At the potter’s wheel Jeremiah learns how God’s sovereignty and our responsibility meet: warnings aim at rescue, and promises call for obedience. Yield to the Lord’s shaping hands today, for he delights to rebuild what sin has marred.
Isaiah 45 reveals God’s unmatched rule as he grasps Cyrus’s hand to free exiles and rain righteousness on the earth. The chapter ends with a global oath—every knee will bow and every tongue confess that in the Lord alone are strength and deliverance.
Isaiah 13 raises the Lord’s banner over history and announces Babylon’s downfall. The oracle blends battlefield and sky, humbling pride and comforting the oppressed by revealing a God who musters judgment now and previews the final Day when arrogance is ended and justice stands.
Isaiah 10 indicts crooked laws, reveals Assyria as a rod in God’s hand, and then humbles that rod for boasting. At the center stands a promise: a remnant will return and truly rely on the Holy One, as the Mighty One lifts Zion’s yoke and fells the forest of pride.
Ecclesiastes 7 gathers “better-than” wisdom into a portrait of sober joy under God’s hand. It exposes extremes, names universal sin, and points to hope beyond the sun where wisdom finds its rest.
Plenty cannot guarantee pleasure, and roaming desire never says “enough.” Ecclesiastes 6 teaches that enjoyment itself is God’s gift and that humble trust, not human leverage, anchors meaning under the sun.
Proverbs 21 shows how God rules kings and weighs hearts, calling us to choose righteousness over ritual, diligence over haste, generosity over greed, and trust in the Lord whose counsel stands and whose victory endures.
Proverbs 20 trains daily faithfulness where God directs steps and honest measures honor him. Learn how sobriety, counsel, restraint, and truthful work shape communities God delights to bless.
Psalm 93 proclaims the Lord’s eternal kingship that stills the seas and steadies creation. It calls worshipers to trust, obey steadfast statutes, and adorn his house with holiness.
Job 40 confronts the instinct to justify self by accusing God. The Lord exposes the futility of self-salvation and points to Behemoth as a living argument for humble trust in his righteous rule.
Job 37 turns weather into worship, calling sufferers to listen, revere, and trust the God whose power is unsearchable and whose righteousness never oppresses. As the sky clears, hearts are readied to hear the Lord speak from the whirlwind.
Elihu counters the despairing claim that serving God is useless by defending the Lord’s impartial justice and inviting teachable repentance. Job 34 steadies faith with the assurance that God sees, hears, and acts in his time.
Job 23 pursues a hearing with God and finds courage in divine hiddenness: “He knows the way that I take.” The chapter teaches refined faith, hunger for God’s word, and bold prayer before the Almighty who will vindicate in his time.
Job 13 models candid faith that refuses slogans and seeks God himself. It warns counselors against partiality and steadies sufferers with resilient hope.