God's Word Speaks to Us Today

It was 4 am, dark and silent. I sat on the edge of my bed, head in my hands, sunk in the grip of a terrible depression. The last thing I wanted to do was read my Bible, but for 25 years I had kept a practice of early morning quiet times. It was not a habit easily broken.

As I came to the end of Leviticus 23, I couldn’t for the life of me remember anything that I had read, except that chapter 23 had something to do with feasts.

I was about to close the Bible, but I felt compelled to at least reread chapter 23 to see what feasts the Lord had ordained for the people so long ago. In that second reading the Holy Spirit spoke to and soothed my wounded heart. As I read about the Passover offering in 23:5 and the day of atonement in 23:27, I thought about how Christ’s sacrifice is like that Passover offering and that through his sacrifice, Jesus Christ atoned for my sin.

Through this reading, the glory of what God had done for me through Christ Jesus my Saviour drove away the darkness of my depression that morning with the light of the wonder of forgiveness, love, mercy and grace.