Things may seem to be topsy-turvy now, but all will be right in the end. God will make sure of it. As we study Psalm 75, we realize we’ve arrived at the midpoint of the Psalter. It’s both a psalm and a song, one of thanksgiving to God. Although only 10 verses, it’s a cornucopia […]
CHRIST OUR ROOMMATE: “If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in…” (Rev 3:20). Martha Snell Nicholson, author of many inspiring poems, was bedridden for 29 years. Yet a reader today would never detect that she suffered excruciating pain due to tuberculosis, arthritis, angina, Parkinson’s, and finally cancer. For, as she […]
“And David’s heart condemned him after he had numbered the people. So David said to the Lord, ‘I have sinned greatly in what I have done; but now, I pray, O Lord, take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have done very foolishly’” (2 Sam 24:10). Exodus 30:11-16 could not have been plainer: […]
“You know what kind of men we were among you for your sake. And you became followers of us and of the Lord” (1 Thess 1:5-6). A recent believer wrote the following to a friend who had encouraged her to find new life in Christ: “I saw that you lived by convictions and priorities and […]
Learning to wait on a God for whom “one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day” (2 Pet 3:8). There is debate about the historical setting for Psalm 74. Some say it couldn’t be the Asaph of David’s time, because the psalm pictures the destruction of the temple. Notice that this […]
CHRIST the TRUE ONE: “Teacher, we know that You are true…” (Mt 22:16). He is the True Illuminator: “That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world” (Jn 1:9). He is the True Life-Giver: “…My Father gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is […]
“Father, if it is Your will, take this cup away from Me; nevertheless not My will, but Yours, be done” (Lk 22:42). If ever there were an example to follow in prayer, it is our Master. He chose never to act in self-will, even though that will was in alignment with His Father’s. We can’t […]
Having given a stirring appeal to every believer to engage in a ministry of gospel reconciliation on behalf of God Himself, the apostle Paul then paints a portrait of such a servant/ambassador. His description includes these lines: “We then, as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God […]
Instead of fussing and fuming over life’s inequities, “it is good for me to draw near to God” (Ps 73:28). We’ve been considering Asaph’s Dilemma (Ps 73:1-12). Notice that his problem isn’t really with these ungodly people; it’s with God Himself. He just can’t see why the Lord allows the wicked to prosper and to defy God in the […]