Exodus 21:22-23:13, Matthew 24:1-28, Psalm 29:1-11, Proverbs 7:6-23
Pray: Lord, thank You for another day in which we can be reminded of Your glory. As the Psalm says “Ascribe to the Lord the glory due to His name. Worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness.” You deserve all glory and honor Lord because You are perfect in all of Your ways. May our focus today be on You as we seek for You to direct our steps.
Read: Exodus 21:22-25, the first verses in our reading today remind us that God makes it very clear that a child in a mother's womb is a life. And if you purposefully take that life according to the law, your life was also to be taken. This is justice to God. Just because the person is smaller or not fully developed had no bearing on the sinful act of taking the baby's life and the sentence was death. Let’s think long and hard on this one today. The last verse of our reading today reminds us to pay attention to everything the Lord has told us and to not even make mention of the names of other gods, they shouldn’t even be on our lips.
Edify: How do you feel about the world ending? In our New Testament reading today, Jesus gives us some signs of the end of the world. The most encouraging promise is that the one who endures to the end will be saved. The other exciting news is that the gospel of the kingdom must be proclaimed throughout the whole world and then the end will come. So if you want Jesus to come back sooner share the gospel. If you are fearful of the end of the world, trust in the salvation of the Lord and see Him coming as our great King at the end of the age.
Practice: In the reading from Psalm today, David reminds us of the power of the word of God. It had the power to create and the power to save. God’s word also has the power to keep us from sinning. In Proverbs we see the imagery of a man led away by a seductive woman. May we trust in the power of God’s words today to direct our steps aright. Too many men are led away by this seductive power when we should be led away to the truth of God’s word.
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