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Lamentations 1:15

1/7/2026

The Lord haa rejected all the warriors in my midst; he has summoned an aarmy against me to crush my young men. In His winepress the Lord has trampled the virgin daughter of Judah.

Jeremiah has been calling Judah to repentance for over forty years, and she has refused, rejected and repulse his every appeal. Now the threatened judgment has fallen, and beginning with what should have been their glory and their strength, God wipes out Jerusalem’s every hope. The strength of all their young men and the dignity of all their young women have been brought to ruin. The indiscriminate slaughter has been like the fate of the grapes in the winepress—utterly crushed and transformed. “The weeping prophet” surveys the results he strove to prevent, but sees the faithfulness of God to Jeremiah’s words. We thank You, Lord, that You placed our judgment instead upon Jesus.

Jeremiah 1:15

1/6/2026

"I am about to summon all the peoples of the northern kingdoms," declares the Lord. "They will come and set up their thrones in the entrnce of the gates of Jerusalem. They will come against all her surrounding walls and against all the towns of Judah."

Across nearly forty years of his ministry, the Prophet Jeremiah warns Judah of complete destruction from northern kingdoms which are even then defining their borders and amassing their power. He is known as the “weeping prophet” because throughout those long years of ministry, the people refuse to listen, oppose his ministry and even at times threaten his life. Jeremiah will outlive their threats and witness with his own eyes the destruction Jeremiah prophesies. God is slow to anger and abounding in mercy, but judgment will fall. Thank You, Lord, that our judgment fell, not upon ourselves, but upon Your Son, Jesus.

Isaiah 1:15

1/5/2026

When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide my eyes from you; even if you offer many prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are full of blood;

The leaders have gone through all the right motions of religion, and they swagger as if now God is sure to support them. But it is not so. God sees through their hypocrisy and pride, their dishonesty and oppression, and He will not hear their prayers as they call to Him. God does not want to judge severely His people, but He will judge them severely if they will not turn from their sins. Words following on beyond today’s challenge are heartfelt appeal that they should turn from evil and do good. God promises that their sins, though scarlet, may be as white as snow. Thank You for the mercy You have shown to us, Lord Jesus.

Song of Songs 1:15

1/4/2026

How beautiful you are, my darling! O, how beautiful! Your eyes are like doves.

Does Solomon marvel at the gentle animation , the quick movements, the peaceful pleasantness of a dove? He is not thinking in a literal sense of the color and the shape of the eye of a bird. It is charm and animation that he has in mind. We do not look at things the way an Eastern poet does. But we should not allow ourselves to say that such people are weird. Perhaps we should allow ourselves to think differently. We certainly can identify with delight and fascination and gentle attentiveness. When we compare a person’s eyes to doves, it may involve looking at doves in a new way. Paul’s challenge is that we be wise as serpents, but harmless as doves? Surely we see gentleness and vulnerability in the Lord Jesus.

Ecclesiastes 1:15

1/3/2026

What is twisted cannot be straightened. what is lacking cannot be counted,

Throughout the book of Ecclesiastes Solomon battles with cynicism. Thinking positively comes across to him as denial. You can’t change the world we live in and there is no use in pretending. Again and again in the book he will repeat the phrase, “Under the sun”. Leave God out of the equation and you can’t come up with anything worthwhile. And not for want of trying! Solomon had resources that enabled him to really give it a go. But he came up empty. And so will we, if we determine to build a life without the true God at the center. Solomon will take us along the whole book, but he will end up with our need for something that this world is unable to give. No matter what we do, we need to know Jesus.

Proverbs 1:15

1/2/2026

...my son, do not go along with them, do not set foot on their paths.

Hanging out with selfish, manipulating, indulgent people will make you that kind of person yourself. It is not simply a matter of avoiding individuals—it is rather a rejecting of their lifestyle and building of a way of life founded upon the principles of God’s wisdom. A young person can think that the challenge of life is avoiding the consequences of wrong choices. Solomon urges his son to be wise beyond his years and to see the connection between disobedience to God and personal disaster. Some of the cockier of their friends may advise them to “Fake it until you make it!” but the path of wisdom is to drop those friends and listen to those of fear God and keep His commandments. Let us seek out friends who love the Lord Jesus.

Psalm 2:7

1/1/2026

I will proclaim the decree of the Lord; He said to me: "You are my son; today I have become your Father."

Those who are begotten of God—Born again by his Holy Spirit—begin to reign with Him. He has taught us to pray, “Your kingdom come”, and we have commenced to long for His reign to manifest itself in our everyday lives. What God promises His Son, He promises to us, and we embrace his inheritance as our own. We see His rule extended to overcome His enemies and ours, and we rejoice in what God has given to us in Him. We join Him in His call to repentance to the people of this earth, and we testify to them of the blessedness of those who take refuge in Him. We are brought to where we reign on the Throne of Heaven with Jesus.

Job 1:15

12/31/2025

"...and the Sabeans attacked and caried them off. They put the servants to the sword and I am the only one left who has escaped to tell you."

Random marauders were always a possibility in Job’s day, and here they had attacked Job’s workers, killed and robbed. The Devil is employing his powers to put pressure on Job, and his powers involve such things as random destruction and robbery. He can stir up the random wickedness of sinful men, using them to accomplish his goals. Lord, help us to remember that we struggle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities and powers. They mean our calamities for evil, but you mean them for good. Bad becomes good if You use it in our lives to conform us to the image of Your Son. Surround us with Your hedge of protection. Be with us. Keep us close to Jesus.