CHRIST the MOUNTAIN CLIMBER: “For you have not come to the mountain that may be touched and that burned with fire…But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem…to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect, to Jesus the Mediator […]
“Lord, I will follow You, but…” (Lk 9:61). God’s answers are wiser than our asking, His responses fuller than our requests, His delight in hearing us greater than our desire to seek His help. We ask what we think would satisfy our little hearts; He gives what satisfies His mighty heart. He does not give […]
“Unless a kernel of wheat fall in the ground and die, it abides alone; but if it dies, it brings forth much fruit” (Jn 12:24). Undoubtedly, primarily the reference is to our Lord as that kernel of wheat. He originally abode alone in transcendent majesty, seated at the throne of God. By His word the […]
A holy reverence for God leads to a healthy respect for others. This, says the psalmist, is happy living. Psalm 128 describes the happy results (the real meaning of “blessed”) when a person “fears the Lord” and, as evidence of this, “walks in His ways” (v 1). What does it mean to fear Him? The Hebrew yârê’ can mean what we normally […]
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CHRIST the HATER: “You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of gladness more than Your companions” (Heb 1:9). They say a good gardener must not only love flowers but hate weeds. Today people have the strange notion that we must love everything. But God’s selection […]
“Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God” (1 Cor 2:12). Volvo, the Swedish car company, was dissatisfied with the inefficient lap belt and hired engineer Nils Bohlin to find a […]
“Holding fast the word of life, so that I may rejoice in the day of Christ” (Php 2:16). C.T. Studd, who turned his back on a promising career in England to give his life to worldwide missions, wrote of his early life: “Instead of going and telling others of the love of Christ, I was […]
Have you ever come to an insurmountable obstacle in your journey Home? As this story from the life of Miss Gladys Aylward illustrates, the solution is usually not human ingenuity but childlike faith. […]
Concern takes seriously our responsibilities; worry takes seriously the Lord’s. Don’t confuse the two. With Psalm 127, we’ve reached the midpoint in the 15 Songs of Degrees. The arranger, perhaps Hezekiah, placed this short and sweet psalm by Solomon as the point of the sundial. You can see how the theme fits. Solomon ran God’s […]
Read More… from October 29, 2026 — Building Houses, Building Homes