Day 176, Year 1 God Waits for Us to Awaken Love for Him “I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the gazelles or by the does of the field, Do not stir up nor awaken love until it pleases.” (Song of Solomon 3:5 NKJV) Out of His love and gentleness, Jesus Christ knocks on […]
Day 175, Year 1 Actively Resolving Internal Contradiction “I sleep, but my heart is awake; It is the voice of my beloved! He knocks….” (Song of Solomon 5:2a NKJV) “I sleep, but my heart is awake.” These words indicate an unusual situation, for when she sleeps, her heart is usually asleep as well. There is
Day 174, Year 1 What to Do If You Quickly Forget Jesus’ Words? “For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror; for once he has looked at himself and gone away, he has immediately forgotten what
Day 173, Year 1 Repairing the Doors of the House “In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the house of the LORD and repaired them.” (2 Chronicles 29:3 NASB) When the Lord Jesus enters a person, from the perspective of the Bible, it is as if
Day 172, Year 1 Receiving Instruction at the Gates of God’s Wisdom “Blessed is the man who listens to me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at my doorposts.” (Proverbs 8:34 NASB) “Me” in the above verse refers to the Wisdom in the Old Testament. “Wisdom” is personified as a person who lives in a
Day 171, Year 1 What is Blocking the Entrance of Your Heart’s Door? Jesus said, “… If anyone hears My voice and opens the door….” (Revelation 3:20b NASB) As mentioned previously, if the “doorkeeper” of your heart is guided by righteousness and wisdom, it is easy for you to open your door of heart for
Day 170, Year 1 Who is Keeping Watch Over Your Heart’s Door? “To him the doorkeeper opens.” (John 10:3a NASB) Each person has a door to his or her own heart. Some doors are relatively closed and difficult to open, while others are more open, allowing for free entry and exit. I suggest that the
Day 169, Year 1 Do You Have a Door in Your Heart or Just a Wall? “If she is a wall, We will build on her a battlement of silver.” (Song of Solomon 8:9a NASB) Today’s verse mentions that some people’s hearts could be like “walls.” In the biblical era, the walls of a big
Day 168, Year 1 The Sheep Do Not Listen to Thieves Jesus said, “All who ever came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.” (John 10:8 NKJV) In my opinion, the “thieves” mentioned in today’s verse refer to evil spirits and their companions. Jesus said, “The sheep did not
Day 167, Year 1 Hard to Change a Thief’s Nature? “The murderer arises at dawn; He kills the poor and the needy, And at night he is as a thief.” (Job 24:14 NASB) “Your rulers are rebels And companions of thieves; Everyone loves a bribe And chases after rewards. They do not defend the orphan,
