The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned. Isaiah 9:2God provides an immediate follow-up to the passage we reflected on yesterday, about choosing to live in utter darkness

If anyone does not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn. Isaiah 8:20Gods people did not always walk in Gods way. At times, the leaders of Gods people even consulted with mediums (1 Samuel 28:3-25). Here Isaiah notes the consequ

Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path. Psalm 119:105The psalmist describes Gods word as a lamp and a light. There is a sense of movement here with the emphasis of the psalmists feet on a path. We dont know where the psalmist is going

Make your face shine on us, that we may be saved. Psalm 80:3Todays Bible passage addresses a deep-down concern: Is peace with God ever possible after God decides to hold us accountable for our sins? As the psalmist pointedly cries out: How long, Lo

Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. Psalm 27:14Todays Scripture reading describes how the psalmist has faced real threats from wicked people, enemies, armies, oppressors, and false witnessesall bent on destroying him.

The Lord make his face shine on you. . . . Numbers 6:25I always marvel at this passage. The Israelites were not a shining example of faithfulness while they wandered in the desert. They grumbled and complained, threatened to go back to Egypt, and e

Yet all the Israelites had light in the places they lived. Exodus 10:23Have you ever encountered a darkness that can be felt? I recall hiking in the woods when dark storm clouds suddenly billowed overhead. The wind whipped around in all directions, a

Moses thought, I will go over and see this strange sightwhy the bush does not burn up. Exodus 3:3After fleeing Egypt in fear for his life (see Exodus 2:11-15), Moses settled in Midian. He got married and had children. He became a shepherd and lear

Look up at the sky and count the starsif indeed you can count them. Genesis 15:5I wonder how many times Abram had looked into that sky, asking God to fulfill his promise from years earlier to give Abram children of his own. I also wonder if Abram

He also made the stars. Genesis 1:16For several summers, our family spent time near a lake where we would lie on the dock at night, watching for shooting stars. We would point and laugh with excitement when we saw one. In between those flashes of lig