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Poetry is special. Sometimes the rhythm or rhyme holds the reader’s attention, but always at the center of good poetry is a picture painted or an emotion provoked by the language employed in the writing. Entire wings of libraries have been dedicated to poetry of varying kinds from writers throughout human history. When God provided humankind with His own library of inspired books, He provided sections of poetry designed to offer counsel and comfort to the soul. Among the poet

2 Samuel 2:8-11 summarizes a time when, even though God had appointed David as Saul’s successor, the majority of Israel instead chose to crown Ishbosheth to rule the nation. Ishbosheth was Saul’s son, and by earthly standards would have taken the throne after the death of his father and other heirs in battle. This is a situation in which most of the Israelites chose to operate by earthly standards rather than seek the counsel of God. Even when Saul was initially crowned, God

There is a spiritual battle raging all around us right now. When you stop paying attention to what God says is beneficial for the spiritual part of you (the part that goes on living after you die), you open the door for every evil thing to influence your character and actions. Continuing down that wicked road results in eternal suffering away from the presence of the Lord. The only way to life is through Jesus Christ and obedience to His gospel. Consider these Scriptures that

In 1 Kings 13, God was displeased with King Jeroboam’s changes to the people's religious practices. God sent one of His prophets, simply called “the man of God,” to condemn Jeroboam for his unauthorized activities. After delivering God’s message, the man of God departed without eating or drinking, and began his trip home by a different route than he came. This also was God’s command to him (1 Kings 13:9-10). He would have returned home safely and continued serving the Lord ha

Does God know the difference between being one among many and being the only one you serve? In Exodus 20:1-6, God commanded the Israelites to worship Him exclusively as God. When the Israelites made and worshipped the golden calf in Exodus 32, it became obvious that God recognizes when He has been wholly replaced by an idol. But what about times when people tried to have God share the throne of their hearts? After Israel was taken into Assyrian captivity, the king of Assyria

Ezekiel was a prophet of God to the Israelite exiles in Babylon. God sent Ezekiel so that the people would know that God had not abandoned them, nor had He stopped speaking to them (Ezekiel 2:5). When God commissioned Ezekiel to his work, He gave him a scroll full of lamentations, mourning, and woe, and told him to eat it. More than that, God told Ezekiel, “Son of man, feed your stomach and fill your body with this scroll which I am giving you” (Ezekiel 3:3). As Ezekiel went