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These daily devotionals are written to help you remain rooted and grounded in God's Word each day. We have one devotional for each weekday, and one for the weekend.
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How Long, O Lord?!
How Long, O Lord?!
Exodus 17:1a
All the congregation of the people of Israel moved on from the wilderness of Sin by stages, according to the commandment of the LORD.
Don’t we wish the Lord would come back through the clouds today and meet us in the air? We’d let the whole world disappear beneath us, and devotionals like these along with it, just to look up in the heavens and see the Son of Man descending for His people. I imagine that Moses and Aaron are feeling that same sort of yearning as well, wondering as the days go by why the Promised Land isn’t right around the corning—what they’re still so far away. I wonder how many times Moses asked the Lord in the quiet of his heart, or possibly in a sudden outburst of frustration not recorded for us, something like this: “Father, You blazed a path for Your people even through the sea; You parted the deep, impassable waters just for us; part this wilderness too! Fly us to Canaan on eagle’s wings! Don’t carry us along slowly; don’t make the journey an arduous ordeal; just breathe us to Zion the way you breathed the world into existence!”
But God leads these people through eras, epochs, chapters, testaments, seasons, stages, and whether we like it or not, that’s how He leads us along too, friend. From the moment He whispered into the unformed darkness of our sinful hearts, “Let there be light!” to the moment He hails us with heaven’s applause, “Well done, my good and faithful servant!”, He’s sanctifying us slowly, giving us a little light here and a little there, drawing us through miles of rugged terrain in the wilderness of Sin, a terrain that tries to keep us down and hold us back and depress our confidence in His good heart, but, in time, we’ll see that every step forward was part of a triumphal procession.
Friend, I don’t know what stage God has you in right now in that procession. Maybe this particular stage doesn’t feel all that triumphant. But if you don’t see Christ coming back through the clouds in glory right now, take comfort in the thought that it’s only because He has more progress to make in the world’s story, and in the church’s story, and in Israel’s story, and in your story.
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Treasures in the Dust
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Mark My Word
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Heaven Sent
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In Between
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Meaning, as a Rule
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Fight or Flight
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If the Bones are Good
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Sabbath Psalm 34
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The Power of His Word
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A Song is Rising
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A Wake-Up Call
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Genesis, First-Hand
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Do or Die
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Sabbath Psalm 33
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Face Off
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Not on Auto-Pilot
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Oh the Radiance!
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Unbreakable Bonds
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God is Strong—for Starters
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Sabbath Psalm 32
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Indigenous Saints
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A Traveling Band
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A Blood Bath
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Reserved Seating
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Shadow and Substance
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Sabbath Psalm 31
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Another Genesis
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Wonderful News
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Post Traumatic Sacrifice Disorder
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A Great Glimpse
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Some through the Fire
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Sabbath Psalm 30
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Let There be Light
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A Painful Plea
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Sour Words
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From the Mouths of Babies
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Mustard Seeds
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Sabbath Psalm 29
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At the Heart of the Story
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The Hardened Heart Problem—Continued
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Mid-Life Crisis
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The Fuss—no Feast—of Faith
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Defining Lines
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Sabbath Psalm 28
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Absent-Minded Professors
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Temporary Relief
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So Close
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The Emperor’s New Trick
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Another Lying Serpent
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Sabbath Psalm 27
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Roads Not Taken
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Deep, Deep Waters
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Recharge
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Lost in Translation
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Feeling the Weight
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Sabbath Psalm 26
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Today: A New Testament
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Slipping Up
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Beating on an Open Door
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Says Who?
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Growing Pains
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Sabbath Psalm 25
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Holiness Hurts
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Mountain Climbers
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Playing Dumb
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Shepherding Made Easy?
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A Name to Bear
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Sabbath Psalm 24
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The Reluctant Hero
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The Art of Becoming
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Home at Last
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God Only Knows
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Over the Hill
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Sabbath Psalm 23
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Missing Pieces
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Anti-Hero
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Sealed with a Tear
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Like Father Like Daughter
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Motherhood: an Exhibition
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Sabbath Psalm 22
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An Ode to the Small
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Ignorance or Arrogance?
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A New Dawn
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Just the Beginning
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Story Time
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What a Testimony!
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Lamb Keepers
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Candlewicks
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Providence—a Patchwork
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Ever After
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Sabbath Psalm 20
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A Genesis Flood
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True Colors
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Who’s Testing Who?
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A Feast for the Eye
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A Coming Flood
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Sabbath Psalm 19
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El Shaddai
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A Familiar Theme