This is the gift the Old Testament gives us on Holy Saturday. It is a long, patient, accumulated testimony. God is a God who provides in the place of sacrifice. He breathes life into the valley of death and will not abandon his holy one to the grave.
The Man Who Has Seen Affliction
A Holy Saturday Devotional — Lamentations 3:1–33 “I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of his wrath.”- Lamentations 3:1 Jeremiah wrote these words in the wreckage of Jerusalem. The city had fallen. The temple was ash. God’s people sat in ruins. The poet chose not to look away from it. He … Continue reading The Man Who Has Seen Affliction
When God Answers Without Explaining Why
Job 38-41 We are all prone to question God’s wisdom, justice, love, and power when we suffer. We also seek to justify ourselves rather than humbly trust Him when His ways are beyond our understanding. Basically, we imitate the patriarch Job. But when God finally speaks in the book of Job, He does not provide … Continue reading When God Answers Without Explaining Why
Miss the Heart, Miss Everything
“If you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless.”— Matthew 12:7 The Pharisees were not careless men. They were students of Scripture. They memorized, debated, and defended the Law with fierce devotion. And yet Jesus looked at them and said something devastating: you don’t … Continue reading Miss the Heart, Miss Everything
Making A Covenant with Your Eyes – Job 31:1
“I made a covenant with my eyes not to look with lust at a young woman.” — Job 31:1 A Covenant With My Eyes', symbolizes a commitment to purity. Before the law was written on stone, Job wrote it on his eyelids.There was no Sermon on the Mount yet. No apostolic letters warning against the … Continue reading Making A Covenant with Your Eyes – Job 31:1
In the Beginning, Jesus Already Was
JOHN 1:1-5 John’s Gospel stands apart from the other three. While Matthew, Mark, and Luke trace the life of Jesus from earth upward, John begins before creation itself — with God. No other Gospel writer gives us such an exalted revelation of who Christ truly is: The eternal Son, the divine Word, and the One … Continue reading In the Beginning, Jesus Already Was
Preserved for a Season, Raised for Eternity
In Genesis 50:20, Joseph looks at the brothers who betrayed him and says, “You meant evil against me, but God meant it for good… to keep many people alive.” Through suffering, betrayal, and injustice, God raised Joseph up to preserve physical life during famine. Grain filled empty stomachs. Families survived. A nation was sustained. But … Continue reading Preserved for a Season, Raised for Eternity
God’s Blueprint: From Failure to Fruitfulness
In Genesis 49, God is revealed as sovereign, just, merciful, and redemptive. Jacob’s blessings show that God works through our successes, failures, and even sins to accomplish His purposes. Reuben’s immorality, Simeon and Levi’s violence, Judah’s repentance, and Joseph’s faithfulness all demonstrate that choices matter—but God’s grace can redeem what is broken. Judah’s line points … Continue reading God’s Blueprint: From Failure to Fruitfulness
Shaped by Yesterday, Spoken into Tomorrow
When Jacob gathers his sons in Genesis 49, he does more than pronounce blessings—he reveals how their past has shaped their future. Reuben forfeits preeminence because of immortality. Simeon and Levi are scattered because of violent anger. Judah, though once deeply flawed, rises to leadership because repentance reshaped his character. Joseph, faithful through suffering, receives … Continue reading Shaped by Yesterday, Spoken into Tomorrow
Long Weeping, Long Embracing
Jacob’s grief was real. Joseph’s suffering was real. Yet behind betrayal, slavery, and famine stood a faithful God weaving rescue.
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