Today Daily Devotional

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October 13, 2018 The Rock
Many
passages in the Bible speak of God as a rock. Jacob called God “the
Rock of Israel” (Genesis 49:24). Hannah said, “There is no Rock
like our God” (1 Samuel 2:2). And David said, “Exalted be my
God, the Rock, my Savior!” (2 Samuel 22:47). The picture is
supremely appropriate. God is always our firm, faithful, everlasting
foundation.
So
when the people of Israel quarreled with Moses in the desert,
demanding water to drink, God told Moses to take his staff and go to
“the rock at Horeb.” God would stand before the rock, and Moses
was to strike it with his staff. Water would gush out of the rock for
the people to drink.
The
people had been belligerent, saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”
And God showed them that of course he was there. The people watched
the miracle happen, and their thirst was satisfied. God, as always,
provided for them.
Years
later, when the religious leaders quarreled with Jesus, he said in a
loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink.
Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water
will flow from within them” (John 7:37-38). By “living water,”
he meant the blessings of eternal life (see John 4:10-14). Jesus is
the Rock of salvation who was stricken so that we can receive the
water of life.
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October 12, 2018 The Holy City
I
took some friends on an old taxi driver’s tour of New York City. We
enjoyed breakfast at my favorite “greasy spoon,” plunged into the
subway, ferried to the Statue of Liberty, walked Wall Street and
Times Square, strolled Broadway and the theater district, sat quietly
in St. Patrick’s Cathedral, and stood in awe on the 100th-floor
balcony of a skyscraper, taking in a panoramic view of the city. They
pronounced it “an exciting place to live.”
But
I didn’t show them the places where I’d been mugged, the
kinds of places that the singer Michael Card calls “doorways
darkened by despair.”
The
picture Revelation draws of the New Jerusalem is beautiful, exciting,
and full of diversity. The nations stream into it from across the
earth. And the Holy City has no dark side. It has no intractable
injustice, simmering racial hatred, porn shops, unemployment lines,
broken family relationships, potholes, or trash. Because God is
there, the city is full of goodness and light; evil has no place to
hide.
This
vision offers an invitation and a warning. In the Holy City, God will
be with us, and all nations will be brought to Christ in harmony. Yet
“nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what
is shameful or deceitful.”
Are
you looking forward to the day when we can live there in peace and
harmony with God?
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October 11, 2018 A Beautiful Bride
In
many weddings, as the groom waits joyfully, the bride, beautifully
dressed in her wedding gown, is led down the aisle by her father.
The
“bride and groom” theme resonates in human society as a picture
of mutual delight, commitment, and faithfulness. The Bible even uses
this image to describe the relationship between God and his people.
Isaiah 62:4-5 tells us, for example, “The Lord will take delight in
you, and your land will be married. As a . . . bridegroom
rejoices over his bride, so will your God rejoice over you.”
The
New Testament speaks often about the church as the bride of Christ.
And in Revelation 21 we see a picture of the New Jerusalem,
representing God’s people and the dwelling place of God, “prepared
as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.” In the new heaven
and earth described here, all of God’s promises will be fulfilled,
and we’ll be able to delight in full life with God forever.
In
the meantime, we may feel unworthy of God’s love, knowing we are
sinners. Or, perhaps for some of us, the ideals of joy and delight in
marriage may not be a reality. Even in times of doubt and struggle,
though, God himself is with us.
Hold
on to Jesus in faith; he is watching over and holding on to you. He
loves you and wants you to flourish and enjoy life to the full!
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October 10, 2018 Sacrifice
Sacrifice
has almost disappeared from people’s understanding in our Western
culture today. Some glimpses of it can be found in war stories, as
when a soldier puts himself in harm’s way to save the lives of
others.
In
the ancient world, it was common in many religions to sacrifice an
animal for the sake of a person, and even human sacrifice was
widespread. We shudder to think of it. Archaeologists have found that
young men were buried alive in Irish peat bogs as an offering to the
people’s gods. And young maidens, in ceremonial dress, were led
high into the Andes in South America and left to starve and freeze as
an offering to the gods of the mountains.
The
worship of God was different. But one day God told Abraham to
sacrifice his only son, Isaac. This was a test to see if Abraham
really trusted God. Along the way Abraham told Isaac, “God himself
will provide the lamb for the burnt offering.” And when the time
for sacrifice came, God provided a ram in place of Isaac.
This
shocking story points to the ultimate sacrifice God was planning for
the future, when he would send his only Son, Jesus, to be born as a
descendant of Abraham and to give up his own perfect life to atone
for human sin. Jesus, the Lamb of God, laid down his life for us all,
showing how deeply God loves us, so that we can have life with God
forever.
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October 09, 2018 The Curtain of the Temple
In
the ancient temple of the Lord in Jerusalem, there was a curtain,
embroidered with angels, which separated the Holy Place from the Most
Holy Place. The Most Holy Place became the dwelling place of God
among his people. Only the high priest could go behind the curtain
and enter into that place. There he could offer atonement for the
sins of the people, once a year.
This
taught the people that God is holy and that sinful people cannot
stand in God’s presence. The curtain of the temple symbolized the
separation between the holy God and sinful people. And if anyone
violated this practice, they would die.
When
Jesus died to atone for our sin, however, he cried out, “It is
finished” (John 19:30)—and the curtain separating the people from
God was torn in two. Jesus’ death on the cross accomplished
everything necessary for our salvation. He became the ultimate High
Priest for us, and his finished work reconciled us with God. Because
of Jesus, the Spirit of God now comes to live in our hearts, making
us his temple.
So
we who were once “without hope and without God in the world . . .
who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ”
(Ephesians 2:12-13). We have new life and the power of Christ by the
Holy Spirit to live for God each day.
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October 08, 2018 The Scapegoat
Here
in Leviticus, in a lengthy passage about slaughtering animals
to atone for people’s sins, we find more imagery that points to
Jesus.
One
such image is the scapegoat. The word scapegoat
is still used in the English language today, meaning “someone who
bears the blame for others.” Usually, though, when people
today are looking for a scapegoat, they want to avoid admitting
wrong.
The
scapegoat image in Leviticus didn’t work that way. The people
were called to repent and acknowledge their guilt as the priest laid
his hands on the goat’s head and confessed over it all of the
people’s sins. This was not some magical mumbo-jumbo. God, in his
grace, was accepting a substitute for the people, taking away their
sin, sending it out into the wilderness for destruction, and
counting them righteous.
This
is a picture that points to the Savior, Jesus, who came to take on
himself the curse for all human sin. He became the scapegoat for us
all. As the apostle Paul put it later, “God made him who had no sin
to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of
God” (2 Corinthians 5:21).
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October 07, 2018 A Fountain for Washing Away Sin
In
today’s reading from Zechariah 12, the Lord God of Israel is
speaking, and the Lord describes himself as “the one they have
pierced.” This phrase is quoted later in a description of Jesus’
death on the cross, saying, “These things happened so that the
scripture would be fulfilled: ‘Not one of his bones will be
broken,’ and . . . ‘They will look on the one they have
pierced’” (John 19:36-37). Through the prophet Zechariah, God was
describing the thrust of a Roman spear into Jesus’ side.
Another
prophet, Isaiah, also described Jesus’ suffering: “He was pierced
for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the
punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are
healed” (Isaiah 53:5).
When
God pours out his Spirit, we mourn over our sins and look to the
Savior, pierced on the cross for our sake—and we are washed clean.
No ordinary shower with soap and water can wash away sin. Only the
blood of Jesus Christ shed on the cross can do that.
Have
you felt remorse for your sin? Have you looked upon the one who was
pierced? By faith in Jesus, whose shed blood washes our sin away, you
can be forgiven and saved.
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October 06, 2018 Leaping Like a Deer
In
my early fifties, I began to have trouble with my feet, and
eventually I had to have operations on both of them. Before that, I
took walking for granted. I even used to look at elderly folks and
wonder why they walked so stiffly. Now I wistfully look at children
skipping and playing, and at young people who have a spring in their
step. I know what it’s like now to have difficulty walking.
Part
of the picture of joy in Isaiah 35 was fulfilled one day when Peter
and John went to the temple to pray and saw a lame man begging for
money. “Look at us!” said Peter, and the man turned toward them.
Peter said, “Silver or gold I do not have, but what I do have I
give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk.” The man’s
feet and ankles instantly became strong, and he jumped up and began
to walk. Then he went along with them into the temple, “walking and
jumping, and praising God” (Acts 3:4-8).
Imagine
young deer leaping about in the open and bounding over brooks and
fallen trees in their woodland playground. That’s like a picture of
people celebrating with the sheer joy of redemption and new life in
Jesus, who has come to restore all things. “Gladness and joy will
overtake them,” for they will no longer bear the crushing effects
of sin and disease or any guilt, because Jesus bore it all on the
cross.
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October 05, 2018 Debts Forgiven
In
this day of credit cards, it’s easy to get deep into debt, and the
interest rate can make our debt snowball. If we get into that kind of
trouble, we may need to visit a credit counselor to help us plan a
way out.
In
the Law of Moses, God commanded the Israelites to cancel debts at the
end of every seven years. The cancellation of debts was a merciful
feature of the Law of Moses, and it called for an openhanded,
generous attitude toward the poor. Stinginess and lack of concern was
inconsistent with the heart of the Law, which, as Jesus said, was
based on loving God and caring about your neighbor as much as you
care about yourself (see Matthew 22:37-40).
Canceling
debts on a society-wide level was to be echoed by a forgiving
attitude. The apostle Paul expresses this beautifully when he says in
Ephesians 4:32: “Be kind and compassionate to one another,
forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.”
Have
you ever thought of sin as like getting into debt? If you’re a
slave to some particular sin, it’s like digging yourself into a
hole, deeper and deeper, making it harder and harder to climb out.
Don’t indulge yourself, but cry out to God for the forgiveness of
your debts, and seek his strength to live an obedient life.
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October 04, 2018 Balm in Gilead
In
this frightening passage, the prophet Jeremiah refers to Gilead, a
region in Israel that was known for its medicinal balm, or healing
salve. In the midst of destruction, there was no place of refuge, no
place even for the wounded to find help or healing.
The
prophets Isaiah and Jeremiah lived to see the destruction of
Israel and Jerusalem by the invading powers from the north: Assyria
and Babylon. The people were being punished for worshiping other gods
since the days of Solomon. But they refused to repent. Isaiah says,
“Woe to the sinful nation, a people whose guilt is great. . . .
They have forsaken the Lord; they have spurned the Holy One of
Israel. . . . Why should you be beaten anymore? Why do you
persist in rebellion? Your whole head is injured, your whole heart
afflicted. From the sole of your foot to the top of your head there
is no soundness—only wounds and welts and open sores, not cleansed
or bandaged or soothed with olive oil” (Isaiah 1:4-6). For Israel’s
deep-seated rebellion, God allowed other nations to overtake them.
Later,
when Jesus came, he did not come as the builder of an ark like Noah,
or as a warrior like David. He came as the Great Physician, healing
the lame, the sick, and the blind. Still today, our world persists in
rebellion against God and is full of wounds and welts. Only in Christ
can we be saved, brought back to God, and healed.
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