Devotionals

They said to Moses, “You speak with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.” —Exodus 20:19We don’t consciously and deliberately disobey God— we simply don’t listen to Him. God has given His commands to us, but we pay no attent…

You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You. —Isaiah 26:3Is your mind stayed on God or is it starved? Starvation of the mind, caused by neglect, is one of the chief sources of exhaustion and weakness in a s…

Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these things… —Isaiah 40:26The people of God in Isaiah’s time had blinded their minds’ ability to see God by looking on the face of idols. But Isaiah made them look up at the heavens; that is, h…

The everlasting God…neither faints nor is weary. —Isaiah 40:28Exhaustion means that our vital energies are completely worn out and spent. Spiritual exhaustion is never the result of sin, but of service. Whether or not you experience exhaustion w…

I am already being poured out as a drink offering… —2 Timothy 4:6Are you ready to be poured out as an offering? It is an act of your will, not your emotions. Tell God you are ready to be offered as a sacrifice for Him. Then accept the consequenc…

Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel… —1 Corinthians 1:17Paul states here that the call of God is to preach the gospel. But remember what Paul means by “the gospel,” namely, the reality of redemption in our Lord Jesus…

Samuel was afraid to tell Eli the vision. —1 Samuel 3:15God never speaks to us in dramatic ways, but in ways that are easy to misunderstand. Then we say, “I wonder if that is God’s voice?” Isaiah said that the Lord spoke to him “with …

If God so clothes the grass of the field…, will He not much more clothe you…? —Matthew 6:30A simple statement of Jesus is always a puzzle to us because we will not be simple. How can we maintain the simplicity of Jesus so that we may unde…

I have appeared to you for this purpose… —Acts 26:16The vision Paul had on the road to Damascus was not a passing emotional experience, but a vision that had very clear and emphatic directions for him. And Paul stated, “I was not disobedie…

We all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image… —2 Corinthians 3:18The greatest characteristic a Christian can exhibit is this completely unveiled openness before God, which allows …