“Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.” – Jeremiah 17:7 Prophet Jeremiah faithfully declares that surrender to God’s will is the only way to escape calamity. Either we trust in human beings or trust in the Lord. The people of Judah were trusting in false gods and…

“Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.” – Psalm 103:5 This verse tells us that God satisfies us with good so that our youth is renewed. The two words ‘so that’ reveal that our satisfaction in God is the means that God uses to grant us…

“Return to Me with all your heart, And with fasting, weeping and mourning.” – Joel 2:12 The prophet Joel compares the coming day of the Lord with the succession of locust invasions, which sequentially devour every crop and all vegetation. The entire nation of Israel was commanded to fast and to cry out to the…