Matthew 14:8 Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.” Injustice isn’t supposed to happen. God never created the world to be rife with it. He loves justice (Isaiah 61:8). All his works are just; not even a trace of Continue Reading…
Matthew 6:25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry….” It is not harmless. It bears unsuspecting consequences. It sucks the life out of hope and stops faith in its tracks. Oswald Chambers says it is the first sign of infidelity. Jesus said not to do it. Yet most of us Continue Reading…
Psalm 37:7 “Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him….” Waiting. For most of us, waiting is not our favorite past time. We rarely see it as valuable or instrumental in our spiritual growth. We’re more likely to view it as something to endure, a harbinger for worry Continue Reading…
Psalm 115: 11 “You who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord! He is their help and their shield.” I’ve recently noticed a significant change in my life. When things don’t work out the way I expected, it doesn’t bother me as much as it used to. Disappointments don’t hang on me like Continue Reading…
2 Corinthians 1:9 “Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead.” After what seemed like a marathon of work—writing, editing, rewriting, re-editing—the manuscript for my 365-day devotional book was finally ready Continue Reading…
Proverbs 16:9 “The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps.” [ESV] If I ever questioned whether God could or would involve himself in my life, it was put to rest when I got my first “real” job. I was finishing my graduate work at the Continue Reading…
1 Samuel 26:10 “As surely as the Lord lives, the Lord himself will strike him, or his time will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish.” Don’t we all at times have trouble holding situations in life loosely? Speaking as someone who has a Continue Reading…
Joshua 11:15 “As the Lord commanded his servant Moses, so Moses commanded Joshua, and Joshua did it; he left nothing undone of all that the Lord commanded Moses.” I love those days when everything falls into place. Items on my list checked-off, all tasks completed. To the best of my awareness I’ve finished whatever Continue Reading…
Deuteronomy 7:22 “And the Lord your God will drive out those nations before you little by little….” We want change and we want it now! It’s a sentiment we’ve all experienced at one time or another. Whether in recovering from an illness, struggling in a relationship, or in how we Continue Reading…
Psalm 73:25 “Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you.” Have you ever felt like the Psalmist? He looks at the state of the world around him and sees those far less upright than him prospering. The rich and ruthless seem to be Continue Reading…