What’s to keep you safe in case of tornado, hurricane, or earthquake? Your sukah’s certainly not going to protect you. So here’s the real question: in the four walls of your permanent dwelling—the place where you live and call “home”— what’s really protecting you? Brick, mortar, or wood? A lock on the
ADONAI, You alone are my provider and protector—no construction of human hands can keep me safe. I praise You, Lord, for
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may truly know Your hand of protection… Kevin Geoffrey is the principal laborer of Perfect Word Ministries, a Messianic Jewish equipping ministry. Visit Perfect Word online at www.PerfectWordMinistries.org.
door? When the powerful forces of the world come against you, will your structure really be more reliable than the delicate, flimsy walls of a sukah?
“All who are native-born in Yis’rael [must] dwell in sukot, so that your generations will know that in sukot [ADONAI] caused the sons of Yis’rael to dwell…” The sukah reminds us that our trust ought not to be in so-called “permanent” structures made with human hands, but in the One who has the power to protect us against all adversities. We dwell in safety, not because we have the security of four, well-constructed walls, but because ADONAI is protecting, providing, and caring for us every day. In the end, even the most reliable shelter is just a sukah—one day, it will be gone . . . but we will have a permanent home with Him forever.
even when there are no walls, You shield me from harm and cause me to live. Teach me, Father, to put my trust only in You, and to remember the power of Your mighty and outstretched arm. I bless You, ADONAI, for placing me in this fragile, faltering sukah, that I
MESSIANIC MO'ADIYM DEVOTIONAL Israel’s feasts, fasts, and appointed times—the Mo’adiym—remind us of Adonai’s dramatic history with His Chosen People. But embedded in the annual cycle is also the story of our lives in Messiah. Let Israel’s appointed times come alive as author Kevin Geoffrey encourages you to develop the daily discipline of devotion.
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