“Better a handful with quietness than both hands full, together with toil and grasping for the wind” (Eccl 4:6). Solomon reminds us (9x) that going after this world is “grasping for the wind.” Why run if you’re on the wrong road? Why fight if you’re in the wrong war? Make sure today is lived for […]
How ready God is to give us another chance! Like His wisdom, He is “easy to be entreated” (Jas 3:17, KJV). The psalmist clearly thinks that Psalm 60 should be kept for posterity, hung on our walls and hidden in our hearts. It’s given to the Concert Master for public use. He calls it “A Michtam of David. […]
CHRIST the LORD of the HARVEST: “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest” (Mt 9:37-38). Andrew Murray writes, “Christ meant to teach us that, however large the field may be, and however few the laborers, prayer is the […]
“With my soul I have desired You in the night, yes, by my spirit within me I will seek You early; for when Your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness” (Isa 26:9). Do you see how strategic Isaiah’s thinking is? Lying in the darkness, he contemplates world-sized thoughts. […]
J.F. Strombeck, in his book, So Great Salvation, suggests God’s salvation is great because it is available to such a great number: “the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe” (Rom 3:22). As well, it is great because of what was required to accomplish […]
“For if we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s” (Rom 14:8). The believer understands both the how and why of life: “by faith” (Rom 1:17), “by every word of God” (Lk 4:4), “by the Spirit” (Gal […]
CHRIST the PROMISE-KEEPER: “Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful” (Heb 10:23). Henry Durbanville tells the following story: William P. White recounts how, as a young preacher, he received a message one morning, “Father Junkins is dying and wants to see you.” The dying man […]
“Arise, O Lord! O God, lift up Your hand! Do not forget the humble” (Ps 10:12). Humility brings vulnerability; but it also brings victory, since “the Lord lifts up the humble” (147:6). Before being called to India, William Carey was trained as a cobbler. But how did the Lord use him in the work? Robert […]
Abdullah did not see why the Messiah must die for our sins. I took him to Genesis, telling him the story of a holy, faithful, and loving God who created humans to enjoy a close relationship with Himself. Next, we heard of God’s prohibition to Adam (2:16-17). I asked Abdullah, “Did God tell Adam that […]