Our reflections this week in Crisis Counsels are based on these two verses in the book of Isaiah –

The Lord is exalted; he lives on high, filling Zion with justice and righteousness. God will provide security during a lifetime: a source of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. Reverence for the Lord will be Zion’s treasure.
Isaiah 33:5–6

Isaiah says that God is “a source of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge.” The Hebrew word translated here as “a source of” literally means a “rich store” of something. God abundantly gives salvation and wisdom and knowledge! Note that God is not described as the source of what people so often seek today, namely wealth and power and fame. God is the source of salvation and wisdom and knowledge. It is these things that we should seek, and that we will find in great abundance when we are in connection with God.

Prayer – Lead us, O Lord, to seek You, that we may receive the gifts of great value that You bestow in abundance. Share on X

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About the Author

Dr. David A. Palmer has been the senior pastor at the United Methodist Church of Kent since 1995. He has a B.A. from Wittenberg University, a Master of Divinity from Duke University, and a Doctor of Ministry from Princeton Theological Seminary. A native of Wooster, Ohio, he has served three other churches in east Ohio before coming to Kent. He and his wife, Mavis, have three children.