For today, One Year Bible Online links here.

    Evil people may gain wealth, but such wealth is only temporary. The rewards of godliness are eternal.

    Victory comes from God, so let us wait quietly before God. We will find rest in Him and if we faithfully and patiently wait for Him, we will not be shaken. No enemy will reach us if we rest in Him. This psalm gives me so much peace. Read the psalm and the psalmist says it so much better than I can.

    I am not one who gets much out of genealogies. Jesus was the descendant of King David and through David He was descended from several of the most important women of the Old Testament (Ruth, Rahab, and Tamar). All three of those women have interesting stories and their place in the history of faith is significant. Another interesting ancestor of Jesus is Zerubbabel, who governed the Exiles when they returned to Jerusalem.

    There is more to this passage than this, but this is what hit me today. As I read through these festivals I noticed it said in various ways that the offerings that were described were in addition to the regular offerings. That means that we should be making regular offerings to God and, in addition to those regular offerings, we should make special offerings to celebrate special events throughout the year.
    The other aspect of these festivals that came to my attention was that there were days within them where the Israelites were instructed to do no ordinary work. There are times when we should set aside our ordinary activities in order to focus on worshiping God.