Haderekh Messianic Devotional

“Whom do men say I, the Son of Man, am?” Matthew 16:13 Matthew chapter 16 tells us that Yeshua asked His disciples whom the people said He was. They replied that some said He was John the Baptist, some said Elijah, while others said Jeremiah or one of the other prophets. On hearing that, Yeshua asked them, ‘…whom do YOU say I am?’ That was when Peter answered, ‘You are the Messiah, the Son of the Yehovah’. Yeshua wanted to know who the people of Israel thought He was. After all, He was the Messiah the people of Israel had been expecting since the prophets in the Tanakh had foretold His...

‘The sower sows the word.’ Mark 4:14 (NKJV) The parable of the Sower could be explained simply using the phrase ‘Go, Sow, Grow and Mow.’ When Yeshua told the story, He explained that the seed is the Word of Yehovah, but He does not say who the sower is! Perhaps it does not matter; the point is that someone had to GO and liberally sow the seed (the Word of Yehovah), all over the place! Their job was to SOW the seed everywhere, not just on the areas that looked good. Some seed fell on ground that was ready to receive it; it grew immediately and matured quickly. Other seed fell on ground that...

“Flee also youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.” 2 Timothy 2:22 The 80-year-old bishop was visiting the parish of a young curate, when, one evening the curate asked the elderly sage for some advice. He wanted to know if the bishop could give him an idea of when a man in his position could expect to no longer be tempted to lust after the ladies in his parish. The wise old man considered his response, then answered, “Young man, if and when I reach that stage myself, I will let you know.” We know that sexual lust would...

“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yehovah, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.” (NKJV) Jeremiah 29:11 You rarely know the whole story when you pick up a book; not every chapter, page, paragraph or phrase in advance of reading it. But if you know the author, you know you can trust him to bring the story to an “it will be all alright in the end” conclusion. You are confident that he had a ready-made plan, fully mapped out in intricate detail for each and every chapter. You trust that he, as the author, knew everything will round up to a...

“…your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.” Acts 2:16-17 You may have said, or perhaps heard someone who, perhaps would no longer be thought of as “young”, say that they “will sleep on it.” Some of us go to bed, and sleep soundly, but by morning, find we have woken once or twice thinking about something that was on our mind the evening before. We may even have dreamed about it and miraculously found the solution to a conundrum we had no answer to the night before. It is strange that when we are least physically...

“But you shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.” Acts 1:8 The Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke tell us the parable of the sower which Yeshua told to the multitudes who followed Him. It goes along these lines: a sower went out to sow... Some seeds fell on the wayside, the pathways at the side of the field; some fell on stony ground, where rocks and stones lay; some fell on thorny ground, which had not been cleared of weeds and briars; and some fell on good ground. The birds ate the seed from the wayside; the...