Day 44 (Year 3) God Created the Light and the Darkness “The One forming light and creating darkness, Causing well-being and creating calamity; I am the LORD who does all these.” (Isaiah 45:7 NASB) In this world, suffering seems unavoidable. Some people ask: If God is love, why are there so many sufferings and evil
Day 43 (Year 3) Understanding Darkness “He uncovers deep things out of darkness, And brings the shadow of death to light.” (Job 12:22 NKJV) “They devise injustices, saying, ‘We are ready with a well-conceived plot’; For the inward thought and the heart of a man are deep.” (Psalm 64:6 NASB) In the first verse, darkness
Day 42 (Year 3) Seeking God in the Darkness “Light arises in the darkness for the upright; He is gracious and compassionate and righteous.” (Psalm 112:4 NASB) The earlier verse states that blessed is the one who fears the Lord and greatly delights in His commandments (Psalm 112:1). Believers who love God’s commands are naturally
Day 41 (Year 3) Giving Glory to God “Give glory to the LORD your God, Before He brings darkness And before your feet stumble On the dusky mountains, And while you are hoping for light He makes it into deep darkness, And turns it into gloom.” (Jeremiah 13:16 NASB) “Then Joshua said to Achan, ‘My
Day 40 (Year 3) Dealing With Our Sins Before God “You have placed our iniquities before You, Our secret sins in the light of Your presence.” (Psalm 90:8 NASB) The first verse of this psalm states that its author was Moses. He says that God brings out the iniquities and hidden sins of those Israelites
Day 39 (Year 3) A Fleeting Brilliance in Darkness “Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes stubble And dry grass collapses into the flame, So their root will become like rot and their blossom blow away as dust; For they have rejected the law of the LORD of hosts And despised the word of the
Day 38 (Year 3) Dark Wisdom “Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes And clever in their own sight! Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine And valiant men in mixing strong drink, Who justify the wicked for a bribe, And take away the rights of the ones who are
Day 37 (Year 3) Woe to Those Who Distort Right and Wrong “Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!” (Isaiah 5:20 NKJV) Those who depart from God sometimes fall into inner confusion and darkness.
Day 36 (Year 3) Inner Darkness “They grope in darkness with no light, And He makes them stagger like a drunken man.” (Job 12:25 NASB) The above verse is Job’s description of leaders who lack proper understanding. The word “grope” (mashash in the Hebrew) can be interpreted as “to move forward by feeling, to decide
Day 35 (Year 3) Do You Choose Good or Evil? “From the wicked their light is withheld, And the uplifted arm is broken.” (Job 38:15 NASB) Why do those who disobey God still seem to have happiness? According to the above scripture, it is because they have an “uplifted arm.” Yet in darkness, the arm
