IIT UBF - University Bible Fellowship at IIT

Daily Bread

Key Verse: 4:2a

First, they will be mine (13-18). There were many who thought it was futile to serve God, because they didn't gain from it, while evildoers around them-even those who challenged God-seemed to prosper. Yet there were those who feared the Lord and accepted his word. The Lord accepted them as his treasured possession.

Second, the day of the Lord (1-6). This is the fitting end to the Old Testament. Here the first and second comings of Christ are both testified. All proud people and all evildoers will be set on fire like hay stubble in a field. But not those who revere God. For them the Messiah will rise like the sun of righteousness with healing in his wings. He will spread his wings of protection and healing over them. In that day, God's people will leap like calves released from the stall and join in trampling down the wicked. Before the Christ comes, the forerunner must come. The Lord promised to send one like Elijah, the great prophet of Ahab's day, who called a corrupt and idolatrous people to repent and turn to God. The angel who announced the birth of John the Baptist used the words of verse 6. (Lk 1:17)

Prayer: Lord, teach me to revere your name, so that I may rest under your healing wings.

One Word: With healing in his wings