Tag: Devotional
Mount Up With Wings As Eagles
Mount Up With Wings As Eagles Israel stood at the edge of the promised land, and the report of the spies came back heavy. Cities were walled up to heaven, sons of Anak walked the land, and the people saw themselves as grasshoppers beside the giants. They wept through the night and spoke of returning…
When The Lord Turned Again The Captivity Of Zion
When The Lord Turned Again The Captivity Of Zion Zion sat in Babylon. The temple lay in ashes behind her, and the years of exile stretched ahead with no end in sight. Songs of the Lord hung on the willows by the rivers, and captors demanded mirth from a people whose mouths had forgotten how…
Where Is The God Of Elijah? The God Who Answers By Fire
Where Is The God Of Elijah? Elijah stood on Mount Carmel before the whole nation of Israel. The people had limped between two opinions for three years while the land lay dry under the drought he had declared. Ahab and his household ate at the table of Jezebel, and four hundred and fifty prophets of…
Years The Locust Has Eaten
Years The Locust Has Eaten The prophet Joel stood among a people who had watched their fields stripped bare. A nation of locusts came up upon the land, strong and without number, with teeth like the teeth of a lion. They left the vine waste and the fig tree barked. The field was laid waste,…
He Sent Forth His Word
He Sent Forth His Word Psalm 107 tells of a people who wandered in the wilderness, hungry and thirsty, with no city to dwell in. Their soul fainted within them, and they cried unto the Lord in their trouble. He delivered them out of their distresses, and He led them forth, that they might go…
Can These Dry Bones Live Again?
Can These Dry Bones Live Again? The hand of the Lord came upon Ezekiel, and the Lord carried him out in the spirit and set him down in the midst of a valley. The valley was full of bones. The Lord led him around among them on all sides, and he saw a great many…
