers of the Bible do not always state things as they actually are (cultural semantics, perhaps?). Reading the story of Joseph and his brothers, you get the impression that Benjamin ...
Day 35 – Gen 43-45; Matt 22:23-46Day 35 – Gen 43-45; Matt 22:23-46
Gen. 43-45 I don’t know how Joseph kept the truth from his brothers for so long. Simeon must have been with him in custody for at least 6 months to a year. It seems he ...
Day 34 – Gen 41-42; Matt 22:1-22Day 34 – Gen 41-42; Matt 22:1-22
Gen. 41-42 It seems Reuben is trying to regain his status with his father after the concubine incident. First, he planned to rescue Joseph from the pit and be the one to restore Jacob’s favorite ...
Day 33 – Gen 39-40; Matt 21:23-46Day 33 – Gen 39-40; Matt 21:23-46
Gen. 39-40 Joseph leaves a great example to aspire to…and such a contrast from his deceitful father! They actually say that Joseph is a type of Christ – a foreshadowing of the Messiah – and ...
Day 32 – Gen 36-38; Matt. 21:1-22Day 32 – Gen 36-38; Matt. 21:1-22
Gen. 36-38 More random thoughts from me….I wonder at the significance of the random names of wives and daughters and such that make it into the genealogies. There is one in Esau’s genealogy mentioned in ...
Day 31 – Gen 33-35; Matt 20:17-34Day 31 – Gen 33-35; Matt 20:17-34
Gen. 33-35 Though Jacob returned “home”, he did not go back to his father right away. After he met with his brother, he made excuses and settled in Succoth instead. It seems to me that ...
Day 30 – Gen 31-32; Matt 20:1-16Day 30 – Gen 31-32; Matt 20:1-16
Gen 31-32 God was with Jacob, and those who intended to cheat him or do him harm did not stop God’s blessing in Jacob’s life. This is a good reminder to me that no matter ...
Day 29 – Gen 29-30; Matt 19Day 29 – Gen 29-30; Matt 19
Gen 29-30 Forget about Jacob, Leah was dealt a bad hand here! She was given to somebody who did not want her and had to ‘share’ that somebody with her sister, who was loved. Talk ...
Day 28 – Gen 27-28; Matt 13:21-35Day 28 – Gen 27-28; Matt 13:21-35
Gen 27-28 More confusion! What Rebekah and Jacob did was deceitful, but it clearly played into God’s plan. God had told Rebekah that her younger son would rule her older son. Was it because of ...
Day 27 – Gen 25-26; Matt 18:1-20Day 27 – Gen 25-26; Matt 18:1-20
Gen 25-26 What strikes me most in this passage in Genesis right now is God’s statement to Isaac in Gen 26:4b-5. “And in your offspring all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because ...
Day 26 – Gen 23-24; Matt 17Day 26 – Gen 23-24; Matt 17
Gen 23-24 It strikes me how respected Abraham was with the people whom he lived among as a foreigner. They called him “a mighty prince”, or “a prince of God” and were willing to give ...
Day 25 – Job 41-42; Matt 16Day 25 – Job 41-42; Matt 16
Job 41-42 “I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted.” (Job 42:1) God is sovereign. Who are we to make demands of God or to think ...
Day 24 – Job 38-40; Matt 15:21-39Day 24 – Job 38-40; Matt 15:21-39
Job 38-40 What I get out of God’s response to Job thus far…Job, you are not God! (…and neither am I!) Matt. 15:21-39 This is the second time that Jesus has marveled at the faith ...
Day 23 – Job 36-37; Matt 15:1-20Day 23 – Job 36-37; Matt 15:1-20
Job 36-37 The problem I have with the views of Job’s friends is that they are judging people based on their circumstances. If bad things are happening to you, you are being judged by God, ...
Day 22 – Job 34-35; Matt 14:22-36Day 22 – Job 34-35; Matt 14:22-36
Job 34-35 Why is Elihu so mad? He seems to be saying pretty much the same thing all the others are saying. Job’s friends are not all wrong in what they say, but they are ...
Day 21 – Job 32-33; Matt 14:1-21Day 21 – Job 32-33; Matt 14:1-21
Job 32-33 I don’t know what business Elihu has getting angry with everyone just because he thinks they are all wrong and because nothing has been resolved. But he is. And he, too, believes Job ...
Day 20 – Job 30-31; Matt 13:31-58Day 20 – Job 30-31; Matt 13:31-58
Job 30-31 Wow – Job, throughout his life, has considered every aspect of it and how to live it righteously before God. God, enlarge the part of me that wants to live less for me ...
Day 19 – Job 28-29; Matt 13:1-30Day 19 – Job 28-29; Matt 13:1-30
Job 28-29 “Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.” (Job 28:28) This is a Truth that is repeated in Proverbs and possibly other places in ...
Day 18 – Job 25-27; Matt 12:24-50Day 18 – Job 25-27; Matt 12:24-50
Job 25-27 So many words…and the point of them all is rather lost on me. One thing I do get is that Job’s friends were of no help or encouragement to him at all. I ...
Day 17 – Job 22-24; Matt 12:1-23Day 17 – Job 22-24; Matt 12:1-23
Job 22-24 Well, now Eliphaz is just making stuff up!! He lays out accusations to Job that couldn’t be further from the truth! Note to self: the act of making stuff up to fit your ...
Day 16 – Job 20-21; Matt 11Day 16 – Job 20-21; Matt 11
Job 20-21 I think maybe part of the point of this book of Job is to adjust our idea of what is “fair”. We get hung up on that – “fair”. We want to think ...
Day 15 – Job 17-19; Matt 10:21-42Day 15 – Job 17-19; Matt 10:21-42
Job 17-19 Job’s friends continue to attack him based on what they believe to be true – that Job would not be suffering if he was innocent. But Job, though he insists that God is ...
Day 14 – Job 14-16; Matt 10:1-20Day 14 – Job 14-16; Matt 10:1-20
Job 14-16 Every now and then, I just don’t have much to say. Job is one big series of long, repetitive rants, and today’s reading is no exception – more accusations of Job’s unrighteousness, but ...