Latest Thoughts of the Day

Micah 3:9

10/19/2026

Hear this, you leaders of the house of Jacob, you ulers of the house of Israel. who despise justice and distort all that is right

Utter destruction by a foreign power is the ultimate judgement that God will bring upon Israel, when they are destroyed and taken into captivity to Babylon. Micah warns against this judgment, 150 years before it actually takes place. Micah perceives the corruption of the leadership in the nation of Israel and is wise enough to recognize that it cannot but bring judgment from a holy God. Micah sees the judgment as a prophet of God and appeals in such a way as to display God’s appeal to a straying people. That this judgement will most certainly come is because the leaders harden their hearts to Micah’s appeal and refuse to change their ways. We are warned of God’s coming judgment. The day of grace will be over with the coming of Jesus.

Jonah 3:7

10/18/2026

Then he issued a proclamation in Nineveh "By the decree of the king and his nobles, do not let any man orbeast. herd or flock taste anything; do not let them eat or drink"

The inhabitants of Nineveh are scared stiff. They believe the message of this strange preacher, and they have heard enough of the reputation of the God of Israel to hope that, even though He didn’t say so, He might be willing to relent. They really believed and they genuinely responded , from the top of the society to the bottom. And God accepted their repentance enough to spare them destruction for many years. Jonah did not want them to be spared, but it was the sovereign will of Jonah’s God. Some thought of the mercy and grace of God was somehow in their minds. They pinned their hopes on the hint of Jesus.

Obadiah 6

10/17/2026

But how Esau will be ransacked, his hidden treasures pillaged!

God has bourn for centuries with the abuse and hatred and opposition if Jacob’s brother, Esau, here called Edom, directed against God’s favorites, the sons of Jacob. Often their own behavior has deserved hassles and difficulties, but it has always been ugly to behold the personal delight Edom has had to persecute his brother. Warnings have abounded, but finally the day of reckoning has descended. Obadiah does not call Edom to repentance and forgiveness, he pronounces well-deserved judgment. Our text is one of amazement at what the result will most assuredly be. We are reminded that the offer of forgiveness with not continue forever. The day of grace will pass. Inescapable judgment will fall upon all those who remain outside the pale of grace. The day came for Edom, and will yet come for those outside of Jesus.

Amos 3:3

10/16/2026

Do two walk together unless they have agreed to do so?

If you are going to walk in fellowship with God you must want His company, be willing to go where He is going and keep to the pace that He sets. Israel has not shown any interest in these three things, so it is silly to talk about walking together. There is a cause and effect relationship among these elements, and Israel has not shown a personal interest in being with God, or an desire to go the direction God desires or an inclination to let Him set the pace. Like other things that don’t just happen on their own spontaneously, true fellowship with God is not a serendipity. It involves choices and habits and faithfulness. Lord, help us to draw near, to desire to go Your way, and to agree with the pace set by Jesus.

Joel 2:14

10/15/2026

Who knows? He may yet turn and have pity and leave behind a blessing --grain offerings and dink offerings for the Lord your God.

God’s terrible judgment upon the land of Judah has been seen in the devastating effects of repeated waves of devouring locusts. God seems to have visited them and passed along, leaving them desolate. But not altogether without hope. God could yet turn back for a moment, even as he is departing, and He might leave some provision as a parting blessing. We might yet have some provision that we can offer as a thank-offering to God. But the people have come to see that they have no claim upon God’s mercy. It is mercy that they are not all dead. “Who knows?” God may have yet something positive for us. Have we not a covenant promise which God has guaranteed in the person of Jesus?

Hosea 2:23

10/14/2026

I will plant her for myself in the land; I will how my love to th one I called, "Not my loved one."

Peter refers to us as people who were once called not a people but are now the people of God. Here, 700 years before Christ, God pictures His love to the Gentiles in this remarkable picture of commitment to one who deserves only to be rejected forever. Hosea is called to live a picture of God’s love to the underserving, His commitment to rescue those who deserve to be abandoned. Those of us who are not Jews by birth are included in the very same covenant that God promised to Abraham. We have been brought near through the blood of the covenant, shed for us by the Son of God. God has called heaven and earth to witness to His love for us in Jesus.

Daniel 2:13

10/13/2026

So the decrees were issued to put the wise men to death, and men were sent to look for Daniel and his friends to put them to eeath.

The rashness of King Nebuchadnezzar’s decree is extraordinary. Daniel was one of the wise men, and he did not even know about the decree until men came to take him away to death. But this does provide a turning point in the story. Daniel presents himself to Nebuchadnezzar as the man with the answer, and he puts himself in God’s hands, dependent on God Himself for deliverance. It is clear to everyone that the command of the King is impossible for any man to perform. The only possible success must come from intervention by God into the heart and mind of Daniel. History will go on to reveal many cases where deliverance and success depend utterly and entirely upon Jesus.

Ezekiel 2:6

10/12/2026

And you, son of man, do not be afraid of them or their words. Do not be afraid though briers and thorns are all around you and you live among scorpions. Do not be afraid of what they say or be terrified by them, though they are a rebellious house.

Ezekiel is living in Babylon as a captive, called of God to preach to fellow captives, appealing to them to abandon the idolatry that has brought them to that place and to return to God. Just as this generation of Israelites had refused to listen to Jeremiah, they would refuse Ezekiel’s ministry, and he must commit himself to preach boldly and faithfully, that they might hear from Heaven and repent. It is hard not to be afraid of your listening audience and to feel that it matters how they respond. “ Ezekiel! The One who helps you is Jesus.