Haderekh Messianic Devotional

‘And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.’ Galatians 6 Verse 9 Archimedes is meant to have said, ‘Give me a lever that is long enough and somewhere to stand and I will move the world’. Sometimes we just need someone to give us the tools to do the job. We may have passion, determination, talent and strength, but it is not enough unless we are equipped with the ‘lever’ – the tools and materials to move the mountains that stand before us. Yehovah always equips us for what He has called us to do, but we need to know what tools to use, and where we...

‘I will lift up my eyes to the hills – From whence comes my help?’ Psalm 121:1 (NKJV) David was a man who seemed to get himself into problems and situations of his own making from time to time. Does that sound familiar? We all do that at times, don’t we? Yet David knew where to run to when he was in need of help. He often cried out to Yehovah for help and strength: ‘Be my strong refuge, to which I may resort continually; You have given the commandment to save me, for You are my rock and my fortress’ (Psalm 71:3). David also often declares who Yehovah is: ‘Yehovah is my rock and my fortress...

'In all things Yehovah works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose' Romans 8:28 (NIVUK) The Bible says that you are saved by grace, through faith, and that Yehovah has a plan for your life if you seek Him! Faith discovers the rewards of the plans of Yehovah. Have you ever experienced the disappointment of believing that Yehovah will heal someone that you are praying for, but they have died? Does that mean that you had failed somehow? Of course not! Faith is the substance of what you hope for, and so if you hoped for healing, then you were operating...

'Let him who boasts, boast in Yehovah' 1 Corinthians 1:31 (NASB) One of Jim Burke's first tasks when he became the head of a new projects division at Johnson & Johnson, was the development of a children's chest rub. The product failed miserably, and Jim expected to be fired. However, when he was called to explain his failure before the chairman of the board, Robert Wood Johnson, he was surprised to hear, 'Are you the one who just cost us all that money' Well, I just want to congratulate you. If you are making mistakes, that means you are taking risks, and we won't grow unless you take...

'For sorrow towards Yehovah produces repentance leading to salvation, ...but the sorrow of the world produces death.' 2 Corinthians 7:10 (NKJV) An example of the difference between accusation and conviction is found in the lives of Judas Iscariot and Simon Peter. Judas allowed Satan to deceive him into betraying Yeshua for 30 pieces of silver. When Judas realised what he had done, he was so remorseful that he hung himself. This was a result of accusation, because accusation always leads to death, whereas conviction leads to repentance, and life. Peter also failed Yeshua by denying...

"These are the people of Yehovah, and yet they have gone out of His land" Ezekiel 36:20 (NKJV) The exile of Yehovah's people is probably the most significant moment in the history of Israel. Perhaps even more that the lives of Abraham, Moses or David, the exile was a crucial turning point. It was so important because they had lost the land. The most shameful thing about being in exile was not the slavery, the poverty, the suffering - it was having been kicked out of the land. Because believers are often a minority, they tend to shy away from praying for the country they live in; instead they...