Daily Scripture Readings
Read along with us in community as we follow this daily scripture outline.
Sunday March 1st
Genesis 12:1-4; Psalm 121; Romans 4:1-5, 13-17; John 3:1-17; Matthew 17:1-9
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The promises of Abraham are not only to his offspring, but through them to the whole world. Those who have faith in God Almighty are the inheritors of the promises given to Abraham. Jesus teaches the “teacher of Israel”, Nicodemus, about what is required to inherit the kingdom of God, but he misunderstands. His eyes and ears are focused on the physical nature of Jesus' words, instead of the fullness of their spiritual importance. The disciples are equally confused when Jesus is transfigured before their very eyes, revealing Jesus’ true identity as he converses with Moses, the Law giver and Elijah, the faithful prophet of God Almighty. Jesus is the culmination and goal of all of the promises, the law and the prophecies, in Him, we have redemption and life. Our goal is to live out faith in Him in whatever we do or say, that God might be glorified and His name be great among the nations. May we live a gospel-centered life. Amen.
Monday March 2nd
Numbers 21:4-9; Psalm 128; Hebrews 3:1-6
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Moses was a faithful servant “in” all God’s house, while Christ is faithful as the Son “over” God’s house. Everything that Moses taught, lived out in faith, and hoped for, was completed and perfected by Christ. For Jesus Christ is the One who fulfills and embodies all the promises of God. He is our hope and our steady supply. Just as the bronze serpent was raised in the desert, healing every Israelite who looked upon it from certain death. So also, those that look upon the One who hung on a cross and have faith that it is He who forgives sins, will be spared from death and given access to eternal life. Let us cling to Christ through every circumstance and never let Him go
Tuesday March 3rd
Isaiah 65:17-25; Psalm 128; Romans 4:6-13
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If circumcision is the inception of righteousness by faith, then circumcision is the ratification of that faith, a necessary sign and seal of that which was credited to Abraham through faith. Paul in Romans is not saying faith only, he is saying that faith is the grounds on which all faithful actions rest. For God saw Abraham’s faith and accounted it to him as righteousness until the covenant was sealed through circumcision. But if faith alone was all that was necessary, why would God have Abraham undergo circumcision at all? Faith is the ground upon which all faithful obedience rests, and it is faith that renders obedience effectual within God’s covenantal economy. Thus righteousness begins with faith, is confirmed through obedient action, and continues as faith working through love. Faith embodied.
Wednesday March 4th
Ezekiel 36:22-32; Psalm 128; John 7:53-8:11
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What was it that Jesus wrote on the ground in front of the teachers of the law and the Pharisees? What could he have written that would have stopped their crusade against the woman caught in adultery in its tracks? Some say Jesus simply began writing the ten commandments, a list of God’s holy laws to condemn all who break them. Others say it was specific sins they were guilty of which Jesus knew. Whichever case it may have been, it confronted all who witnessed with a sobering truth, we are all sinners to a holy God and we all need His love and forgiveness. Jesus offers this to the woman. But not just through faith, but action. “Go now and leave your life of sin.” For faith to truly bestow God’s grace upon us, we must seek to live free from sin and alive to God.
Thursday March 5th
Exodus 16:1-8; Psalm 95; Colossians 1:15-23
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The Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, not because they didn’t believe in God, but because they were unsure that it was actually God who sent Moses and Aaron to lead them out. They wished they had died at the Lord’s hands with food than to think they wandered out in the desert to starve. So the Lord provided for them and did so through Moses and Aaron’s confirming word to them. I feel we are tempted to forget that it is God who leads us and not this pastor, or that priest, rector, or preacher. We must remind ourselves of the One who has saved us, the Lord Jesus Christ, who suffered unto death to reconcile us to God. But we cannot grumble or be deterred from our faith in Jesus. We must cling to the truth of the gospel despite others who may try and distract or deceive us. Continue in the faith that was preached to you concerning Christ so that you might be found holy and without blemish in Him.
Friday March 6th
Exodus 16:9-21; Psalm 95; Ephesians 2:11-22
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In order to keep the fledgling people of Israel from falling apart in the desert, Moses and Aaron had to lead them by the word of God. There were times of distrust, moments of frustration and anger, but through it all God maintained the people through Moses’ leadership and witness to God’s communing with him. We too require a foundation and guidance in order for the church to be sustained. Christ the Lord has preached the gospel and preserved it through His holy apostles and prophets and to this day sustains it through the service of those who shepherd the people. Christ, the cornerstone, the Apostles and prophets support, while current ministers and elders continue to make sure the mortar of the gospel is applied by faith to those who are being built up as a dwelling for the Spirit of God. Let us learn to follow in step.
Saturday March 7th
Exodus 16:27-35; Psalm 95; John 4:1-6
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God provides manna for Israel on each day and twice as much on the 6th day, so that they may rest and keep the Sabbath unto the Lord. Jesus comes to the well during the hottest part of the day, for a chance meeting with a Samaritan woman. Both Israel and the woman get more than they had bargained. The abundance of manna was given as a testimony to God’s provision in the wilderness until they inherited the land they had been promised. The Samaritan woman is given a taste of the living water, Jesus Himself, and she takes it back to her village and shares what the Lord had proclaimed to her as a testimony to His messiahship. Those who are hungry and thirst for righteousness will be filled. Let us hunger and thirst for God for He alone sustains us.