Haderekh Messianic Devotional

'How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily?...' Psalm 13:2 (NKJV) Often the mind is like a darkroom where you develop all your negatives of fear and doubt. The 'darkroom' of the mind works in a similar way to a photographer's darkroom: the images are kept hidden from the light, time is spent soaking them in the right environment, and then they are displayed to become clearer and fully formed. Instead of choosing to dwell on the negatives in life, choose to release your mind to dream and imagine once again. To do this, you may find that you need to wrestle...

“I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.” 2 Timothy 4:7 In the hustle and bustle of our log-jammed, busy lifestyles today, it is good to be challenged to keep our priorities in line with some that Yehovah Himself sets for us. Let us consider some of those today.1. Keep the main thing the main thing. 2 Corinthians 11:3 speaks about “the simplicity which is in Yeshua.” Stop complicating things! Our Christian walk is all about our relationship with Yehovah and our relationship with people, which we could sum up as “love Yehovah; and love people like He...

“And he (Yeshua) was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow.” Mark 4:38 A recent post on social media said, “Do not take the presence of the storm to indicate the absence of Yehovah.” We all face the storms of life and, despite coming through them, it is easy to find ourselves in a blind panic, imagining we will never survive the latest one to hit us, because of some seemingly unique and awful set of circumstances. Several of Yeshua’s disciples were experienced fishermen, accustomed to the storms which occurred on the Sea of Galilee, where a number of them earned their livings....

“I will fear no evil…, thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.” Psalm 23:4 As a follower of Yeshua, we learn early on in our walk with Him, that we have an enemy who opposes our stand for Him and our determination to live our lives in a way which pleases and honours Yehovah. The Scriptures warn us that the devil comes like a thief to steal from and to kill and destroy us. (John 10:10). It also warns us that he stalks around, roaring like a lion (not that he is a lion, but he likes to pretend to be one), trying to make us fearful and to find ways to devour and overcome us in our walk as...

“I will fear no evil: for thou art with me." Psalm 23:4 Have you ever, whether as a child at school or in the playground or, maybe worse still, as an adult in the workplace, been bullied by someone who wanted to undermine, belittle, control or dominate you? The bully in the office may be bigger, older and sometimes bolder than the playground bully, but their behaviour and tactics resemble each other more accurately than we may imagine. Unfortunately, when you are on the receiving end of such overbearing dominance when it is being played out by adults, you may feel as equally, if not more so,...

“Be content with such things as ye have.” Hebrews 13:5 The story goes that a father offered his young daughter as many coins as she could pick out of a cookie jar. When she agreed to the challenge, her father placed on the table a cookie jar filled with 5 cent coins. Anxious to take as many as possible she thrust her hand inside. Clutching as many as she could, she was about to withdraw her hand when her father put another jar on the table, this one filled with 20 cent coins. Seeing this, the little girl wanted to take some of those too - but when she tried to withdraw her hand from the 5p...