The horrific news of Job’s recent incredible losses traveled around town. His friends showed up to find Job unrecognizable, given the painful, itching boils on his body from head to toe.  Stunned, they silently sat around him for a week. But soon, they found much to say to Job – none of it helpful, as they accused him of sinning…

The day Joseph was summoned to the palace came unexpectedly. Two years prior, he hung his hope on the chief butler putting in a good word with Pharaoh so he could leave that dreadful place.  All Joseph wanted was to start over one more time.  He’d done it before and was willing to do it again. But nothing changed about his circumstances. It had been two years…

As I mentioned in the devotional “God’s Purpose for Your Placement,” Joseph was forced out of Potiphar’s home into prison. Nothing about that abrupt change in his life denoted promotion. In fact, it appeared as if he was regressing. But God’s purpose for Joseph’s life included several transitions – such as going to prison. He wasn’t being punished. He was…

God’s purpose for your placement. Joseph purposed in his heart not to sin against God, while Mrs. Potipher was all about convincing him to sin. She pressed him daily to sin, and daily, he declined. One day, the woman took things too far, grabbing him by his coat and pleading for him to sin. Instead, he ran off, leaving his…

“Get Out of That Tree!”

Yesterday, I talked about the blind man and Lazarus being put on the hit list because of their deliverance testimonies. The former blind man gained his sight. What blessed my heart today is the fact he gained insight about Jesus. It came through being targeted.  It was known among the Jews that if anyone said that Jesus was the Messiah would be…

You, too, are a target. The man born blind and Lazarus are just two examples of people who each faced a group of angry religious leaders none too happy about their testimonies of Jesus delivering them. Upon their deliverances, each became a target. The formerly blind man was thrown out of the synagogue, and Lazarus was added to the list…

A second chance. Cain was told by God what he needed to do to have his sacrifice accepted. Cain completely ignored what God said about him. He wasn’t interested in taking advantage of the second chance presented to him. He also ignored God’s warning that if he didn’t do right, sin was waiting to overtake him, but he could overcome…

This is the weekend audio edition of Rest For A Weary Soul Devotionals. To listen to prior podcasts, you can go to the Podcasts page on the website. In the Master’s Service, Pastor Michele D. Robertson, Author/Content Creator

Recently, I was blessed to witness a mighty move of God – prayers that had gone forth for more than three years were being answered, and I was amazed (not that God had answered but how He answered). While I always knew God was at work, it was difficult to grasp while living through the night season. But the Lord…

I woke up a short time ago with this thought in my heart. I thank God for the healing process I am experiencing with my eye. I reflected on the maze of emotions I maneuvered through that day. I contemplated leaving the office while the abrasive and curt physician assigned to me attempted to evaluate my situation. The person quickly…

I see men as trees.I just had laser surgery in my left eye and gingerly made my way to the parking lot. It was challenging as everything I saw from that eye was double, blurry, and had an orange tinge. The right eye was fine, so I closed my left eye and carefully followed my brother down the sidewalk to…

I see men as trees.  That was a blind man’s response to Jesus after He’d spit on his eyes, put his hands on them, and asked can you see anything?  He said I see men as trees, walking around. So Jesus touched his eyes again and made the man look up again.  The second time, he saw clearly. This scripture…

Thirty-eight years of suffering from an illness. That was the state of a man at the pool of Bethesda. He, like so many other sickly people there, was waiting for an angel to trouble the waters. The first person in the water, after the angel, was healed. Yet, time and again, the man couldn’t get to the pool first for…

Paul, on a ship with 276 other prisoners, was on his way to Rome to stand trial before Caesar.  During a portion of the trip, Paul warned a centurion named Julius that they shouldn’t set sail because doing so at that time would be dangerous to the ship and its occupants.  Julius ignored Paul’s advice but took the counsel of the…

Messy. Sometimes, life can be messy despite our efforts to avoid all things messy. I’m so grateful the Lord isn’t intimidated by our messy lives and works through it. God could have chosen an easier route for Joseph to rise to become governor. Still, He decided to take him through a massively messy process. God could have prevented Joseph’s brothers…

No one and nothing can silence the voice of God. Threatening God’s people, throwing them in prisons or a blazing furnace, sending them into exile, stoning them, scorning them, selling them to slave traders, cheating and lying on them, etc., nothing can silence His voice. The ten spies didn’t change the voice of God calling His people to their Canaan.…

Peter was so sure of himself when Jesus warned him about satan desiring to have him and sift him like wheat. Jesus added that even though this was what satan desired, He’d already prayed for Peter that his faith wouldn’t fail and that once converted, he would strengthen others. But Peter was in a good place in his head. At…

I wanted to cry. It had been a very long day at work. I was tired and frustrated, and the headache I nursed throughout the day was getting worse. I was mentally changing hats for the next phase of my day. There was so much for me to process and do. Yes, I wanted to cry. I walked into the…

Four young men, Hananiah, Mishael, Azariah, and Daniel, were among the Hebrews captured and hauled off to Babylon.  King Nebuchadnezzar changed their names to Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego, and Belteshazzar as if to erase their old life, attempting to rebrand them to match their new surroundings.  Perhaps it was an effort to reinforce the idea that their past was over and…