More than the catering Bread of heaven, bread of heaven, Feed me now and evermore. William Williams Read John 6:4-14 I wonder why the writer slips in the time note that the Passover was near. All the attention had to be on how to get the people catered for, and there wasn’t much of…
The Lamb has broken the seal To the one seated on the throne and to the Lamb Be blessing and honour and glory and might. Revelation 5:13 Read Revelation 5:6-12 The scroll is sealed. The purpose, the point, the goal, the meaning, the direction, the significance of all things is all sealed up. This…
The suffering of the faithful Remove this cup from me. Yet not what I want, but what you want. Mark 14:36 Read Jeremiah 11:18—20 Tonight I take for my meditation the plight of Jeremiah, misunderstood in the face of his own people. He saw the faithlessness of the times in which he lived. He…
Finding those who belong Then I will teach transgressors your ways, And sinners will return to you. Psalm 51:13 Read Acts 18:5—11 Paul was a doughty customer. Even when he was warned by a messenger from God that he was heading for persecution if he went up to Jerusalem, it did not stop him…
The life laid down The prince of power with meekness Submits in mortal weakness. Paul Gerhardt Read John 10:17—25 I cannot know all the deep things of the heart of Jesus, but I can know some things. I know that he was resolute that he must go to Jerusalem;[1] that there he must share…
Good news from bad May those who sow in tears Reap with shouts of joy. Psalm126:5 Read Acts 8:1-8 I have to notice who the lead persecutor was. I’m sure his companion, Luke, had a wry smile when he incriminated Saul, who became his great friend, his hero, the mighty apostle Paul. This Gospel…
The revelation of the Son The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, Because the Lord has anointed me. Isaiah 61:1 Read John 1:29—34 I can catch a rising excitement in John, and I think I know just a little of it. He is seeing things in Jesus. They are coming to him…
All-out war Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord? Who shall stand in his holy place? Psalm 24:3 Read Luke 11:14—23 These words of Jesus must strip me of all pretence. This is open warfare. It is Jesus versus the demons. It is Jesus versus evil. In my own life — how has…
Home Your anger has turned away And you comforted me. Isaiah 12:1 Read Isaiah 49:7—13 I am part of a humanity that has evolved so many ways of being lost. Wherever I am I can always find in me a nostalgia for somewhere else. Even if I could return again to the place of…
Servant and friend There is no one who can deliver out from my hand; I work and who can hinder it? Isaiah 43:13 Read Isaiah 41:8—13 The servant of God is the friend of God. As servant there is more than enough for me to do. There is no end to it. I will…