Tag: Today in the Word

Jesus Christ is the Good Shepherd of the sheep (see John 10). How have you behaved like a sheep? How has the Lord guided you like a Shepherd?

As king, Christ reigns over all the world, putting God’s enemies under His feet. Take time today to worship Jesus as Prophet, Priest, and King.

God would cause a flourishing city so that she could be a blessing to surrounding cities and nations. And this was to fulfill the promise He had given many centuries before to Abraham.

God’s jealousy is fierce. Just as we saw in the book of Hosea, He is a husband to His people, and He will not willingly let His bride betray her vows of faithfulness.

The storm of God’s judgment passed; the exiles returned to the land (as God had promised); rebuilding began.

Although the hearts of some kings in the southern kingdom turned toward God, the hearts of God’s people never fully did. And this is why the Day of the Lord was coming in Judah—a day of judgment.

In many ways, Habakkuk’s complaints belong in the long tradition of the prayers of lament preserved in the book of Psalms.

Can it be good news to talk about God’s wrath? Yes, just as we see in the book of Nahum. In today’s reading, we discover that whatever revival came to Nineveh was shortlived.

There was good news of God repairing the ruins, of course—but not to the exclusion of the bad news.

This promise of hope doesn’t end with the story of Israel; it looks forward to the work of Jesus Christ, whose death defeats the penalty and the power of sin.