Come Follow Me Meditations

Begin today with the promise God made to people who felt too ordinary to be part of anything holy. A Come Follow Me morning meditation for September 21 to 27, "A Marvellous Work and a Wonder" (Isaiah 13-14; 22; 24-30; 35).

This week Isaiah moves from warning to wonder. In Isaiah 29 a sealed book is handed first to a man who can read and then to a man who cannot, and neither one can open it. Into that closed moment God answers, ther...

Rest tonight in the promise Isaiah made to ground that had given up expecting anything. A Come Follow Me sleep meditation for September 21 to 27, "A Marvellous Work and a Wonder" (Isaiah 13-14; 22; 24-30; 35).

Isaiah 35 is written to a people who had watched good things fall apart. Cities emptied, harvests thinned, a whole landscape gone dry and quiet. Into that dryness the prophet says the wilderness and the solitary place shall b...

Caught red-handed, Noah gives the man hunting him nothing, then hands the woman who took his mother a letter he never read. Come Follow Me fiction for September 14–20, "God Is My Salvation" (Isaiah 1–12): The Ark Conspiracy, Chapter 35.

This chapter walks beside Isaiah 1–12, where the prophet warns a people who have gone badly wrong and, in the same breath, offers them a way back before they have earned one: thoug...

A gentle bedtime story about a stain that would not wash out, and the kindest promise God ever made about it. A Come Follow Me bedtime story for September 14–20, "God Is My Salvation" (Isaiah 1–12).

A girl kneels by a stream at the end of the day with a piece of cloth she cannot get clean, and her grandmother sits down beside her and tells her what the prophet Isaiah said that afternoon. God had noticed His people drift...

Begin the day with the sentence the prophet finally stopped explaining and simply said out loud. A Come Follow Me morning meditation for September 14–20, "God Is My Salvation" (Isaiah 1–12).

Isaiah is standing in the temple in the year his king died, sure of nothing except his own smallness, when a live coal from the altar touches his lips and God calls him clean. Only then does the question come, and only then can he a...

Rest tonight under a promise God has already kept once — a cloud by day and a fire by night over every ordinary house. A Come Follow Me sleep meditation for September 14–20, "God Is My Salvation" (Isaiah 1–12).

Isaiah describes a covering the Lord creates over every dwelling place and calls it a place of refuge, a covert from storm and from rain — the same pillar of cloud and fire that walked Israel out of E...

One night. One minute. And a compass needle that is not supposed to move. A Come Follow Me fiction chapter for September 7–13, "He Shall Direct Thy Paths" (Proverbs 1–4; 15–16; 22; 31; Ecclesiastes 1–3; 11–12).

This week the Come, Follow Me reading turns to Proverbs and Ecclesiastes — Solomon's collected wisdom, written down so someone coming after him would not have to learn it the hard way. Pro...

A gentle bedtime story about King Solomon and the little words that make homes peaceful. A Come Follow Me bedtime story for September 7–13, "He Shall Direct Thy Paths" — Proverbs 1–4; 15–16; 22; 31, for children and families.

When Solomon became king he could have asked God for anything, and he asked for a wise and understanding heart. He wrote what God gave him into little sayings called proverbs, and toni...

Begin your morning trusting the One who sees the whole road. A Come Follow Me morning meditation for September 7–13, "He Shall Direct Thy Paths" — Proverbs 1–4; 15–16; 22; 31 and Ecclesiastes 1–3; 11–12.

Solomon's counsel opens with a father speaking to his son in the cool of the early morning. A traveler stands at the head of a path that bends out of sight and hears the invitation to trust in th...

Rest tonight in the God who holds every season of your life. A Come Follow Me sleep meditation for September 7–13, "He Shall Direct Thy Paths" — Proverbs 1–4; 15–16; 22; 31 and Ecclesiastes 1–3; 11–12.

The Preacher of Ecclesiastes watches the lamps of the city go out from a rooftop and writes that to every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven. He has seen fields plant...

He has carried his grandfather's watch across a continent, and the answer has been inside it the whole time. Chapter 33 of The Ark Conspiracy, a Come Follow Me faith-fiction series for August 31–September 6, "Let Every Thing That Hath Breath Praise the Lord" (Psalms 102–103; 110; 116–119; 127–128; 135–139; 146–150).

THE STORY SO FAR: Noah Reyes crossed a continent with his two best friends to rea...

A gentle bedtime story about a little girl who discovers the whole world singing thank you to God — a Come Follow Me bedtime story for August 31–September 6, "Let Every Thing That Hath Breath Praise the Lord" (Psalms 146–150).

This week the book of Psalms ends in one long hallelujah. Little Miriam walks with her grandfather past the temple singers — trumpet, harp, timbrel, and cymbals — and learns the ...

Begin your morning with light for the road ahead — a Come Follow Me morning meditation for August 31–September 6, "Let Every Thing That Hath Breath Praise the Lord" (Psalms 102–103; 110; 116–119; 127–128; 135–139; 146–150).

This week the book of Psalms closes in praise. We walk with a traveler whose small lamp lights just the next step — "thy word is a lamp unto my feet" (Psalm 119) &...

Rest tonight inside the psalm for anyone who has wondered if they are truly seen — a Come Follow Me sleep meditation for August 31–September 6, "Let Every Thing That Hath Breath Praise the Lord" (Psalms 102–103; 110; 116–119; 127–128; 135–139; 146–150, Psalm 139).

This week we rest in the closing songs of the book of Psalms. Under the night sky, the psalmist of Psalm 139 discovers he is ful...

He is standing directly on top of the one machine that can save everyone — and there is no door. Chapter 32 of The Ark Conspiracy, a Come Follow Me faith-fiction series for August 24–30, "I Will Declare What He Hath Done for My Soul" (Psalms 49–51; 61–66; 69–72; 77–78; 85–86).

THE STORY SO FAR: Noah Reyes crossed a continent with his two best friends to reach a research station buried in th...

A gentle bedtime story about a king who made a wrong choice, and the quiet prayer that made him new. A Come Follow Me bedtime story for August 24–30, "I Will Declare What He Hath Done for My Soul" (Psalms 49–51; 61–66; 69–72; 77–78; 85–86, David).

Long ago, in a palace late at night, a king named David sat alone with one small oil lamp burning. He had once been a shepherd boy who made up songs ab...

Start today by remembering one rescue you never explained to anyone. A Come Follow Me morning meditation for August 24–30, "I Will Declare What He Hath Done for My Soul" (Psalms 49–51; 61–66; 69–72; 77–78; 85–86).

This week's psalms are songs of testimony. In Psalm 66 a man stops an ordinary morning to say "Come and hear, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul" — not what God did ...

Rest tonight in a psalm written by someone who could not sleep either. A Come Follow Me sleep meditation for August 24–30, "I Will Declare What He Hath Done for My Soul" (Psalms 49–51; 61–66; 69–72; 77–78; 85–86, Asaph and David).

Psalm 77 is a night song. Asaph lies awake with his hand stretched out in the dark, his soul refusing to be comforted, too troubled to speak — and he asks the que...

Some nights, being cared for doesn't look like rescue — it looks like someone quietly paying a price so you can keep walking. A Come Follow Me faith-fiction chapter for Aug 17–23, "The Lord Is My Shepherd" (Psalms 1–2; 8; 19–33; 40; 46).

THE STORY SO FAR: Seventeen-year-old Noah Reyes has crossed a drowned continent to reach his grandfather's hidden vault before the Crest Corporation can — guided only ...