Category: Daily Devotion

The Lord bless you and keep you; Numbers 6:24. This first clause of the high priest’s benediction is substantially a promise. That blessing which our great High Priest pronounces upon us is sure to come, for He speaks the mind of God. What a joy to abide under the divine blessing! This puts a gracious flavor into all things.…

But if a priest buys a slave with money, or if slaves are born in his household, they may eat his food. Leviticus 22:11. Strangers, sojourners, and servants upon hire were not to eat of holy things. It is so in spiritual matters still. But two classes were free at the sacred table, those who were…

“Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say.” Exodus 4:12. Many a true servant of the Lord is slow of speech, and when called upon to plead for his Lord, he is in great confusion lest he should spoil a good cause by his bad advocacy. In such a case it…

I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you. Genesis 17:7. O Lord, Thou hast made a covenant with me, Thy servant, in Christ Jesus my Lord; and now, I beseech Thee, let…

And call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me. Psalm 50:15. This is a promise indeed! Here is an urgent occasion — “the day of trouble.” It is dark at noon on such a day, and every hour seems blacker than the one which came before it. Then is this promise…

So with you: Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy. John 16:22. Surely He will come a second time, and then, when He sees us and we see Him, there will be rejoicings indeed. Oh, for that joyous return! But this…