(REFLECTIONS ON Habakkuk 1:1-17) The cry of Habakkuk the prophet reflects our heart doesn’t it? We wait for the Lord, but then we don’t see anything happening and we blame God asking “How long, O Lord, will I call for help, and You will not hear?” It reminds us that we are oh so limited in […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Nahum 3:1-19) The great city of Nineveh, the center of the mighty Assyrian Empire is the predator. Yes, Nahum describes Nineveh as the predator where their prey never departs. Nineveh is the harlot, enticing, manipulating, seducing those around them and then once they are within its grasp, they bring destruction upon those trapped by […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Nahum 2:1-13) Nineveh, the capital of Assyria, the great city of a great nation. The same Nineveh that God sent the reluctant Jonah to, to proclaim a message of repentance. Repent they did, but apparently this repentant heart did not last. Nahum’s prophecy against Nineveh was directly aligned with God’s heart and plan to […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Nahum 1:1-15) When God said to Moses in the Book of Exodus, “I AM WHO I AM,” He wasn’t trying to be cute and not give Moses a straight answer on what His name is, but rather proclaiming to Moses that God was, is, and will always be. God can’t be defined by time, […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Micah 7:1-20) 1 Woe is me! For I amLike the fruit pickers, like the grape gatherers.There is not a cluster of grapes to eat,Or a first-ripe fig which I crave.2 The godly person has perished from the land,And there is no upright person among men.All of them lie in wait for bloodshed;Each of them […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Micah 6:1-16) 1 Hear now what the Lord is saying,“Arise, plead your case before the mountains,And let the hills hear your voice.2 “Listen, you mountains, to the indictment of the Lord,And you enduring foundations of the earth,Because the Lord has a case against His people;Even with Israel He will dispute. The case before Israel, […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Micah 5:1-15) 2 “But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,Too little to be among the clans of Judah,From you One will go forth from Me to be ruler in Israel.His goings forth are from long ago,From the days of eternity.”3 Therefore He will give them up until the timeWhen she who is in labor has […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Micah 4:1-13) There is an image in today’s Scripture of the labor pains of giving birth. The “kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem” in verse 8 gives us the image of Jerusalem, personified as a daughter, waiting for the restoration of the kingdom and the fulfillment of God’s promises. However, God’s people in Micah’s […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Micah 3:1-12) 1 And I said,“Hear now, heads of JacobAnd rulers of the house of Israel.Is it not for you to know justice? Yes, it is for them to know justice, but what happens when those in positions of authority rather than knowing justice, know only evil and bring about destruction, pain, and anguish […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Micah 2:1-13) There the people of Judah are late in the evening, planning, plotting, and setting things up to their advantage. These actions aren’t by accident, but are strategically planned. When they should be at rest and asleep, Judah plans, plots, to “rob a man and his house, a man and his inheritance.” However, […]