Month: June 2020

“So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak.” (Genesis 32:24) Some of your toughest battles in life will be with God. That’s because there’s a “Jacob nature” in each of us that resists the will of God, and it has to be dealt with. The same God who asked Jacob,…

“After he had provided purification for sins …” (Hebrews 1:3) In the opening verses of Hebrews, we learn a lot about Jesus. He is the “heir of all things,” “through whom also [God] made the universe.” Jesus “is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his…

“The Son is … sustaining all things by his powerful word.” (Hebrews 1:3) If you are holding the printed booklet of these Today devotions in your hands, notice that the pages are all held together by a couple of staples so that the booklet doesn’t fall apart. If you are reading digitally, imagine a book…

“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” (Romans 8:28) If you want things to work out right for you in life, you need to discover your God-ordained purpose and give yourself fully to it. The Bible says,…

“The Son is … the exact representation of [God’s] being …” (Hebrews 1:3) Have you ever been asked by a child, “What does God look like?” Or have you ever wondered about that yourself? Hebrews gives us the answer to this question: “[Jesus is] the exact representation of [God’s] being.” What does God look like?…

“Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.” (1 Corinthians 15:58) It’s easy to forget that this world isn’t your home, that you’re going to spend eternity with Christ in…

“I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” (Galatians 2:20) A man who inherited an antique grandfather clock with a brass pendulum watched…

“The Son is the radiance of God’s glory …” (Hebrews 1:3) When you are driving east as the sun rises, it can be really difficult to see what is in front of you. Many drivers wear sunglasses to help deflect the brilliant sunlight. Sometimes sunglasses don’t even help much. What comes to mind when you…

” … and through whom also he made the universe.” (Hebrews 1:2) This same idea is mentioned in John 1:3; 1 Corinthians 8:6, and Colossians 1:16. When Hebrews says that through Jesus God “made the universe,” it is saying that Jesus is over and above all things because he created it all. All of the…