Walk in Wisdom
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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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In Between
Exodus 16:1
They set out from Elim, and all the congregation of the people of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they had departed from the land of Egypt.
I’m aware that the specific name of ‘Sin’ in reference to this specific geographic location is not the same word that we translate as ‘sin’ in our English language, but the scene here is too richly symbolic to interpret by the letter alone. So rise higher with me today, friend. Look down on this word as if from a mountain. Read it from a bird’s-eye view. See it as a depiction of your life of faith. Because we too are making a pilgrimage through the wilderness of sin, through the broken, collapsed space between Eden and Heaven, through the rocky terrain of temptation, and the sanctifying journey is a perilous one.
Some fall headlong and get stranded on the rocks. Some stumble for a time and regain their footing years later. Some stand firm through thick and thin, but get bruised and cut and beaten down by the miles. No matter: the footprints of our incarnate Lord are ever before us! In the rocks below, in the deep, dark caverns, up the winding cliffs, all the way into of depths of hell itself! And as David writes, “though we stumble, we do not fall headlong, for the LORD upholds us in His hand!”
Marvel at that, friend. Even the desolate times and places are in the palm of God’s hand. Which is why we really shouldn’t think of this present life in a fallen world as a wilderness of sin, but as a wilderness of grace. Because grace gets us back on our feet. Grace bids us to keep going, keep striving, keep pressing on toward the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus, keep taking the next step through death’s valleys, keep holding fast to the faithful Word even when the world rejects it, keep trusting the Father’s heart even when the sight that meets our eyes around the next bend isn’t an oasis of palm trees and gushing streams and lions laying down with lambs, but ostracism and alienation and an unquenchable yearning for home.
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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
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The Lost Boys
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White-knuckled Prayers
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A Look Says it All
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Sabbath Psalm 18