Seeking Pearls

1 Kings leads us through the highs and lows of Israel's relationship with God...and it is alot of lows! But through it all we see the sovereignty and grace of God.

Today as King David passes and King Solomon rises to power, we see the faithfulness of God. He keeps his covenant from one generation to the next. The humans are messy, but God is consistent and faithful.

In today's text we see many of the highs and lows of David's life. Most importantly, see how the text point us to Jesus, who takes away our sin.

Today brings us through Saul's downfall and David's rise to the throne. All along we see the faithfulness of God and his protection over those who follow him.

What amazing text we get today! God listens and communicates, God protects, God never changes his mind, and God is stronger than any evil we will ever face.

God is our King, and he desires to have our hearts follow him only. He is holy; he is powerful; he is King.

In today's very challenging text we focus on the shocking love and faithfulness of God.

Judges is a sad cycle of forgetting God, sin, oppression, forgiveness, and deliverance. It is very real, raw, and can be disheartening to read. On the other hand, we can see our own patterns of walking with God, falling away, sin, and asking God yet again to come and rescue us.

In Joshua we see God's promise to Abraham coming to fruition as the Israelites conquer the land of Canaan and make allotments of the land. God is the one true God who invites us to walk with him faithfully and love him fully.

God is a mighty, sun-stopping, covenant-fulfilling God! Correction: when I was listening I realized that I twice stated that 2-3 thousand people crossed the Jordan. I misspoke! It was 2-3 MILLION!

God is a covenant making God who walks with us people and desires a personal relationship with us. The end of Moses' life is beautiful proof of a life lived with God.

In the middle chapters of Deuteronomy we continue hearing God's command to be careful, to celebrate and rejoice, and to care for our neighbors in community. It ends with a beautiful picture of God walking amongst the people, which is exactly how the Bir begins and ends.

We have a covenant-keeping, loving, mighty God who loves us, chooses us, and asks that we love him back.

There is nothing easy or light about today's text! But it is real and powerful and full of truth. God is pure. God is holy. God is just.

The Bible is raw and real and doesn't sugarcoat a thing! Join me in some tough chapters!

God knows our names, every gift matters, he protects women, and leads us in obedience training!

God is an atoning God who claims us as his own, sets us free, communicates with us, and never breaks his covenant!

Leviticus 1-15 teaches us beautifully about the holiness, communicativeness, and love of God. Also, his brilliant intelligence! And of course, the whole thing points us to Jesus, the only sacrifice that can truly take away our sin.

Exodus 32-40 teaches about God's glory, forgiveness, willingness to act according to our prayers, beauty, love, justice, and his desire to meet with us.

Day 7! Exodus 21-31 teaches us about God's holiness, relationality, and his tremendous care for the less-powerful in the world.

Day 6: In Exodus 11-20 God works mightily and personally!

Exodus 1-10 teaches us about our great and mighty God. He is God; we are not. He is mighty; we are not. He is all-powerful; we are not.

God is so involved in every single messy detail of our lives!

Day 3! The Life of Jacob- what can the messy, deceptive, confusing life of Jacob teach us about God? So much! Join me in Genesis 25-36.

We learn amazing truths about God through the life of Abraham today.