Daily Devotion: Arise

Daily Devotion: Arise - Psalm 44:26

Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies’ sake. – Psalm 44:26

One of the greatest and most frequent prayers from the faithful must be for help in times of need. Certainly we should express praise and thanksgiving as often as possible, but I think if we are honest with ourselves, we must admit that our most common prayer is for help, intervention and salvation. We need God’s divine help.

Jesus Christ is the ultimate answer to these ancient and contemporary and future cries for mercy and deliverance. As long as this old world shall turn and even beyond, we will need God’s help and the Savior is the very manifestation of God’s will toward us. Jesus brought truth and grace to fruition and in Him is all our hope.

So we shall continue to plead on sinful knees for God to arise for our help and redeem us not for our reward but rather His mercy’s sake. Amen.

Daily Devotion: Colossians 1:25-26

Colossians 1:25-26 “Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God; Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:” In verse twenty-four, Paul has expressed his joy in bearing hardship for the church. It is of this church, the body of Jesus Christ, that he is made a minister. Since Paul used the phrase “made a minister” in verse twenty-three of this same chapter, it seems there is something important that he wishes to convey. The Greek word translated as “made” means “to cause to be.” It was the will of God (Col 1:1) that caused Paul to become a minister. God is always the cause of true ministry. Although our fathers may be ministers, if we become true ministers of the gospel it is not because our fathers are ministers. True ministers of the gospel do not take that path because they seek honor for themselves, or b...

Daily Devotion: Exodus 7:6-10

Exodus 7:6-10 "And Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded them, so did they. And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh. And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent. And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the LORD had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent." Moses and Aaron had begun to doubt whether they were right for the job the LORD had given them. Here, it is evident that God granted them a renewal of their faith. Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded them. In my opinion, all truly successful outcomes in our lives begin with this. Moses and Aaron were not young men. Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron was eighty-three years old. Still,...

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