“In vain you get up early and stay up late, working hard to have enough food – yes, He gives sleep to the one He loves.” – Psalm 127:2 Let’s go back one verse. Psalm 127:1 raises two sets of questions. First, “what is the Lord building?” and consequently, what should I build? Second, “what is […]
Read More“He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and they will trust in the Lord.” – Psalms 40:3 It wasn’t my mouth that led me to this truth. It was my ears. “My chains are gone. I’ve been set free…” I had just given […]
Read MoreIf you haven’t read this story lately, it will be well worth five minutes to read 2 Kings 6:8-23. Did you see the difference between Elisha and his servant? One looked at the size of the enemy and gave up hope. The other looked at his Lord and rested secure. When the enemy seems to overwhelm […]
Read More“When the earth and all its inhabitants shake, I am the one who steadies its pillars.” – Psalm 75:3 Rarely in the course of human history has the earth and all its inhabitants been shaken at the same time, but looking around the world today we see much shaking. Even the pillars we have come to […]
Read More“As He laid His hands on each one of them, He healed them.” – Luke 4:40 With a touch, Jacob blessed his grandson (Genesis 48:14). With a touch, Cain murdered his brother (Genesis 4:8). With a touch, the psalmist knew the Lord’s presence and protection (Psalm 139:5). With a touch, the psalmist’s enemy was swept […]
Read More“Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, ‘Can a child be born to a hundred-year-old man? Can Sarah, a ninety-year-old woman, give birth?’” – Genesis 17:17 Abraham believed what God said…but laughed at how God said He would keep His promise…through his aging wife. Laughing at God reveals not that we don’t believe […]
Read More“The angel of the Lord found her by a spring in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur. He said, “Hagar, slave of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?” She replied, “I’m running away from my mistress Sarai.” The angel of the Lord said to her, “Go back…” – Genesis 16:7-9a I take […]
Read MoreThen Sarai said to Abram, “You are responsible for my suffering! I put my slave in your arms, and when she saw that she was pregnant, I became contemptible to her. May the Lord judge between me and you.” – Genesis 16:5 I take faith into my own hands…when I rely on the wrong savior, like Sarai did. Sarai […]
Read More“Sarai said to Abram, “Since the Lord has prevented me from bearing children, go to my slave; perhaps through her I can build a family.” And Abram agreed to what Sarai said.” – Genesis 16:2 I take faith into my own hands…when I listen to the wrong voice like Abram did. Just as Adam listened to Eve, Abram listened to Sarai […]
Read More“The Lord appeared to him…Then Abram fell facedown and God spoke with him…” (Genesis 17:1-3) What is the right response when God appears and speaks to you? Ask Moses, Isaiah, Ezekiel, Peter, and Abram, and they would tell you that right or not, when God speaks you can’t help but get low before Him. One day […]
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