Psalm 120:1 A Song of Ascents. In my trouble I cried to the LORD, And He answered me. I have no idea what I can learn from this, but it’s pretty neat, anyway. The word for “answered” is anah which means “to heed, to respond to, to begin to speak specifically by singing, shouting, testifying or announcing.” Did you catch it?…
Tag Archive: trouble
To Shout an Alarm
Numbers 10:9 “And when you go to war in your land against the adversary who oppresses you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets, that you may be remembered before the Lord your God, and you shall be saved from your enemies…” So, some issues: first there’s a word in the Hebrew version…
What God Really Wants
Psalm 50:13-14 “…What I want instead is your true thanks to God; I want you to fulfill your vows to the Most High. Trust me in your times of trouble, and I will rescue you, and you will give me glory.” In this Psalm God is telling His faithful ones that He doesn’t need their…
Impossibilities
Zechariah 8:6 This is what the LORD Almighty says: All this may seem impossible to you now, a small and discouraged remnant of God’s people. But do you think this is impossible for me, the LORD Almighty? I feel a little bit like the remnant sometimes. I feel small and discouraged by the circumstances of…
Choose Joy
Habakkuk 3:17-18 Even though the fig trees have no blossoms, and there are no grapes on the vine; even though the olive crop fails, and the fields lie empty and barren; even though the flocks die in the fields, and the cattle barns are empty, yet I will rejoice in the LORD! I will be…
