November 1

Today's Reading

Only two months to go, Climbing Companions! We are moving to the "downhill slide" of the holidays. I encourage you to do your best and carve out time in your schedule for the upcoming busy season.

Ezekiel begins today with a view into the heavenlies. Much of what Ezekiel saw is very mystical and difficult to interpret. Some of what happened, though, is quite practical. For instance, "8 But look, I have made you as obstinate and hard-hearted as they are. 9 I have made your forehead as hard as the hardest rock!" Sometimes God has to give a spiritual leader a hard head to be able to stand against a hard-headed church. I have seen it and am amazed at how God can use it.

Hebrews today includes what I believe is the core truth in the book. It takes us back to the way Israel hardened their hearts against God and had to die in the wilderness. Then it says, "13 You must warn each other every day, while it is still 'today,' so that none of you will be deceived by sin and hardened against God."

Psalms. "In the beginning, God..." We are His workmanship. This is His creation. He set it in order and He is in charge. It is overwhelming that He wants a relationship with us.

Proverbs: the slick words of the treacherous are ultimately found out. I sometimes pray for the truth to come out when I sense that someone is lying.

How do today's passages affect you?