Haderekh Messianic Devotional

“For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” Matthew 6:21 It is said that if you want to get to know someone, listen carefully to what they mostly talk about. In Luke 6:45, Yeshua said, “Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.” In other words, whatever is in the heart of a person, it will, sooner or later, be revealed through the words which come out of their mouth. So, how can you tell what someone is passionate about? Listen to what they talk about. If they are passionate about football, basketball, cars, or gardening, art or books, to quote a phrase, they will...

“And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed.” 2 Kings 4:6 People talk about whether a glass is half full or half empty, saying that a pessimist sees a glass of water as “half empty”, but an optimist sees it as “half full.” Actually, the glass is always full, partly with water and partly with air. In the same way, that is just like people. All of our minds are full of ideas and opinions on all sorts of subjects. The saying goes that it takes wisdom to see that even if...

“And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed.” 2 Kings 4:6 This poor widow woman cried out to Elisha, the prophet, saying her husband had died and that, to clear her debts, the creditors intended to take her two sons into slavery as payment. Elisha asked her what she had in her house and she replied that only a pot of oil remained. Elisha told her to gather as many empty vessels as she could, to shut the door, pour out the oil into all the vessels and set aside all...

“They came to Him, bringing one sick of the palsy, bourne by four of them. And when they could not get near, they uncovered the roof where He was and let down the bed wherein he lay.” Mark 2:3-4 In three of the four Gospels we read of a paralysed man being brought by four friends to be healed by Yeshua. But the house where Yeshua was speaking was so crowded they were unable to get near, let alone into the room where Yeshua was. We know these men loved their friend very deeply as they were not about to be put off receiving the miracle he needed because of a crowd of people around Yeshua....

“The angel of Yehovah encamps round about them that fear him, and delivers them.” Psalm 34:7 In 2 Kings 6 we read that Yehovah kept revealing to the prophet Elisha the schemes the king of Syria was hatching against the children of Israel, even things he spoke of in his bedroom. The result was that Elisha was able to warn the King of Israel what their enemy were plotting against them, so the Israelites were always able to outsmart the Syrian army. When the King of Syria learned this, he sent a large company of soldiers, horses and chariots to surround the city of Dothan, were Elisha lived,...

“And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.” Matthew 7:25 On the side of a disused railway line, now a cycle and footpath near where I live, is something which stirs my mind and heart each time I pass it. There are two, twenty-foot-tall trees growing out of a narrow ledge on the front of a vertical cliff-face. The cliff and ledge are both solid rock - with a thin layer of soil on the ledge, which has obviously dropped from above and settled there over the years. Both trees are thriving and...