After that you shall come to Gibeath-elohim, where there is a garrison of the Philistines. 1 Samuel 10:5a Scripture is packed full of hidden treasure waiting to be uncovered. I believe 1 Samuel 10:5 holds one of those valuable gems. At first glance, it doesn’t seem to offer anything too extraordinary. I passed over it […]
He sent out his word and healed them, and delivered them from their destruction. Psalm 107:20 I write today from the deep places of my soul. This world is sick, dear one, ravaged by the dominion of evil. Separation from our Creator has left us deeply wounded. Instead of life flourishing, it withers under sin’s […]
And if you do good to those who do good to you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. Luke 6:33 “Don’t hate evil more than you love good.” I read those words in a Facebook post a few days after the Dallas shootings. A police officer had posted a […]
Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. Proverbs 25:25 ESV The Gospel is good news. Literally. That’s what it means. And it is good news. The cross of Christ changed everything, offering what nothing else can. Forgiveness. Redemption. Identity. Healing. Resurrection life. Restoration. Wholeness. Power. Transformation. Grace. […]
Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you, and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. For the Lord is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him. Isaiah 30:18 Most of us don’t like waiting, especially for the good things we desire. But we’ll do it when […]
Following Jesus isn’t getting any easier, is it? While God’s plumb line for distinguishing right and wrong has remained eternally the same, the world’s keeps changing. Things that our grandparents would have considered appalling have become commonplace. Acceptable. The lines have blurred, and so have our convictions. Dear one, allowing anything other than God’s truth […]
Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love, for in you I trust. Make me know the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul. Psalm 143:8 The morning didn’t exactly go as planned. It was supposed to be a nice walk in the woods at a local park […]
O Lord, I call upon you; hasten to me! Give ear to my voice when I call to you! Let my prayer be counted as incense before you, and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice! Psalm 141:1-2 God continually calls His people to pray. In our opening scripture, David calls upon […]
“Lift up your staff, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, that the people of Israel may go through the sea on dry ground.” Exodus 14:16 When God appoints a person to a kingdom task, He provides them with the power to accomplish it. But what happens when we insist on passing […]
The Lord said to him, “Who gave human beings their mouths? Who makes them deaf or mute? Who gives them sight or makes them blind? Is it not I, the Lord?” Exodus 4:11 NIV One of my sons struggled a bit with a few of God’s choices for him. The way he put it, “I […]
