Read Genesis 11, Ezra 10 and Psalm 10. This devotional is about Psalm 10. In this song, the psalmist wondered why God did not judge the wicked (v. 1), called on God to judge the wicked because of how they have victimized the weak (vv. 12-15), and affirmed his confidence in God to care for […]
Genesis 9-10, Ezra 9, Psalm 9
Read Genesis 9-10, Ezra 9, and Psalm 9. This devotional is about Ezra 9. Do you want the good news or the bad news first? Sometimes you don’t get a choice; Ezra didn’t get one. Things were going well in Jerusalem, finally. God’s people were back in the Promised Land, they were rebuilding God’s temple […]
Genesis 8, Ezra 8, Psalm 8
Read Genesis 8, Ezra 8, and Psalm 8. This devotional is about Psalm 8, specifically verses 3-9. We look back at people who lived in Old Testament times and think they were primitive. They didn’t have electricity, indoor plumbing, or climate controls. The tools they had were crude and they spent an inordinate amount of […]
Genesis 7, Ezra 7, Psalm 7
Read Genesis 7, Ezra 7, Psalm 7. This devotional is about Ezra 7. Isn’t it interesting that this book of the Bible is named after someone who doesn’t appear until chapter 7? And, the book of Ezra only has 10 chapters, so the man Ezra is absent from most of it. And yet, it is […]
Genesis 6, Ezra 6, Psalm 6
Read Genesis 6, Ezra 6, and Psalm 6. This devotional is about Genesis 6. I don’t think that a greater contrast could exist between Noah and the rest of the world around him. Noah “was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God” (v. 9b) while the […]
Genesis 5, Ezra 5, Psalm 5
Today we’re scheduled to read Genesis 5, Ezra 5, and Psalm 5. This devotional will focus on Genesis 5:21-24. The genealogy in this chapter follows a clear pattern. A man lives for a number of years, has a son, lives for many more years while also having “other sons and daughters.” Then his total lifespan […]
Genesis 4, Ezra 4, Psalm 4
Today we’re scheduled to read Genesis 4, Ezra 4, and Psalm 4. This devotional is about Ezra 4. Have you ever owned car that was hard to start on a cold winter day? Did you ever get that car going (finally!) only to have it stall out a few yards away from your house? This […]
Genesis 3, Ezra 3, Psalm 3
Today we’re reading Genesis 3, Ezra 3, and Psalm 3. This devotional is about Ezra 3, so read that chapter if you can’t do all of today’s reading. The events recorded in Ezra happened late in Old Testament history. They happened after the kingdoms of Saul, David, and Solomon and after those kingdoms were divided […]
Genesis 2, Ezra 2, Psalm 2
If you are following the Old Testament in a year reading schedule, read Genesis 2, Ezra 2, and Psalm 2. This devotional is about Genesis 2. After he described God’s break from work on the seventh day in verses 1-3, Moses, the author of Genesis, focused his attention on Day 6 of the creation week. […]
Genesis 1, Ezra 1, Psalm 1
Welcome to the first installment this year’s devotionals. If you read each chapter, you’ll read through the Old Testament this year. Today the schedule calls for us to read Genesis 1, Ezra 1, and Psalm 1. This devotional is mostly about Psalm 1, so read that if you can’t read all three chapters. God created […]