“He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant: whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron: until the time that His word came: the word of the Lord tried him.” Psalm 105:17-19 When Joseph was a young man, he was the favorite son of Jacob. His…
“O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, ‘Behold your God.’” Isaiah 40:9 It was Charles Wesley, in one of his great hymns, who wrote: “BEHOLD Him, all ye that pass by, The bleeding Prince of life and peace!…
“I am the Lord, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King.” Isaiah 43:15 What is it about a “King” that is so very important to understand, especially in our relationship with the Heavenly King? It is His absolute power and authority, our submission to it, and our appropriation of it. The effects of…
“And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Lord will take away thy master from thy head today? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold your peace.” 2 Kings 2:3 Here in the book of Second Kings we find one…
“They have seen Thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.” Psalm 68:24 From the writings of Moses in the book of Deuteronomy, to the meeting between Satan and Jesus in the wilderness, to the glorious vision of heaven that John the apostle gives us in Revelation, we…
“The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want for any good thing.” Psalm 34:10 It was Cecil F. Alexander who wrote in a hymn: “Complete in Thee! each need supplied. And no good thing to me denied; Since Thou my portion, Lord, will be, I ask…
“When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.” 1 Corinthians 13:11 In Paul’s letter to the Corinthian believers, he wrote concerning children and men, “…Brethren, be not children in…
“And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before Me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.” Ezekiel 22:30 Of all the means by which God could reach the world with a saving knowledge of Himself, and provide…
“For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure.” Philippians 2:13 How does God work in us? How do we know that it is Him? In the verse just preceding the one which speaks of Him working in us to WILL and to DO of His…
“Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear: break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst did not travail with child…” Isaiah 54:1 David and Isaiah were great singers. We know this to be so because of their writings. They both speak of singing, breaking forth into singing. Isaiah would write, “Sing unto…