Today’s Word
Can of Worms
Let no one seek his own good, but that of his neighbor. 1 Corinthians 10:24 NASB His own good – Tomorrow will mark the end of the Julian calendar year. The world at large will celebrate, honoring a Roman alteration to previous tribal and ethnic ways of counting dates. One tradition of renewal is the…
Straw Man
More than that, I count all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish so that I may gain Christ, and may be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my…
Street Cleaner
They cried for help, but there was none to save, even to the Lord, but He did not answer them. Then I beat them fine as the dust before the wind; I emptied them out as the mire of the streets. Psalm 18:41-42 NASB Emptied them out – How long have you carried the enemies…
Fatal Blows
I pursued my enemies and overtook them, and I did not turn back until they were consumed. I shattered them, so that they were not able to rise; they fell under my feet. Psalm 18:37-38 NASB I shattered them – What enemies must you pursue? What opponents must you utterly defeat? What must be crushed…
Measure for Measure?
With the kind You show Yourself kind; with the blameless You show Yourself blameless; with the pure You show Yourself pure, and with the crooked You show Yourself astute. Psalm 18:25-26 NASB Astute – Are you kind? Then you experience the kindness of God. Are you blameless (yes, I know that might seem impossible)? Then…
The Beast Within
I was also blameless with Him, and I kept myself from my iniquity. Psalm 18:23 NASB My iniquity – It would be much easier to for David to say that he kept himself “from iniquity.” Then the wickedness would be alien, outside, an enemy at a distance. But David uses the Hebrew ‘awoni, the combination…
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