September 21

Today's Reading

Isaiah. If you are a fan of movies like The Patriot, you have to love this passage. The odds were stacked against them, but God delivered them from one of the greatest military commanders in history. I am convinced that you and I are locked in a deadly battle with our enemy who accuses and mocks us before the living God. We must bring his threats to God in the temple of our hearts and ask Him to intervene. Then our Advocate will take up our case and our Warrior will defeat the enemy.

Paul concludes his letter to the Galatians with the most basic truth of Christianity: the cross. The cross must be central to our lives. Christ paid for our sins there. We go the cross with our old lives and God removes our sins from us. We are then raised to a new life. Hallelujah!

Psalms. I long that we in the United States could pray this Psalm with our whole hearts. I believe that God still blesses like this. Unfortunately, the "American Dream" has become one of me getting for me without regard to the hurt in the rest of the world.

Proverbs. Amen!

These passages spoke quietly and deeply to me. How about you?