Devotion: Seeking the Lord Above AllScripture“He did not seek guidance from the LORD. Therefore the LORD put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David the son of Jesse.”— 1 Chronicles 10:14When Scripture reflects on the downfall of King Saul, it doesn’t highlight his battles, his mistakes, or even his jealousy as the main cause of his ruin. Instead, the Word of God sums it up in one pierci...  Read More

King Saul’s downfall began when he stopped seeking the Lord, but Scripture makes it clear that God draws near to those who seek Him. His blessing, guidance, and protection are poured out on hearts that pursue Him with sincerity and trust.Key Scriptures on Seeking the Lord1. Jeremiah 29:13“You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.”Why this fits: God promises that unlike Sa...  Read More

Judges 19-21Now it came about in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite staying in the remote part of the hill country of Ephraim, who took a concubine for himself from Bethlehem in Judah. But his concubine played the harlot against him, and she went away from him to her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah, and was there for a period of four months. Then her...  Read More

Judges 17-18Now there was a man of the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Micah. He said to his mother, “The eleven hundred pieces of silver which were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse in my hearing, behold, the silver is with me; I took it.” And his mother said, “Blessed be my son by the LORD.” He then returned the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother, and his mother s...  Read More

Judges 16:28–31 Then Samson called to the LORD and said, “O Lord GOD, please remember me and please strengthen me just this time, O God, that I may at once be avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.”Samson grasped the two middle pillars on which the house rested, and braced himself against them, the one with his right hand and the other with his left.And Samson said, “Let me die with the Phili...  Read More

Judges 15:18–20Then Samoson became very thirsty, and he called to the LORD and said, “You have given this great deliverance by the hand of Your servant, and now shall I die of thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?”But God split the hollow place that is in Lehi so that water came out of it. When he drank, his strength returned and he revived. Therefore he named it En-hakkore, which i...  Read More

Judges 13:2-5There was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren and had borne no children.Then the angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, “Behold now, you are barren and have borne no children, but you shall conceive and give birth to a son.  Now therefore, be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclea...  Read More

Judges 3:31; 5:5After him (Ehud) came Shamgar the son of Anath, who struck down six hundred Philistines with an ox goad; and he also saved Israel.  In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, In the days of Jael, the highways were deserted, And travelers went by roundabout ways.Judges 10:1–5Now after Abimelech (a wicked leader who was destroying Israel form the inside) died, Tola the son of Puah, the...  Read More

Judges 10:18-11:3The people, the leaders of Gilead, said to one another, “Who is the man who will begin to fight against the sons of Ammon? He shall become head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.”Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a valiant warrior, but he was the son of a harlot. And Gilead was the father of Jephthah.  Gilead’s wife bore him sons; and when his wife’s sons grew up, they drove Jephtha...  Read More

Judges 10bThen the sons of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, served the Baals and the Ashtaroth, the gods of Aram, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the sons of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; thus they forsook the LORD and did not serve Him.  The anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and into the hands of t...  Read More

What do people call you?How do you want to be seen?If we’re lucky, people define us by our greatest achievements or best qualities.Depending on the setting, I’m often introduced as:?“A well-known Hindi worship leader”?“The guy who wrote ‘Hum Gaye Hosanna’”❤️“Jenny’s husband”?“Zac’s dad”But sometimes, society chooses to define us by our biggest struggle, worst failure, or least appealing trait inst...  Read More

What she said behind my back! ?When Jenny and I were dating, she once went on a road trip with a group of her friends, people I had never met before. Sometime later, when I finally met them, they said, “It’s so great to finally meet you! Jenny talked our ears off about you the entire 13-hour road trip!” This made me feel so special! ?It’s encouraging to receive a compliment from someone directly, ...  Read More