THEINC-HIM DAILY BIBLE MEDITATION: June 20

Thursday, October 22, 2009

June 20

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

JUNE 20

PSALMS: 20, 50, 80, 110, 140

PROVERBS: 20

OLD TESTAMENT

ISAIAH 3:1 - 5:30

NEW TESTAMENT

2 CORINTHIANS 11:1 - 15

PSALMS: 20

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

1May the LORD answer you when you are in distress;

may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.

2May he send you help from the sanctuary

and grant you support from Zion.

3May he remember all your sacrifices

and accept your burnt offerings.

Selah

4May he give you the desire of your heart

and make all your plans succeed.

5We will shout for joy when you are victorious

and will lift up our banners in the name of our God.

May the LORD grant all your requests.

6Now I know that the LORD saves his anointed;

he answers him from his holy heaven

with the saving power of his right hand.

7Some trust in chariots and some in horses,

but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.

8They are brought to their knees and fall,

but we rise up and stand firm.

9O LORD, save the king!

AnswerA us when we call! [1]

PSALMS: 50

A psalm of Asaph.

1The Mighty One, God, the LORD,

speaks and summons the earth

from the rising of the sun to the place where it sets.

2From Zion, perfect in beauty,

God shines forth.

3Our God comes and will not be silent;

a fire devours before him,

and around him a tempest rages.

4He summons the heavens above,

and the earth, that he may judge his people:

5"Gather to me my consecrated ones,

who made a covenant with me by sacrifice."

6And the heavens proclaim his righteousness,

for God himself is judge.

Selah

7"Hear, O my people, and I will speak,

O Israel, and I will testify against you:

I am God, your God.

8I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices

or your burnt offerings, which are ever before me.

9I have no need of a bull from your stall

or of goats from your pens,

10for every animal of the forest is mine,

and the cattle on a thousand hills.

11I know every bird in the mountains,

and the creatures of the field are mine.

12If I were hungry I would not tell you, [2]

for the world is mine, and all that is in it.

13Do I eat the flesh of bulls

or drink the blood of goats?

14Sacrifice thank offerings to God,

fulfill your vows to the Most High,

15and call upon me in the day of trouble;

I will deliver you, and you will honor me."

16But to the wicked, God says:

"What right have you to recite my laws

or take my covenant on your lips?

17You hate my instruction

and cast my words behind you.

18When you see a thief, you join with him;

you throw in your lot with adulterers.

19You use your mouth for evil

and harness your tongue to deceit.

20You speak continually against your brother

and slander your own mother's son.

21These things you have done and I kept silent;

you thought I was altogetherA like you.

But I will rebuke you

and accuse you to your face.

22"Consider this, you who forget God,

or I will tear you to pieces, with none to rescue:

23He who sacrifices thank offerings honors me,

and he prepares the way

so that I may show himB the salvation of God." [3]

PSALMS: 80

For the director of music. To the tune of "The Lilies of the Covenant." Of Asaph. A psalm.

1Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel,

you who lead Joseph like a flock;

you who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth

2before Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasseh.

Awaken your might;

come and save us.

3Restore us, O God;

make your face shine upon us,

that we may be saved.

4O LORD God Almighty,

how long will your anger smolder

against the prayers of your people?

5You have fed them with the bread of tears;

you have made them drink tears by the bowlful.

6You have made us a source of contention to our neighbors,

and our enemies mock us.

7Restore us, O God Almighty;

make your face shine upon us,

that we may be saved.

8You brought a vine out of Egypt;

you drove out the nations and planted it.

9You cleared the ground for it,

and it took root and filled the land.

10The mountains were covered with its shade,

the mighty cedars with its branches. [4]

11It sent out its boughs to the Sea,A

its shoots as far as the River.B

12Why have you broken down its walls

so that all who pass by pick its grapes?

13Boars from the forest ravage it

and the creatures of the field feed on it.

14Return to us, O God Almighty!

Look down from heaven and see!

Watch over this vine,

15the root your right hand has planted,

the sonC you have raised up for yourself.

16Your vine is cut down, it is burned with fire;

at your rebuke your people perish.

17Let your hand rest on the man at your right hand,

the son of man you have raised up for yourself.

18Then we will not turn away from you;

revive us, and we will call on your name.

19Restore us, O LORD God Almighty;

make your face shine upon us,

that we may be saved. [5]

PSALMS: 110

Of David. A psalm.

1The LORD says to my Lord:

"Sit at my right hand

until I make your enemies

a footstool for your feet."

2The LORD will extend your mighty scepter from Zion;

you will rule in the midst of your enemies.

3Your troops will be willing

on your day of battle.

Arrayed in holy majesty,

from the womb of the dawn

you will receive the dew of your youth.A

4The LORD has sworn

and will not change his mind:

"You are a priest forever,

in the order of Melchizedek."

5The Lord is at your right hand;

he will crush kings on the day of his wrath.

6He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead

and crushing the rulers of the whole earth.

7He will drink from a brook beside the wayB;

therefore he will lift up his head. [6]

PSALMS: 140

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

1Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men;

protect me from men of violence,

2who devise evil plans in their hearts

and stir up war every day.

3They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent's;

the poison of vipers is on their lips.

Selah

4Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked;

protect me from men of violence

who plan to trip my feet.

5Proud men have hidden a snare for me;

they have spread out the cords of their net

and have set traps for me along my path.

Selah

6O LORD, I say to you, "You are my God."

Hear, O LORD, my cry for mercy.

7O Sovereign LORD, my strong deliverer,

who shields my head in the day of battle--

8do not grant the wicked their desires, O LORD;

do not let their plans succeed,

or they will become proud.

Selah

9Let the heads of those who surround me

be covered with the trouble their lips have caused.

10Let burning coals fall upon them;

may they be thrown into the fire,

into miry pits, never to rise. [7]

11Let slanderers not be established in the land;

may disaster hunt down men of violence.

12I know that the LORD secures justice for the poor

and upholds the cause of the needy.

13Surely the righteous will praise your name

and the upright will live before you. [8]

PROVERBS: 20

201 Wine is a mocker and beer a brawler;

whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

2A king's wrath is like the roar of a lion;

he who angers him forfeits his life.

3It is to a man's honor to avoid strife,

but every fool is quick to quarrel.

4A sluggard does not plow in season;

so at harvest time he looks but finds nothing.

5The purposes of a man's heart are deep waters,

but a man of understanding draws them out.

6Many a man claims to have unfailing love,

but a faithful man who can find?

7The righteous man leads a blameless life;

blessed are his children after him.

8When a king sits on his throne to judge,

he winnows out all evil with his eyes.

9Who can say, "I have kept my heart pure;

I am clean and without sin"?

10Differing weights and differing measures--

the LORD detests them both.

11Even a child is known by his actions,

by whether his conduct is pure and right. [9]

12Ears that hear and eyes that see--

the LORD has made them both.

13Do not love sleep or you will grow poor;

stay awake and you will have food to spare.

14"It's no good, it's no good!" says the buyer;

then off he goes and boasts about his purchase.

15Gold there is, and rubies in abundance,

but lips that speak knowledge are a rare jewel.

16Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger;

hold it in pledge if he does it for a wayward woman.

17Food gained by fraud tastes sweet to a man,

but he ends up with a mouth full of gravel.

18Make plans by seeking advice;

if you wage war, obtain guidance.

19A gossip betrays a confidence;

so avoid a man who talks too much.

20If a man curses his father or mother,

his lamp will be snuffed out in pitch darkness.

21An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning

will not be blessed at the end.

22Do not say, "I'll pay you back for this wrong!"

Wait for the LORD, and he will deliver you.[10]

23The LORD detests differing weights,

and dishonest scales do not please him.

24A man's steps are directed by the LORD.

How then can anyone understand his own way?

25It is a trap for a man to dedicate something rashly

and only later to consider his vows.

26A wise king winnows out the wicked;

he drives the threshing wheel over them.

27The lamp of the LORD searches the spirit of a manA;

it searches out his inmost being.

28Love and faithfulness keep a king safe;

through love his throne is made secure.

29The glory of young men is their strength,

gray hair the splendor of the old.

30Blows and wounds cleanse away evil,

and beatings purge the inmost being. [11]

OLD TESTAMENT

ISAIAH 3:1 - 5:30

31 See now, the Lord,

the LORD Almighty,

is about to take from Jerusalem and Judah

both supply and support:

all supplies of food and all supplies of water,

2 the hero and warrior,

the judge and prophet,

the soothsayer and elder,

3the captain of fifty and man of rank,

the counselor, skilled craftsman and clever enchanter.

4I will make boys their officials;

mere children will govern them.

5People will oppress each other--

man against man, neighbor against neighbor.

The young will rise up against the old,

the base against the honorable.

6A man will seize one of his brothers

at his father's home, and say,

"You have a cloak, you be our leader;

take charge of this heap of ruins!"

7But in that day he will cry out,

"I have no remedy.

I have no food or clothing in my house; [12]

do not make me the leader of the people."

8Jerusalem staggers,

Judah is falling;

their words and deeds are against the LORD,

defying his glorious presence.

9The look on their faces testifies against them;

they parade their sin like Sodom;

they do not hide it.

Woe to them!

They have brought disaster upon themselves.

10Tell the righteous it will be well with them,

for they will enjoy the fruit of their deeds.

11Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them!

They will be paid back for what their hands have done.

12Youths oppress my people,

women rule over them.

O my people, your guides lead you astray;

they turn you from the path.

13The LORD takes his place in court;

he rises to judge the people.

14The LORD enters into judgment

against the elders and leaders of his people: [13]

"It is you who have ruined my vineyard;

the plunder from the poor is in your houses.

15What do you mean by crushing my people

and grinding the faces of the poor?"

declares the Lord, the LORD Almighty.

16The LORD says,

"The women of Zion are haughty,

walking along with outstretched necks,

flirting with their eyes,

tripping along with mincing steps,

with ornaments jingling on their ankles.

17Therefore the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the women of Zion;

the LORD will make their scalps bald."

18In that day the Lord will snatch away their finery: the bangles and headbands and crescent necklaces, 19the earrings and bracelets and veils, 20the headdresses and ankle chains and sashes, the perfume bottles and charms, 21the signet rings and nose rings, 22the fine robes and the capes and cloaks, the purses 23and mirrors, and the linen garments and tiaras and shawls.

24Instead of fragrance there will be a stench;

instead of a sash, a rope;

instead of well-dressed hair, baldness; [14]

instead of fine clothing, sackcloth;

instead of beauty, branding.

25Your men will fall by the sword,

your warriors in battle.

26The gates of Zion will lament and mourn;

destitute, she will sit on the ground.

41 In that day seven women

will take hold of one man

and say, "We will eat our own food

and provide our own clothes;

only let us be called by your name.

Take away our disgrace!"

2In that day the Branch of the LORD will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of the survivors in Israel. 3Those who are left in Zion, who remain in Jerusalem, will be called holy, all who are recorded among the living in Jerusalem. 4The Lord will wash away the filth of the women of Zion; he will cleanse the bloodstains from Jerusalem by a spiritA of judgment and a spiritB of fire. 5Then the LORD will create over all of MountZion and over those who assemble there a cloud of smoke by day and a glow of flaming fire by night; over all the glory will be a canopy. 6It will be a shelter and shade from the heat [15]of the day, and a refuge and hiding place from the storm and rain.

51 I will sing for the one I love

a song about his vineyard:

My loved one had a vineyard

on a fertile hillside.

2He dug it up and cleared it of stones

and planted it with the choicest vines.

He built a watchtower in it

and cut out a winepress as well.

Then he looked for a crop of good grapes,

but it yielded only bad fruit.

3"Now you dwellers in Jerusalem and men of Judah,

judge between me and my vineyard.

4What more could have been done for my vineyard

than I have done for it?

When I looked for good grapes,

why did it yield only bad?

5Now I will tell you

what I am going to do to my vineyard:

I will take away its hedge,

and it will be destroyed; [16]

I will break down its wall,

and it will be trampled.

6I will make it a wasteland,

neither pruned nor cultivated,

and briers and thorns will grow there.

I will command the clouds

not to rain on it."

7The vineyard of the LORD Almighty

is the house of Israel,

and the men of Judah

are the garden of his delight.

And he looked for justice, but saw bloodshed;

for righteousness, but heard cries of distress.

8Woe to you who add house to house

and join field to field

till no space is left

and you live alone in the land.

9The LORD Almighty has declared in my hearing:

"Surely the great houses will become desolate,

the fine mansions left without occupants.

10A ten-acreA vineyard will produce only a bathB of wine,

a homerC of seed only an ephahD of grain."

11Woe to those who rise early in the morning [17]to run after their drinks,

who stay up late at night

till they are inflamed with wine.

12They have harps and lyres at their banquets,

tambourines and flutes and wine,

but they have no regard for the deeds of the LORD,

no respect for the work of his hands.

13Therefore my people will go into exile

for lack of understanding;

their men of rank will die of hunger

and their masses will be parched with thirst.

14Therefore the graveE enlarges its appetite

and opens its mouth without limit;

into it will descend their nobles and masses

with all their brawlers and revelers.

15So man will be brought low

and mankind humbled,

the eyes of the arrogant humbled.

16But the LORD Almighty will be exalted by his justice,

and the holy God will show himself holy by his righteousness.

17Then sheep will graze as in their own pasture;

lambs will feedF among the ruins of the rich.

18Woe to those who draw sin along with cords of deceit,

and wickedness as with cart ropes, [18]

19to those who say, "Let God hurry,

let him hasten his work

so we may see it.

Let it approach,

let the plan of the Holy One of Israel come,

so we may know it."

20Woe to those who call evil good

and good evil,

who put darkness for light

and light for darkness,

who put bitter for sweet

and sweet for bitter.

21Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes

and clever in their own sight.

22Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine

and champions at mixing drinks,

23who acquit the guilty for a bribe,

but deny justice to the innocent.

24Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw

and as dry grass sinks down in the flames,

so their roots will decay

and their flowers blow away like dust;

for they have rejected the law of the LORD Almighty [19]

and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel.

25Therefore the LORD's anger burns against his people;

his hand is raised and he strikes them down.

The mountains shake,

and the dead bodies are like refuse in the streets.

Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,

his hand is still upraised.

26He lifts up a banner for the distant nations,

he whistles for those at the ends of the earth.

Here they come,

swiftly and speedily!

27Not one of them grows tired or stumbles,

not one slumbers or sleeps;

not a belt is loosened at the waist,

not a sandal thong is broken.

28Their arrows are sharp,

all their bows are strung;

their horses' hoofs seem like flint,

their chariot wheels like a whirlwind.

29Their roar is like that of the lion,

they roar like young lions;

they growl as they seize their prey

and carry it off with no one to rescue.

30In that day they will roar over it

like the roaring of the sea. [20]

And if one looks at the land,

he will see darkness and distress;

even the light will be darkened by the clouds. [21]

NEW TESTAMENT

2 CORINTHIANS 11:1 - 15

111I hope you will put up with a little of my foolishness; but you are already doing that. 2I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. I promised you to one husband, to Christ, so that I might present you as a pure virgin to him. 3But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent's cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ. 4For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it easily enough. 5But I do not think I am in the least inferior to those "super-apostles." 6I may not be a trained speaker, but I do have knowledge. We have made this perfectly clear to you in every way.

7Was it a sin for me to lower myself in order to elevate you by preaching the gospel of God to you free of charge? 8I robbed other churches by receiving support from them so as to serve you. 9And when I was with you and needed something, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied what I needed. I have kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so. 10As surely as the truth of Christ is in me, nobody in the regions of Achaia will stop this boasting of mine. 11Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do! 12And I will keep on doing what I am doing in order to cut the ground from under those who want an opportunity to be considered equal with us in the things they boast about.

13For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, masquerading as apostles of Christ. 14And no wonder, for Satan [22]himself masquerades as an angel of light. 15It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve. [23]

^{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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