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Latest Devotional
The Father’s Arms
Deuteronomy 1:29-31
“Then I said to you, ‘Do not be in dread or afraid of them. The LORD your God who goes before you will himself fight for you, just as he did for you in Egypt before your eyes, and in the wilderness, where you have seen how the LORD your God carried you, as a man carries his son, all the way that you went until you came to this place.’”
Sometimes the inspired, biblical authors deliver a gift of words so illustrative and vibrant that you can’t help but run with them. Sometimes a metaphor is so deep and rich in meaning that it defies the constraints of literary and historical context, which is certainly the case in this analogy Moses chooses here for describing God’s faithful and abiding care for these pilgrims. This transcendent yet earthy analogy of God carrying His people “as a father carries his son” invites us into a context of reflection all its own. How does a loving father carry his son? In just one way, in one singular sense, or in a vast range of ways?
When I arrive home after a long day at work, my son often runs to the door to greet me, shouting excitedly, “Daddy’s home!”, and then jumps into my arms gleefully. It reminds me of the way my own father used to get down on his knees when I was a kid and let me climb all over his back. In that context, God carries His children in play, with laughter, tossing us up in the air as it were, and offering his back and shoulders to our childish whimsy.
There are other times, however, like on hikes in the mountains, or after an injury, when my son complains that he’s too tired or too hurt to walk. He doesn’t heave himself into my arms in play, but rather in fatigue and agony, and I carry him even though it hurts. In that sense, God carries His children as a responsibility, bearing the weight of our weakness on His back and shoulders because He’s gracious enough to keep walking when we can’t.
Child of God, whether you run to your Father today in play or in anguish, don’t be indifferent to those heavenly arms that continue to hold you fast in that special bond of fatherly love.
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Latest Devotional
The Father’s Arms
Deuteronomy 1:29-31
“Then I said to you, ‘Do not be in dread or afraid of them. The LORD your God who goes before you will himself fight for you, just as he did for you in Egypt before your eyes, and in the wilderness, where you have seen how the LORD your God carried you, as a man carries his son, all the way that you went until you came to this place.’”
Sometimes the inspired, biblical authors deliver a gift of words so illustrative and vibrant that you can’t help but run with them. Sometimes a metaphor is so deep and rich in meaning that it defies the constraints of literary and historical context, which is certainly the case in this analogy Moses chooses here for describing God’s faithful and abiding care for these pilgrims. This transcendent yet earthy analogy of God carrying His people “as a father carries his son” invites us into a context of reflection all its own. How does a loving father carry his son? In just one way, in one singular sense, or in a vast range of ways?
When I arrive home after a long day at work, my son often runs to the door to greet me, shouting excitedly, “Daddy’s home!”, and then jumps into my arms gleefully. It reminds me of the way my own father used to get down on his knees when I was a kid and let me climb all over his back. In that context, God carries His children in play, with laughter, tossing us up in the air as it were, and offering his back and shoulders to our childish whimsy.
There are other times, however, like on hikes in the mountains, or after an injury, when my son complains that he’s too tired or too hurt to walk. He doesn’t heave himself into my arms in play, but rather in fatigue and agony, and I carry him even though it hurts. In that sense, God carries His children as a responsibility, bearing the weight of our weakness on His back and shoulders because He’s gracious enough to keep walking when we can’t.
Child of God, whether you run to your Father today in play or in anguish, don’t be indifferent to those heavenly arms that continue to hold you fast in that special bond of fatherly love.
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The Grace of Problem Solving
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Make Me a Sanctuary
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Sabbath Psalm (From Fanny Crosby’s hymn ‘Blessed Assurance’)
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Spiritual Scars
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Better Judgment
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A Roll Call
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Kingdom Rising
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A Tale of Two Pilgrims
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Sabbath Psalm (Revised from Charles Wesley’s hymn ‘Depth of Mercy’)
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A Leprous Colony
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Word Spreads
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Dry Seasons Pt. 2
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Dry Seasons
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For the Record
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Sabbath Psalm (From Priscilla Owens’ hymn ‘Jesus Saves!’’)
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Monumental Letters
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A Second Impression
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Fighting Words
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Either-Or
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Striking Justice
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Sabbath Psalm (From Lidie H. Edmund’s hymn ‘My Faith Has Found a Resting Place’)
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The Fall of Balaam
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Justice—A Double-Edged Sword
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Spoken For
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A Divine Intervention
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Promises Performed
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Out of the Ordinary
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Dying Request
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Hand in Hand
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When God Speaks for You
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A New Genesis
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Sabbath Psalm (Revised from John Peterson’ hymn ‘A Flag to Follow’)
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In Broad Daylight
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No Place Like Home
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Balaam’s Final Oracle
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Faith—An Oasis
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Balaam’s Second Oracle
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Sabbath Psalm (Revision of Henry F. Lyte’s hymn ‘Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken’)
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Balaam’s First Oracle
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A Language Barrier pt. 2
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A Language Barrier pt. 1
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No Solicitors!
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Out of the Shadows
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Sabbath Psalm (Revised from Palmer Hartsough’s hymn ‘I Am Resolved’)
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The Way of Kings
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Lost Books
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The Truth Bites
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The Hand-Off
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Rebels All
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Sabbath Psalm (Revision of Mary D. James’ hymn ‘All for Jesus’)
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Come to the Waters
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Eulogies for the Living
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Sin is Oh So Draining
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In Christ Alone
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Guardians of the Gift
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Sabbath Psalm (From E. W. Blandy’s hymn, ‘Take the World but Give Me Jesus’)
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A Sappy Symbol
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Rhetorical Righteousness
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A Powerful Posture
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Making Memories
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Tribes and Tongues, pt. 2
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Sabbath Psalm (Adapted from Philip P. Bliss’s hymn, ‘Let the Lower Lights be Burning’)
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Tribes and Tongues, pt. 1
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Stop the Rot!
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Jesus Love the Little Children
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Beating Hearts
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One-Sided
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Sabbath Psalm (Adapted from Joseph Scriven’s hymn, ‘What a Friend We Have in Jesus’)
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The Beginning of Wisdom
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The Grasshopper Principle
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Do You See What I See?
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Time Out
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A Reconciling Rebuke
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Sabbath Psalm (From Fanny Crosby’s beloved hymn, ‘Near the Cross’)
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Unrighteous Rhetoric
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A Story Shared
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Moses’ Complaint pt. 2
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Moses’ Complaint pt. 1
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Famished
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Sabbath Psalm (Adapted from George Matheson’s hymn ‘O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go’)
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Burning
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High Notes and Low Notes
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Silver Chords
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The Waiting Room
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The One and the Many
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Sabbath Psalm (A revision of John W. Peterson’s hymn ‘A Student’s Prayer’)
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Transitions
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The Gold Standard
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Between the Angels
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An Acceptable Approach
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Waxing Lyrical
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Sabbath Psalm (Revision of John W. Peterson’s hymn, ‘Just One Step at a Time’)
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Locks of Love
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A Nazirite New Year
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Love is Jealous, Love is Kind
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Get Your Hard Hat Ready
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Blue Collar Cloth
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Sabbath Psalm (Revision of Fanny Crosby’s hymn ‘All the Way My Savior Leads Me’)