Devo 24

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“Heaven and earth will pass away but my words will not pass away.”  Matthew 24:35

Last week’s devo was long, so I’ll make this one short and sweet.  In a way, this week’s memory verse answers the same question we grappled with last week, namely, what’s the point of trying to understand the really hard passages of scripture?  We already talked about how the Bible is God’s revelation to all mankind concerning His Son, Jesus Christ and the means He provided for us to be reconciled unto Himself.  So every time we dig deeply into God’s Word we are only going to find more reason to worship our crucified and risen Lord!   We also talked about how God has given us His Spirit and indeed, the very mind of Christ, to help us understand those difficult truths!   

This week’s scripture readings all have to do with the eternality of God, His Word and ways,  and the finiteness of basically everything else. The heavens above are often referenced from a human perspective of permanence.  They seem to us firmly fixed, an endless picture of God’s faithful and eternal nature.  But scripture also reminds us that even the long enduring heavens are but a shadow.  They too, will wear out, perish, pass away.  Even the most seemingly ancient fixtures in our universe are but a breath in God’s economy.

Oh, but God’s Name and His fame (Psalm 72:17), His throne and His own, His steadfast love and faithfulness (Psalm 89:2,36), His salvation, righteousness (Isaiah 51:6) and His Word (Matt. 24:35) WILL NOT PASS AWAY!  

The infinite nature of God’s Word should beckon us to waste not a minute in plumbing its depths.  The most difficult passages are but a portal to a clearer revelation of our Glorious Lord!

Tolle lege, friends!

Week 24

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Memory Verse:  Matthew 24:35

Reading #1:  Psalm 72

Questions:  According to verse 4 who is going to meet a swift end at the hand of the Lord?  In verse 5, what characteristic are people to maintain as long as the sun and moon endure?  In verses 17 and 19,  what attribute of the Lord’s is the Psalmist praying will endure and be forever blessed? 

Reading #2:  Psalm 89:1-37

Questions:  In verse 2, which 2 attributes of God will be built up forever and established in the heavens?  In verses 36 and 37, which offspring of David’s do you think is being described as enduring forever?  Whose throne is going to endure as long as the sun and be established forever, like the moon, “a faithful witness in the skies?”  Which fleeting characteristic of man’s is referenced in verses 47 and 48?

Reading #3:  Psalm 102

Questions:  Which fleeting characteristic of man’s is referenced in verse 3?  According to verses 25 and 26, what will remain even earth and the heavens perish?

Reading #4:  Isaiah 51

Questions:  According to verse 6 how will the plight of people mirror that of the heavens and earth?  In contrast, which characteristics of God will last forever?

Psalms and Hymns:

Psalm 102C:  “Of old You earth’s foundation laid; Your mighty hands the heavens made; yet they will die, while You endure. Like garments they will worn out be.”

Psalm 72A: “Till sun and moon no more are known they shall thee fear in ages all.”

Praying Under the Same Sky:

Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa

Friday Factoid Week 23

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First, to get a little back story on the rather sensitive nature of this week’s astronomy lesson, click here for a link to our Hawaiian homeschool 6 years ago.

Abraham Lincoln once said that just because you call a sheep’s tail a leg that doesn’t mean the sheep has 5 legs.  Even though many astronomers say Pluto doesn’t fit their newly revised definition of a planet doesn’t mean it isn’t one.  I think Pluto should still be considered the 9th planet because it does fit the requirements of a planet.  It orbits the sun, has 5 moons, and is round.  Actually it is sometimes the 8th planet, not the 9th, because its orbit brings it closer to the sun than Neptune at some points.  Even members of Nasa’s New Horizons team which flew by Pluto in 2015 think it should reclassified.  They discovered mountains on Pluto as high as 11,00 feet and other features indicating geological change and complexity.  Our classification systems have proven to be faulty in the past and maybe Pluto is an example of that (by Titus, age 15).

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