THEINC-HIM DAILY BIBLE MEDITATION: January 19

Sunday, October 25, 2009

January 19

Genesis 1:1 1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

JANUARY 19

PSALMS: 19, 49, 79, 109, 139

PROVERBS: 19

OLD TESTAMENT

DEUTERONOMY 34:1 - JOSHUA 2:24

NEW TESTAMENT

LUKE 13:22 - 14:6

PSALMS: 19

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

1The heavens declare the glory of God;

the skies proclaim the work of his hands.

2Day after day they pour forth speech;

night after night they display knowledge.

3There is no speech or language

where their voice is not heard.A

4Their voiceB goes out into all the earth,

their words to the ends of the world.

In the heavens he has pitched a tent for the sun,

5which is like a bridegroom coming forth from his pavilion,

like a champion rejoicing to run his course.

6It rises at one end of the heavens

and makes its circuit to the other;

nothing is hidden from its heat.

7The law of the LORD is perfect,

reviving the soul.

The statutes of the LORD are trustworthy,

making wise the simple.

8The precepts of the LORD are right,

giving joy to the heart.

The commands of the LORD are radiant,

giving light to the eyes.

9The fear of the LORD is pure,

enduring forever.

The ordinances of the LORD are sure

and altogether righteous. [1]

10They are more precious than gold,

than much pure gold;

they are sweeter than honey,

than honey from the comb.

11By them is your servant warned;

in keeping them there is great reward.

12Who can discern his errors?

Forgive my hidden faults.

13Keep your servant also from willful sins;

may they not rule over me.

Then will I be blameless,

innocent of great transgression.

14May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart

be pleasing in your sight,

O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer. [2]

PSALMS: 49

For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.

1Hear this, all you peoples;

listen, all who live in this world,

2both low and high,

rich and poor alike:

3My mouth will speak words of wisdom;

the utterance from my heart will give understanding.

4I will turn my ear to a proverb;

with the harp I will expound my riddle:

5Why should I fear when evil days come,

when wicked deceivers surround me--

6those who trust in their wealth

and boast of their great riches?

7No man can redeem the life of another

or give to God a ransom for him--

8the ransom for a life is costly,

no payment is ever enough--

9that he should live on forever

and not see decay.

10For all can see that wise men die;

the foolish and the senseless alike perish

and leave their wealth to others.

11Their tombs will remain their housesA forever,

their dwellings for endless generations,

though they hadB named lands after themselves. [3]

12But man, despite his riches, does not endure;

he isC like the beasts that perish.

13This is the fate of those who trust in themselves,

and of their followers, who approve their sayings.

Selah

14Like sheep they are destined for the grave,D

and death will feed on them.

The upright will rule over them in the morning;

their forms will decay in the grave,E

far from their princely mansions.

15But God will redeem my lifeF from the grave;

he will surely take me to himself.

Selah

16Do not be overawed when a man grows rich,

when the splendor of his house increases;

17for he will take nothing with him when he dies,

his splendor will not descend with him.

18Though while he lived he counted himself blessed--

and men praise you when you prosper--

19he will join the generation of his fathers,

who will never see the light of life.

20A man who has riches without understanding

is like the beasts that perish. [4]

PSALMS: 79

A psalm of Asaph.

1O God, the nations have invaded your inheritance;

they have defiled your holy temple,

they have reduced Jerusalem to rubble.

2They have given the dead bodies of your servants

as food to the birds of the air,

the flesh of your saints to the beasts of the earth.

3They have poured out blood like water

all around Jerusalem,

and there is no one to bury the dead.

4We are objects of reproach to our neighbors,

of scorn and derision to those around us.

5How long, O LORD? Will you be angry forever?

How long will your jealousy burn like fire?

6Pour out your wrath on the nations

that do not acknowledge you,

on the kingdoms

that do not call on your name;

7for they have devoured Jacob

and destroyed his homeland.

8Do not hold against us the sins of the fathers;

may your mercy come quickly to meet us,

for we are in desperate need.

9Help us, O God our Savior,

for the glory of your name;

deliver us and forgive our sins

for your name's sake.

10Why should the nations say,

"Where is their God?" [5]

Before our eyes, make known among the nations

that you avenge the outpoured blood of your servants.

11May the groans of the prisoners come before you;

by the strength of your arm

preserve those condemned to die.

12Pay back into the laps of our neighbors seven times

the reproach they have hurled at you, O Lord.

13Then we your people, the sheep of your pasture,

will praise you forever;

from generation to generation

we will recount your praise. [6]

PSALMS: 109

For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.

1O God, whom I praise,

do not remain silent,

2for wicked and deceitful men

have opened their mouths against me;

they have spoken against me with lying tongues.

3With words of hatred they surround me;

they attack me without cause.

4In return for my friendship they accuse me,

but I am a man of prayer.

5They repay me evil for good,

and hatred for my friendship.

6AppointA an evil manB to oppose him;

let an accuserC stand at his right hand.

7When he is tried, let him be found guilty,

and may his prayers condemn him.

8May his days be few;

may another take his place of leadership.

9May his children be fatherless

and his wife a widow.

10May his children be wandering beggars;

may they be drivenD from their ruined homes.

11May a creditor seize all he has;

may strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.

12May no one extend kindness to him

or take pity on his fatherless children.

13May his descendants be cut off, [7]

their names blotted out from the next generation.

14May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD;

may the sin of his mother never be blotted out.

15May their sins always remain before the LORD,

that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.

16For he never thought of doing a kindness,

but hounded to death the poor

and the needy and the brokenhearted.

17He loved to pronounce a curse--

may itE come on him;

he found no pleasure in blessing--

may it beF far from him.

18He wore cursing as his garment;

it entered into his body like water,

into his bones like oil.

19May it be like a cloak wrapped about him,

like a belt tied forever around him.

20May this be the LORD's payment to my accusers,

to those who speak evil of me.

21But you, O Sovereign LORD,

deal well with me for your name's sake;

out of the goodness of your love, deliver me.

22For I am poor and needy,

and my heart is wounded within me.

23I fade away like an evening shadow;

I am shaken off like a locust.

24My knees give way from fasting;

my body is thin and gaunt.

25I am an object of scorn to my accusers;

when they see me, they shake their heads. [8]

26Help me, O LORD my God;

save me in accordance with your love.

27Let them know that it is your hand,

that you, O LORD, have done it.

28They may curse, but you will bless;

when they attack they will be put to shame,

but your servant will rejoice.

29My accusers will be clothed with disgrace

and wrapped in shame as in a cloak.

30With my mouth I will greatly extol the LORD;

in the great throng I will praise him.

31For he stands at the right hand of the needy one,

to save his life from those who condemn him. [9]

PSALMS: 139

For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.

1O LORD, you have searched me

and you know me.

2You know when I sit and when I rise;

you perceive my thoughts from afar.

3You discern my going out and my lying down;

you are familiar with all my ways.

4Before a word is on my tongue

you know it completely, O LORD.

5You hem me in--behind and before;

you have laid your hand upon me.

6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,

too lofty for me to attain.

7Where can I go from your Spirit?

Where can I flee from your presence?

8If I go up to the heavens, you are there;

if I make my bed in the depths,A you are there.

9If I rise on the wings of the dawn,

if I settle on the far side of the sea,

10even there your hand will guide me,

your right hand will hold me fast.

11If I say, "Surely the darkness will hide me

and the light become night around me,"

12even the darkness will not be dark to you;

the night will shine like the day,

for darkness is as light to you. [10]

13For you created my inmost being;

you knit me together in my mother's womb.

14I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;

your works are wonderful,

I know that full well.

15My frame was not hidden from you

when I was made in the secret place.

When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,

16your eyes saw my unformed body.

All the days ordained for me

were written in your book

before one of them came to be.

17How precious toB me are your thoughts, O God!

How vast is the sum of them!

18Were I to count them,

they would outnumber the grains of sand.

When I awake,

I am still with you.

19If only you would slay the wicked, O God!

Away from me, you bloodthirsty men!

20They speak of you with evil intent;

your adversaries misuse your name.

21Do I not hate those who hate you, O LORD,

and abhor those who rise up against you?

22I have nothing but hatred for them;

I count them my enemies.

23Search me, O God, and know my heart;

test me and know my anxious thoughts.

24See if there is any offensive way in me,

and lead me in the way everlasting. [11]

PROVERBS: 19

191 Better a poor man whose walk is blameless

than a fool whose lips are perverse.

2It is not good to have zeal without knowledge,

nor to be hasty and miss the way.

3A man's own folly ruins his life,

yet his heart rages against the LORD.

4Wealth brings many friends,

but a poor man's friend deserts him.

5A false witness will not go unpunished,

and he who pours out lies will not go free.

6Many curry favor with a ruler,

and everyone is the friend of a man who gives gifts.

7A poor man is shunned by all his relatives--

how much more do his friends avoid him!

Though he pursues them with pleading,

they are nowhere to be found.A

8He who gets wisdom loves his own soul;

he who cherishes understanding prospers.

9A false witness will not go unpunished,

and he who pours out lies will perish.

10It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury--

how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!

11A man's wisdom gives him patience;

it is to his glory to overlook an offense. [12]

12A king's rage is like the roar of a lion,

but his favor is like dew on the grass.

13A foolish son is his father's ruin,

and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.

14Houses and wealth are inherited from parents,

but a prudent wife is from the LORD.

15Laziness brings on deep sleep,

and the shiftless man goes hungry.

16He who obeys instructions guards his life,

but he who is contemptuous of his ways will die.

17He who is kind to the poor lends to the LORD,

and he will reward him for what he has done.

18Discipline your son, for in that there is hope;

do not be a willing party to his death.

19A hot-tempered man must pay the penalty;

if you rescue him, you will have to do it again.

20Listen to advice and accept instruction,

and in the end you will be wise.

21Many are the plans in a man's heart,

but it is the LORD's purpose that prevails.

22What a man desires is unfailing loveB;

better to be poor than a liar. [13]

23The fear of the LORD leads to life:

Then one rests content, untouched by trouble.

24The sluggard buries his hand in the dish;

he will not even bring it back to his mouth!

25Flog a mocker, and the simple will learn prudence;

rebuke a discerning man, and he will gain knowledge.

26He who robs his father and drives out his mother

is a son who brings shame and disgrace.

27Stop listening to instruction, my son,

and you will stray from the words of knowledge.

28A corrupt witness mocks at justice,

and the mouth of the wicked gulps down evil.

29Penalties are prepared for mockers,

and beatings for the backs of fools. [14]

OLD TESTAMENT

DEUTERONOMY 34:1 - JOSHUA 2:24

341Then Moses climbed Mount Nebo from the plains of Moab to the top of Pisgah, across from Jericho. There the LORD showed him the whole land--from Gilead to Dan, 2all of Naphtali, the territory of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the western sea,A 3the Negev and the whole region from the Valley of Jericho, the City of Palms, as far as Zoar. 4Then the LORD said to him, "This is the land I promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob when I said, `I will give it to your descendants.' I have let you see it with your eyes, but you will not cross over into it."

5And Moses the servant of the LORD died there in Moab, as the LORD had said. 6He buried himB in Moab, in the valley opposite Beth Peor, but to this day no one knows where his grave is. 7Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak nor his strength gone. 8The Israelites grieved for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the time of weeping and mourning was over.

9Now Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spiritC of wisdom because Moses had laid his hands on him. So the Israelites listened to him and did what the LORD had commanded Moses.

10Since then, no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face, 11who did all those miraculous signs and wonders the LORD sent him to do in Egypt--to Pharaoh and to all his officials and to his whole land. 12For no one has ever shown the mighty power or performed the awesome deeds that Moses did in the sight of all Israel.[15]

11 After the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, the LORD said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses' aide: 2"Moses my servant is dead. Now then, you and all these people, get ready to cross the Jordan River into the land I am about to give to them--to the Israelites. 3I will give you every place where you set your foot, as I promised Moses. 4Your territory will extend from the desert to Lebanon, and from the great river, the Euphrates--all the Hittite country--to the Great SeaA on the west. 5No one will be able to stand up against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.

6"Be strong and courageous, because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their forefathers to give them. 7Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. 8Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. 9Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go."

10So Joshua ordered the officers of the people: 11"Go through the camp and tell the people, `Get your supplies ready. Three days from now you will cross the Jordan here to go in and take possession of the land the LORD your God is giving you for your own.' " [16]12But to the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joshua said, 13"Remember the command that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you: `The LORD your God is giving you rest and has granted you this land.' 14Your wives, your children and your livestock may stay in the land that Moses gave you east of the Jordan, but all your fighting men, fully armed, must cross over ahead of your brothers. You are to help your brothers 15until the LORD gives them rest, as he has done for you, and until they too have taken possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving them. After that, you may go back and occupy your own land, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you east of the Jordan toward the sunrise."

16Then they answered Joshua, "Whatever you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go. 17Just as we fully obeyed Moses, so we will obey you. Only may the LORD your God be with you as he was with Moses. 18Whoever rebels against your word and does not obey your words, whatever you may command them, will be put to death. Only be strong and courageous!"

21Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim. "Go, look over the land," he said, "especially Jericho." So they went and entered the house of a prostituteA named Rahab and stayed there.

2The king of Jericho was told, "Look! Some of the Israelites [17]have come here tonight to spy out the land." 3So the king of Jericho sent this message to Rahab: "Bring out the men who came to you and entered your house, because they have come to spy out the whole land."

4But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. She said, "Yes, the men came to me, but I did not know where they had come from. 5At dusk, when it was time to close the city gate, the men left. I don't know which way they went. Go after them quickly. You may catch up with them." 6(But she had taken them up to the roof and hidden them under the stalks of flax she had laid out on the roof.) 7So the men set out in pursuit of the spies on the road that leads to the fords of the Jordan, and as soon as the pursuers had gone out, the gate was shut.

8Before the spies lay down for the night, she went up on the roof 9and said to them, "I know that the LORD has given this land to you and that a great fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who live in this country are melting in fear because of you. 10We have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red SeaB for you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites east of the Jordan, whom you completely destroyed.C 11When we heard of it, our hearts melted and everyone's courage failed because of you, for the LORD your God is God in heaven above and on the earth below. 12Now then, please swear to me by the LORD that you will show kindness to my family, [18]have come here tonight to spy out the land." 3So the king of Jericho sent this message to Rahab: "Bring out the men who came to you and entered your house, because they have come to spy out the whole land."

8Before the spies lay down for the night, she went up on the roof 9and said to them, "I know that the LORD has given this land to you and that a great fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who live in this country are melting in fear because of you. 10We have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red SeaB for you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites east of the Jordan, whom you completely destroyed.C 11When we heard of it, our hearts melted and everyone's courage failed because of you, for the LORD your God is God in heaven above and on the earth below. 12Now then, please swear to me by the LORD that you will show kindness to my family, [19]because I have shown kindness to you. Give me a sure sign 13that you will spare the lives of my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them, and that you will save us from death."

14"Our lives for your lives!" the men assured her. "If you don't tell what we are doing, we will treat you kindly and faithfully when the LORD gives us the land."

15So she let them down by a rope through the window, for the house she lived in was part of the city wall. 16Now she had said to them, "Go to the hills so the pursuers will not find you. Hide yourselves there three days until they return, and then go on your way."

17The men said to her, "This oath you made us swear will not be binding on us 18unless, when we enter the land, you have tied this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and unless you have brought your father and mother, your brothers and all your family into your house. 19If anyone goes outside your house into the street, his blood will be on his own head; we will not be responsible. As for anyone who is in the house with you, his blood will be on our head if a hand is laid on him. 20But if you tell what we are doing, we will be released from the oath you made us swear."

21"Agreed," she replied. "Let it be as you say." So she sent them away and they departed. And she tied the scarlet cord in the window.

22When they left, they went into the hills and stayed there three days, until the pursuers had searched all along the road and returned [20]without finding them. 23Then the two men started back. They went down out of the hills, forded the river and came to Joshua son of Nun and told him everything that had happened to them. 24They said to Joshua, "The LORD has surely given the whole land into our hands; all the people are melting in fear because of us."[21]

NEW TESTAMENT

LUKE 13:22 - 14:6

22Then Jesus went through the towns and villages, teaching as he made his way to Jerusalem. 23Someone asked him, "Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?"

He said to them, 24"Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to. 25Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, `Sir, open the door for us.'

"But he will answer, `I don't know you or where you come from.'

26"Then you will say, `We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.'

27"But he will reply, `I don't know you or where you come from. Away from me, all you evildoers!'

28"There will be weeping there, and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves thrown out. 29People will come from east and west and north and south, and will take their places at the feast in the kingdom of God. 30Indeed there are those who are last who will be first, and first who will be last."

31At that time some Pharisees came to Jesus and said to him, "Leave this place and go somewhere else. Herod wants to kill you."

32He replied, "Go tell that fox, `I will drive out demons and heal people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach my goal.' 33In any case, I must keep going today and tomorrow and the [22]goal.' 33In any case, I must keep going today and tomorrow and the next day--for surely no prophet can die outside Jerusalem!

34"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing! 35Look, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, `Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.'B"

141One Sabbath, when Jesus went to eat in the house of a prominent Pharisee, he was being carefully watched. 2There in front of him was a man suffering from dropsy. 3Jesus asked the Pharisees and experts in the law, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?" 4But they remained silent. So taking hold of the man, he healed him and sent him away.

5Then he asked them, "If one of you has a sonA or an ox that falls into a well on the Sabbath day, will you not immediately pull him out?" 6And they had nothing to say.

^{John 3:16-21 16}"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,^F that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. ¹⁷For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. ¹⁸Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.^G ¹⁹This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. ²⁰Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. ²¹But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God."^H

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