Psalms 2:11: “Serve the Lord with fear and rejoice with trembling. Do you realize there are over 16 words in the Hebrew for rejoice or joy. How many words do we have in English for joy? Whatever is important in a culture is reflected in the language. Perhaps joy is just not important in
Hosea 2:19, “And I will betroth thee unto me forever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.” There is much talk among Christians today of being the bride of Christ and being married to Christ. This is, of course, a very Biblical picture
Proverbs 16:4 “The LORD hath made all [things] for himself. From first reading of this passage it would appear that God is a very selfish God. But then the word selfish tends to carry a negative connotation. There is a positive spin on selfishness. Do we not purchase a gift for someone for selfish
Isaiah 41:12-13, “Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, [even] them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought. For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.” I was
Psalms 37:25: “I have been young and am now old, but I have never seen the righteous forsaken.” Today feels like one of those days that I am being struck down (but not destroyed – II Corinthians 4:9) but still struck down on all fronts. It was just one of those times you feel
Psalm 37:3-4 “Trust in the Lord and do good, dwell in the land and cherish faithfulness. So shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and He shall give you the desires of your heart.” “Dwell in the land…” Does that not go without question? I mean we are not fish so
Psalm 139:5: “Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.” I suppose you could translate this verse a number of ways. What I find interesting in this verse is the word for beset which is sur. As a noun this is what Moses struck to get water – a
Psalms 120:2: “Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.” At first reading it appears that the writer is saying: “Lord make those gossiping about me shut up, punch ‘em in the mouth.” But upon closer examination, the writer is not saying that at all, he just wants his
John 15:12-14, “ This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.” I was reading in the Aramaic Bible this morning
Psalms 77:10: “And this is my sickness, the years of the right hand of the most high.” The writer of this Psalm is very troubled. He has cried to God, but has found no peace. Throughout the night, he is unable to sleep, his spirit feels overwhelmed. He is so troubled he can not
