A Daily Devotional

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God Our Habitation (#19920322)
by Henry Morris, Ph.D.

“LORD, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations” (Psalm 90:1).

These are the tremendous opening words of the oldest psalm in the book of Psalms, called, in its superscript, the “prayer of Moses the man of God.” Moses must have written it shortly before his death, as he looked out over the promised land and realized that he, himself, would never live there (Deuteronomy 34:4,5). It did not really matter, though, for he had lived in many places, and none of them were really his home. As a baby, he had lived for a brief while in a basket on the river, then in a queen’s palace, then forty years in Midian, and forty more years wandering in the wilderness.

Furthermore, he had been meditating on the men of God of previous generations (after all, he had compiled all their ancient records in the book of Genesis) and had found that they, too, like the Apostle Paul 1500 years later, had “no certain dwelling place” (I Corinthians 4:11). Adam had been expelled from his Garden; Noah lived for a year in an Ark on a worldwide sea, then the rest of his life in a devastated earth; Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob lived in tents in Canaan, and their descendants lived as slaves in Egypt.

Yet wherever they were, the Lord was with them. He had been their dwelling place, and this was Moses’ first thought as he composed his great prayer. He also had written down “the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death” (Deuteronomy 33:1). Its climax was this great assurance: “The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms” (v.27). The “refuge” of this promise is the same Hebrew word as “dwelling place” in our text.

We, like they, are “strangers and pilgrims on the earth” (Hebrews 11:13), but “underneath are the everlasting arms.” Where the Lord is-there home is! HMM

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The Omnipotent God (#19920323)
by Henry Morris, Ph.D.
“Then Job answered the LORD, and said, I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee” (Job 42:1,2).

This was Job’s testimony at the end of His sufferings, as God revealed Himself to him, and Job acknowledged both the omnipotence and omniscience of his Maker.

The omnipotence of God is a basic doctrine of Christianity, as well as of monotheism in general, yet multitudes of people who give mental assent to this doctrine live out their lives as though God either has died, or has become impotent, or has wandered away, leaving man alone as the captain of his fate. Therefore it is well for us occasionally to remember again some of the great Biblical affirmations of His omnipotence.

His very name is “God Almighty” (Genesis 35:11). “Ah LORD God! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee” (Jeremiah 32:17). Furthermore, God required neither time nor process to create, make, and complete the infinite cosmos in all its complexity: “By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth. . . . For He spake, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast” (Psalm 33:6,9). “He is strong in power; not one faileth” (Isaiah 40:26).

In light of this truth, all the schemes of man are trivial. “Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance” (Isaiah 40:15). Evolutionary humanism, which seeks to exalt time and chance as the cause of the universe, and man and his systems as its goal and guide, is thus the utmost foolishness!

Because He is omnipotent, His Word is trustworthy, and neither “height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 8:39). HMM

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Filling The Earth (#19920324)
by Henry Morris, Ph.D.
“And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth” (Genesis 9:1).

This was the first command given by God to mankind in the new world after the Flood. Actually, it simply renewed the first command given to Adam and Eve in the primeval world. “And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth . . .” (Genesis 1:28). The Old English word “replenish” means simply “fill,” and the same is true of the Hebrew word (mala), from which it is translated. In fact, of its 220 occurrences, the King James translators rendered it “replenish” only seven times. Almost always, they translated it by “fill,” or the equivalent.

Thus, God’s first command to men and women was to multiply until the earth was filled. Despite our latter-day concerns about exploding populations, this goal is far from accomplishment today. “Filling,” of course, would imply filling only to the optimum capacity for productive human stewardship of the earth under God.

The pre-Flood earth was filled in only 1656 years, but it was “filled with violence through them,” and God finally had to “destroy them with the earth” (Genesis 6:13)

In spite of man’s failures, the Lord has given a gracious promise: “And the LORD said, . . . as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD” (Numbers 14:20,21). This will not be man’s doing, however. When Christ returns in power and great glory as the destroying Stone, then “the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth” (Daniel 2:35). The New Earth will finally be filled with an innumerable multitude of the redeemed (Revelation 7:9), and “the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea” (Habakkuk 2:14). HMM

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A Matter Of The Will (#19920325)
by Norman P. Spotts, D.D.

“I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD” (Psalm 116:13).

Notice the “I wills” of this great psalm:

   1. “I will take the cup of salvation” (v.13). In the garden of Gethsemane, our Lord prayed, “O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt” (Matthew 26:39). On the cross, Christ drank fully of the cup of suffering and death for sin, that we might one day drink of the cup of salvation.
   2. “I will call upon the name of the LORD” (Psalm 116:13,17), “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved” (Romans 10:13). Calling on the Lord begins at salvation, and continues throughout the Christian life. “Because He hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon Him as long as I live” (Psalm 116:2).
   3. “I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living” (v.9). Not only should the believer exhibit a good testimony in his walk before the world, he also should consider if his walk before the Lord is well-pleasing.
   4. “I will pay my vows unto the LORD in the presence of all His people” (v.18). The Lord expects us to keep our word. Vows, like those in marriage, extend in two directions: upward, “unto the LORD,” and outward, “in the presence of all His people.” Vows should never be taken lightly. Both God and man have a right to expect them to be kept.
   5. “I will offer to thee the sacrifice of praise” (v.17). Praising God is a definite act of the will. The writer of Hebrews encourages us to do just that. “ By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to His name” (Hebrews 13:15). The sacrifice of praise truly is a sweet-smelling savor to God. “Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me” (Psalm 50:23). NPS

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The Prophet's Chamber (#19920326)
by Henry Morris, Ph.D.
“And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually. Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither” (II Kings 4:9,10).

This sparsely furnished little room, built by a kindly woman and her elderly husband, was the prototype of all the so-called “prophet’s chambers” that have been built for traveling teachers and evangelists ever since.

Little did this simple farm couple anticipate what fruit their kindness would bear one day, in this very room. “Be not forgetful to entertain strangers:” the Bible says, “for thereby some have entertained angels unawares” (Hebrews 13:2). In the first place, to show his appreciation, Elisha prayed that the Lord would give them a son, and God miraculously answered (II Kings 4:16,17).

Then, tragically, the boy died quite suddenly several years later, while Elisha was at Mount Carmel, some 15 miles away. The Shunammite woman laid her son on Elisha’s bed in the prophet’s chamber, then saddled her donkey, and rode hastily to find Elisha and bring him to the boy. The round trip must have taken her two days or more, and the boy’s dead body lay on the prophet’s bed in the little room all that time.

But then Elisha prayed once again, and the most amazing event took place there (II Kings 4:33–35). For the very first time in history, a dead person was restored to life.

The Shunammite woman and her son are never heard from again. But for 3000 years, the testimony of a little chamber, and the love and faith of the godly woman who prepared it as a simple service for her Lord and His prophet, has been an inspiration and example to multitudes. HMM

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Whom To Pray For (#19920327)
by Henry Morris, Ph.D.

“I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men” (I Timothy 2:1).

Let no one ever say that he has nothing to pray about, or that he doesn’t know how to pray in God’s will, for it is always in the will of God to pray for other people! This is a great gift that any Christian can give, even if he is penniless or bedridden. There are none so poor as to be unable to afford such a gift, nor can even the wealthiest give a finer gift.

Note just a few of the relevant commandments to believers: First, we are to pray for all fellow Christians: “Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints” (Ephesians 6:18). We should also pray for the lost. Jesus commanded: “The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that He would send forth laborers into His harvest” (Luke 10:2).

There is a special command to pray for sick disciples. “Pray one for another, that ye may be healed” (James 5:16). We are even told to pray for our enemies. “Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you” (Luke 6:28).

We are told to pray for Christian brethren who “sin a sin which is not unto death” (I John 5:16) though, if the sin has already led to physical death (as in I Corinthians 11:30), there is no warrant for further prayer in that case. Finally, we are especially admonished to pray “for kings, and for all that are in authority” (I Timothy 2:2), and for the ministries of those who proclaim the gospel (Colossians 4:2–4). In short, in the words of our text, we should offer up supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving for all men everywhere, “for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you” (I Thessalonians 5:18). HMM

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Paul--��s Prayer Life (#19920328)
by Henry Morris, Ph.D.

“For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of His Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers” (Romans 1:9).

The Apostle Paul was a great man of prayer. He prayed “without ceasing” for the Roman Christians. To the Corinthian church he wrote: “I thank my God always on your behalf” (I Corinthians 1:4). Similarly, to the Ephesians: “(I) cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers” (Ephesians 1:16). The same assurance was written to Philippi: “Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy” (Philippians 1:4). And to the Colossians: “For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you” (Colossians 1:9). “We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers” (I Thessalonians 1:2).

Apparently every church except those in Galatia received this assurance from the Apostle. He also prayed constantly for his personal disciples, Timothy and Philemon. “Without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day” (II Timothy 1:3). “I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers” (Philemon 4).

Paul also preached what he practiced. “Pray without ceasing,” he commanded, in his first-written epistle; “in every thing give thanks” (I Thessalonians 5:17,18). “Continuing instant in prayer” (Romans 12:12). “Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving” (Colossians 4:2). “Giving thanks always for all things” (Ephesians 5:20).

In addition to regular times of concentrated prayer, we should seek to be sensitive, moment by moment, to needs and opportunities for intimate, personal, conversational prayer with our ever-present Lord. Never was there a busier Christian than Paul, yet he somehow had time to pray. HMM

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Survival Of The Unfit (#19920329)
by Paul G. Humber, M.S.

“Ye were . . . redeemed . . . with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot” (I Peter 1:18,19).

Darwin’s theory contemplates survival of the fittest and death to the unfit. God’s truth proclaims the opposite! Jesus, the fittest of all (“without blemish and without spot”) and sustainer of the entire universe (Colossians 1:17b), died so that the unfit might survive! See Him on the pages of Scripture reaching out to the blind, lame, and dumb; see the compassion of One who cared for those blemished with leprous spots; see Him stop a funeral procession and raise the dead! May we bow our hearts in praise of such a Savior!

He offered His “precious blood” to redeem unfit people like us. He took death upon Himself so that blemished sinners might survive and experience eternal life. Even death was unable to hold this One in its grip. Jesus proved His fitness over death itself! “The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted” (Psalm 18:46).

Some have tried to further evolution along the supposed path to evolutionary advancement, but the redeemed follow a different path. May we who were once unfit-blemished with sinful spots but now washed in His precious blood, follow the lead of the Fittest-of-All by extending our hearts and hands to those who are not surviving very well. May we go to hospitals, love and adopt deformed children, care for the poor, and feed the starving. May we share the best news of all-that the Fittest came into this world so that the unfit might survive for an eternity with Him in heaven.

Jesus said, “Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light” (Matthew 11:28–30). PGH

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Where Is Wisdom? (#19920330)
by Henry Morris, Ph.D.

“But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?” (Job 28:12).

Men have been searching for this most valuable of all treasures since time began. Eve first fell into sin as she was led by Satan to believe that the forbidden fruit would make her wise. Even before Abram left Ur of the Chaldees, the patriarch Job was asking this ancient question of his three critical friends, but they could not answer.

In this chapter, Job notes that while valuable metals can be dug from the rocks of the earth (Job 28:1,2), wisdom cannot be mined by hard searching and labor. Neither can it be purchased like some commodity (vs.13–19). In terms of modern categories, wisdom is not acquired through college degrees or philosophical meditation, or any variety of human experience or study.

It can only be found in God, Himself, for “God understandeth the way thereof, and He knoweth the place thereof” (Job 28:23). “The fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding” (Job 28:28).

True wisdom is to be found in the Lord Jesus, “who of God is made unto us wisdom” (I Corinthians 1:30). In Him alone “are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge” (Colossians 2:3).

Then, of course, since the Holy Scriptures constitute His written Word, we find wisdom there. “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom” (Colossians 3:16).

If one desires wisdom-real wisdom-he must find it in the fear of the Lord, a departure from all evil, receiving Jesus Christ as Savior and sovereign Lord, and in diligence to learn and obey His Word. “For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of His mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: He is a buckler to them that walk uprightly” (Proverbs 2:6,7). HMM

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Creation Evangelism (#19920331)
by Henry Morris, Ph.D.

“But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through His name” (John 20:31).

John’s Gospel is perhaps the best tool with which to lead people to saving faith in Christ, for this was John’s very purpose in writing. He presents the claims of Christ and evidences for the deity of Christ, along with His substitutionary death and resurrection, in a uniquely effective way.

It is very important to note, however, that John begins with an affirmation of the truth of special creation. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. . . . All things were made by Him; and without Him was not any thing made that was made” (John 1:1,3). This creative Word was Jesus Christ, for “the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us” (v.14).

John also points out the world’s rejection of its Creator. “He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not” (v.10). The world, on the whole, then rejected-and still rejects-its Creator, who was “the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world” (v.9). But not all rejected, for “as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name” (v.12).

And what is His name? In context, His name is given as “the Word,” “God!” “the true Light,” (vs.1,9). Only after this is He revealed as the Lamb of God; the Son of God; the Messiah (vs.29,34,41), names which imply His functions and attributes.

If we would be more effective evangelists, we would do well to follow the approach used by John. Christ must first be accepted as the omnipotent (but offended and rejected) Creator, before He really can be understood and received as incarnate, dying, sin-purging, glorified Savior. HMM

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The Foolishness Of Human Wisdom (#19920401)
by Henry Morris, Ph.D.
“Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools” (Romans 1:22).

The Lord Jesus, in Matthew 5:22, warned His disciples against calling anyone, “Thou fool,” since we can only judge by outward acts. Yet the Scriptures, in general, and Christ, in particular (who could discern the inward character), do not hesitate to describe certain types of people as fools.

For example: “The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God” (Psalm 14:1). Anyone who tries to explain away all the innumerable evidences of God is a fool, the Bible says. So is anyone who rejects the teachings of Christ: “And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand” (Matthew 7:26). In particular, one who lays up riches for himself is in this category. “But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be” (Luke 12:20). Christ rebuked the Pharisees as “fools and blind” (Matthew 23:17,19) because of their hypocrisy.

But perhaps the most foolish of all are those who proclaim themselves to be wise and then seek to rationalize their rejection of the Word of God. The Apostle Paul gravely warns against all such man-centered wisdom: “For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God” (I Corinthians 3:19).

Such “wisdom” led to ancient paganism, and is now centered in evolutionary humanism. They “became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, And . . . worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator” (Romans 1:21,22,25, as in the context of Romans 1:18–32). Such humanistic philosophy commonly masquerades as “science,” but God has warned: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise” (I Corinthians 1:19). HMM

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Have You Got Your Ears On? (#19920402)
by Kenneth B. Cumming, Ph.D.

“A wise son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke” (Proverbs 13:1).

In this couplet resides the summary of everyday experience; the person who listens to counsel benefits, while the resistant one spurns potential blessing.

In the first half of the verse, the route of communication is a conversation between a father and son in proper relation. The father obviously has dealt well up to this point with his son, because the chain of command is intact; respect for authority and openness is evident. As a result, the father speaks easily, and the son listens attentively. The father’s wisdom becomes the son’s, and the exchange is spoken of as “instruction”-that powerful tool which passes on careful thoughts and insightful behavior.

But in the latter part of the verse, no natural relationship is mentioned. There are words spoken, but no communicating. It is a verbal battle scene in which one party is admonishing a second for poor performance. The second has shielded himself from the attacks by screening out the rebuke. Oneness has turned into conflict and irreconciliation.

Many is the father whose advice is rejected by his son-whose rebuke is scorned. Likewise, our Heavenly Father all too often finds His instruction and rebuke unheeded: “To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it” (Jeremiah 6:10). Create in me, O Lord, an open ear!

“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother” (Proverbs 1:7,8). May God help us to have ears open to His instruction! KBC

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Shaking The Earth Terribly (#19920403)
by Henry Morris, Ph.D.
“And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of His majesty, when He ariseth to shake terribly the earth” (Isaiah 2:19).

Ever since the convulsions of the Flood, the earth’s crust has been in a state of instability, causing earthquakes from time to time all around the world.

But there are earthquakes yet to come which will exceed anything ever yet experienced. The earthquake prophesied in our text was also predicted in Revelation. “And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; . . . and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. And . . . (they) hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from . . . the wrath of the Lamb” (Revelation 6:12-16). But, when these judgments of God are in the earth, those who have rejected the love of the sin-bearing Lamb of God still will remain unrepentant and will merely seek to flee His anger.

God is long-suffering, but “the great day of His wrath” will surely come (Revelation 6:17). “For thus saith the LORD of hosts; . . . I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; And I will shake all nations” (Haggai 2:6,7). “The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly” (Isaiah 24:19). Finally will come “a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great. . . . And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found” (Revelation 16:18,20).

Those who belong to Christ, however, will be delivered from the wrath to come: “This word . . . signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, . . . that those things which cannot be shaken may remain” (Hebrews 12:27). HMM

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Finding Grace (#19920404)
by Henry Morris, Ph.D.
“But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD” (Genesis 6:.

This is the very first reference in the Bible to the great concept of the grace of God. In the midst of the most violent and wicked society that history has ever seen, there was one man who was “a just man and perfect in his generations” (Genesis 6:9), and the reason why he was different was that he “found grace in the eyes of the LORD.”

Appropriately, in this first mention of such a vital doctrine, it is stressed that the grace of God is not something which is either earned or learned. It cannot be gained by good works or by much study. Grace is found! It is God’s free “gift” (Ephesians 2: to any who will receive it. “For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew Himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward Him” (II Chronicles 16:9). The eyes of the Lord surely had to search diligently in an earth “filled with violence” (Genesis 6:13) to find a man whose heart was open toward God but, when He did find such a man, “Noah found grace!”

In a beautiful pattern of divine inspiration, it is significant that the first mention of grace in the New Testament stresses the same great truth. It appears in the words of the angel Gabriel to the virgin Mary: “Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favor (literally ‘grace’) with God” (Luke 1:30). Thus Mary, like Noah, “found grace with God.” Noah was chosen by the Lord to save a believing remnant through the Flood by the building of the Ark of safety, and Mary was chosen by the Lord to bring into the world the One who would take away its sin, the eternal Ark of Salvation.

It is the same today. Although “the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men” (Titus 2:11), only “few there be that find it” (Matthew 7:14). God’s grace is available to all if they will but believe and accept it, but it takes a seeing heart and a hearing soul to find it. HMM

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The Omniscience Of God (#19920405)
by Henry Morris, Ph.D.
“Great is our LORD, and of great power: His understanding is infinite” (Psalm 147:5).

Consider the great rhetorical question asked by the Apostle Paul: “For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been His counsellor?” (Romans 11:34). The most learned scholars of every age are mere infants in knowledge compared to Him. “There is no searching of His understanding” (Isaiah 40:28).

Everyone who believes in God acknowledges that God, by definition, is omniscient. He created all things and upholds all things, and thus understands all things. He even knows all the future, for He is “the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity” (Isaiah 57:15), and He created time itself.

Now, while every believer acknowledges this, few really live as if they believe it. Most of the time, we live and speak and choose just as though God neither knows nor cares what we do. But He does know! “Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, . . . and art acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in my tongue, but lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether” (Psalm 139:2–4).

Furthermore, as our text reminds us, He is not only omniscient, but omnipotent. He is “of great power.” He has created all things, and because “He is strong in power; not one faileth” (Isaiah 40:26). Because He is omniscient, He knew how all things should be made, and because He is omnipotent, He made them that way. There would, obviously, be no thought whatever of a trial-and-error, random-mutation, survival-of-the-fittest, extinction-and-redevelopment sort of creative process with such a God.

Just as He made His creation “very good” (Genesis 1:31), so we, also, as believers saved by His grace, are “His workmanship” (Ephesians 2:10). He does know, and does care, and does work, in all our ways. HMM