“Your love, Lord, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies(Psalms36:5) .” Even when our lives are shaken like rough waves and we pass through dark tunnels God’s faithfulness shines upon us like the unwavering morning sun. Even when we feel like giving up on ourselves, He never lets go of us, patiently waiting […]
If one were to choose one of the most beautiful names hidden within the pages of the Old Testament, it would undoubtedly be ‘Jeshurun.’ This name acts as a glorious garment bestowed by God, washing away the dark past of Jacob a name meaning ‘supplanter or deceiver. Derived from the Hebrew root meaning ‘upright’ or
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“Jeshurun grew fat and kicked……(Deut. 32:15-35)” God calls His people “Jeshurun.” This beautiful name, meaning “the upright one” or “the righteous one,” holds God’s deep expectations and hopes for us. Although the historical Israel grew arrogant in their abundance—kicking against God and scorning the Rock who created them—God still looks at them with a grieving
“Remember the days of old; consider the generations long past. Ask your father and he will tell you, your elders, and they will explain to you(Deut. 32:7).” God’s love remains unchanged yesterday, today, and forever. In the past, in the present, and in the future I have yet to see, God always cares for me,
“When I have brought them into the land flowing with milk and honey, the land I promised on oath to their ancestors, and when they eat their fill and thrive, they will turn to other gods and worship them, rejecting me and breaking my covenant. And when many disasters and calamities come on them, this song will testify against them,
“Consider the lilies of the field… even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. (Matthew 6:28–29)” When we think of the “lilies of the field,” we often envision pure, white flowers. While singing hymns that praise the beauty of God’s world, we naturally imagine a landscape blanketed in snowy blossoms.
