Devotionals

I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD. Ps 27:13-14 “God aims to exalt himself through those who wait for him.” John Piper [Note: I write this to my dear friends and family who are going through painful...

The Approval of One  “Do not turn me over to the desire of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.” Ps 27:12 “The mists of criticism do hang about a mountain. Men who want no mists must be content with plains and deserts.  Mists come with mountains. Soon the mists will evaporate, and the mountain will stand out in all its...

How to Avoid an Ambush Teach me your way, O LORD; lead me in a straight path because of my oppressors. Ps 27:11 Last night I watched on national TV, with millions of other viewers, the horrible aftermath of a man who was ambushed.  He appeared to have possessed everything life in America could offer. The governor of a state, national prominence, mentioned as a possible presidential candidate, a lovely wife and four young boys, money, power, fame, living the American dream....

Rejected on Earth-Accepted in Heaven Do not reject me or forsake me, O God my Savior. Though my father and mother forsake me, the LORD will receive me. [Ps 27:9-10] Rejection is a part of life. It is not fun nor is it fatal. We all experience it at some level but it does not have to mean the end. Would be crime novelist John Creasey received an unbroken succession of 743 rejection slips. He now has over 60 million books published....

My heart says of you, “Seek his face!” Your face, LORD, I will seek. Do not hide your face from me, do not turn your servant away in anger; you have been my helper. Ps 27:8-9 “How can a man extinguish pride? By knowing God. For if we know of him, all pride is diminished.” Chrysostom Humility is not one of our most venerated values. The self-made man, who pulls himself up by his bootstraps and conquers all opponents by his superior...

My heart says of you, “Seek his face!” Your face, O LORD, I will seek. Ps 27:8 “These sacred Words give you the very image of Christ speaking, healing, dying, rising again and make him so present, that were he before your eyes you would not more truly see him.” Erasmus  In our earlier studies, we indicated that verse 7 marks a significant change in the character of this psalm. Before, God is spoken “about.” From now on, he is spoken “to.”...

“Hear my voice when I call, O LORD; be merciful to me and answer me.” Ps 27:7 The church has many organizers but few agonizers; many who pay, but few who pray; many resters, but few wrestlers; many who are enterprising, but few who are interceding. A worldly Christian will stop praying and a praying Christian will stop worldliness. Tithes may build a church but tears will give it life. That is “the difference between the modern church and the early...