Monday, March 18, 2024

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“Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed” (Psalm 37:3).

Back in February we enjoyed two other verses from this psalm, but this one is particularly good to remember. At the time I am writing this, the war between Russia and the Ukraine is heating up, and just about everyone is worried about where it will end. It is a good time to be reminded to trust in the Lord!

The verse refers to the nation of Israel and their earthly blessings, but you and I can apply the verse to our spiritual blessings, and our enjoyment of them. No matter how difficult life may get in this world, nothing can touch the heavenly blessings we have in Christ. To “dwell in the land” pictures to us living in the enjoyment of all that Christ has given us, while being fed pictures to us the feeding of our souls from God’s Word.

However, we can also trust the Lord for our needs in this world. He knows that we need food, clothing, and shelter, and we can count on Him for these things too. He has promised to look after us all the way home.

 

             
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Sunday, March 17, 2024

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“I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day” (Revelation 1:10).

The world calls this day St. Patrick’s Day, and many people wear green to celebrate the day. But which is more important to you and me—the fact that today is St. Patrick’s Day, or the Lord’s Day? St. Patrick lived in Ireland, back in the 5th century A. D., and supposedly was the one who brought Christianity to Ireland. But how much better it is to remember our Lord Jesus Christ, and to use the Lord’s Day for Him!

The one who wrote the words in our verse for today was the Apostle John, and at the time he had been banished to the Greek island of Patmos because he was a Christian. He did not likely have any Christian fellowship there, but he valued the Lord’s Day, and was “in the Spirit” on that day. This means that he was enjoying the Lord on the Lord’s Day, and devoting his thoughts to the Lord’s things, rather than something else. Perhaps he was not able to remember the Lord with other Christians as he would have liked, but his thoughts were on his Lord and Savior.

The Lord appreciates it when we use the Lord’s Day for Him, and for His interests. It is the one day in the week that reminds of the Lordship of Christ over us.

 

             
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Saturday, March 16, 2024

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“He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered” (Proverbs 28:26).

“O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps” (Jeremiah 10:23).

Naturally speaking, all of us like to direct our own way, and decide what we want to do. We think that we can look at situations and decide how to handle them. But the Bible says that we are not really capable of this, and that to trust in our own hearts is foolish. We do not know what may happen tomorrow, or even later today. Only the Lord knows the future and can show us the right way.

When we are young, there are many big decisions to be made, such as how much education to get, what kind of career we pursue, where we might live, whom we might marry, etc. It is most important to go to the Lord and ask Him what to do. If we really want to know His mind for our life, He will show us. But we must be walking with the Lord in order to be able to hear His voice, and to know His mind for us. He wants to lead and guide us, first of all for His glory, and then for our blessing too.

 

             
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Friday, March 15, 2024

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“Yea, Mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted…hath lifted up his heel against Me” (Psalm 41:9).

Have you ever heard the expression, “Beware the ides of March?” The word “ides” is Latin, and in Roman times, it referred to the 15th day of the months of March, May, July, and October. Away back in the year 44 B.C., Julius Caesar, who held supreme power in Rome, was assassinated by a group of senators on March 15. Supposedly someone who knew about the plot warned Caesar to “beware the ides of March.” It is doubtful whether anyone actually gave him this warning, but it found its way into legend because it was used in Shakespeare’s play, Julius Caesar. One of those who aided in his assassination was Marcus Brutus, who was supposed to be Caesar’s friend.

About 74 years later, in 29 A.D., the Lord Jesus was betrayed by one of His followers—Judas Iscariot. But the Lord Jesus did not need any warning about Judas, for He knew well what Judas would do. Although his name is not mentioned, our verse for today describes him, and it was written about 1,000 years before Judas lived. Like the other disciples, Judas had spent several years with the Lord Jesus, and had worked with Him. Yet he was not a saved soul, and when the opportunity came, he sold his Master for thirty pieces of silver.

 

             
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Thursday, March 14, 2024

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“And he [Herod] sent, and beheaded John in the prison…And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus” (Matthew 14:10,12).

“And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told Him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught” (Mark 6:30).

Here we find two different groups of people who approached the Lord Jesus, probably about the same time. They brought two very different kinds of news to Him, too. The apostles (or disciples) had just returned from a very successful mission of preaching, healing, and casting out devils. No doubt they were happy to report to the Lord Jesus what they had done.

But the disciples of John the Baptist came to report that Herod had just beheaded the one they followed. They knew where to go for sympathy and comfort! John the Baptist had been a most faithful man, and had told the people that the Lord Jesus was coming. But now his work was done, and God allowed the wicked King Herod to behead him.

The Lord Jesus understood both His own disciples, when they were glad, and John’s disciples, when they were sad. He understands us too, whether we go to Him when we are happy, or whether we are sad. He can appreciate our happiness, or comfort us in any sadness in our life.

 

             
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Wednesday, March 13, 2024

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“No good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly” (Psalm 84:11).

When I was growing up, there was an older brother who often used to impress this verse on us. Of course, we cannot really walk uprightly until we are truly saved and have a new life in Christ. But as Christians, we can walk uprightly before the Lord, or we can allow our old sinful nature to act, and walk in a wrong way.

The Lord wants to give us good things, and if we walk uprightly, He appreciates this. Our verse does not mean that the Lord will give us everything we want, but rather He will give us what is good for us. But just as parents like to give good things to an obedient child, so the Lord values those of His children who walk uprightly.

Parents love their children even when they are not good, and the Lord never stops loving His children either, even if they behave badly. However, when we walk to please Him, we enjoy His company, and He delights to give us good things. He wants a warm and happy relationship with us!

 

             
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Tuesday, March 12, 2024

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“And when He [the Lord Jesus] was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed Him that he might be with Him. Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee” (Mark 5:18-19).

“Father, I will that they also, whom Thou hast given Me, be with Me where I am” (John 17:24).

The man who had been possessed by many demons wanted to be with the Lord Jesus, after the demons were cast out of him. But the Lord Jesus had work for him to do, and instead of allowing the man to get into the ship with Him, He told him to go and tell his friends what the Lord had done for him. The Lord Jesus needed someone there who would tell others about Him. Happily, the man was obedient, and it tells us that “all men did marvel” (Mark 5:20).

The Lord Jesus does want us to be with Him, and He expresses that wish in His prayer to His Father in our second verse for today. He is coming soon, and then we will be with Him forever. But now is the time to serve Him, and to enjoy His presence by faith. He is always with us in this way, but soon we will see Him face to face.

 

             
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Monday, March 11, 2024

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“These are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word, and the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful” (Mark 4:18-19).

The Lord Jesus explained things in parables to the people, and here we find a man sowing grain. It fell on different kinds of soil, and some fell on ground where thorns grew. The thorns are compared to the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches. But notice that the cares of this world are mentioned first. Why is this?

It is because the cares of this world are necessary, to some extent, in our lives. We need to go to school, we need to learn how to earn our living, and later, when we grow up, we need to work to support ourselves. All this is good, but we must be careful not to allow these necessary duties to overtake our lives to the point where no time is left for the Lord.

Often, Satan uses the cares of this world to keep people from coming to Christ to be saved, but he can use those same cares to make us unfruitful as Christians too. We need to be on guard for this.

 

             
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Sunday, March 10, 2024

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“Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of Me this night: for it is written, I will smite the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad” (Matthew 26:31).

The Lord Jesus was going to the cross, and that night Judas would bring a band of soldiers to arrest Him in the Garden of Gethsemane. He knew that all His disciples would forsake Him, and would be offended. The word “offended” means that the situation would stumble them, or trap them, and perhaps be so hard for them that they would be tempted to sin by denying the Lord. We know that this actually happened, for all the disciples ran away when the Lord Jesus was arrested. Later John and Peter came back and went into the palace of the high priest, but then Peter ended up denying his Lord.

The disciples loved the Lord Jesus, but they did not want Him to go to the cross and die. They did not understand that this was the only way that sin could be put away, so that we could be saved. The Lord Jesus knew that He must go through it all alone; no one could follow Him to the cross, for only He could bear the punishment for sin.

 

             
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Saturday, March 9, 2024

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“And again a crowd comes together, so that they cannot even eat bread. And His [the Lord Jesus’] relatives having heard of it went out to lay hold on Him, for they said, He is out of His mind” (Mark 3:20-21 JND).

This is a rather shocking verse to read about the Lord Jesus. The relatives of the Lord Jesus, quite possibly some of his brothers, decided that He was allowing too many people to approach Him, and actually said among themselves that He was “out of His mind.” This was very disrespectful and rude, but they did not yet realize who He was.

It is true that the Lord Jesus was “mobbed” by crowds of people who wanted healing, but the Lord Jesus was always in control of Himself. He knew how to avoid the crowds, if necessary, and to go away to be by Himself. But He had come to help the lost sheep of Israel, and He felt sorry for all those people who were in need. Yes, it was sometimes hard for the Lord Jesus and His disciples even to have a meal, but He loved all those people, and wanted them to feel welcome.

 

             
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