“Then God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night, and said, ‘Jacob, Jacob!’ And he said, ‘Here I am’” (Gen 46:2). He knows you well, believer. But on only seven occasions do we have it recorded that the Lord called one of His people twice in a row: “Abraham, Abraham!” (Gen 22:11). “Jacob, […]
When tragedies hit the headlines, the first question always is: “Where’s your God of love now?” […]
We need to be careful of our wishes—we might just get them! Did Job really want to confront God? Job wanted God to be near so he could plead his cause. “I would present my case before Him, and fill my mouth with arguments.…Would He contend with me in His great power? No! But He would take note […]
Read More… from September 19, 2025 — Would You Show Up For A Showdown?
“Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart” (Ps 37:4). This is not a “trick” promise; the secret should be obvious. If you begin by assuming, in this desert world, that “all my springs are in You” (87:7), promise will change to possession. If we set our […]
“Nothing is so near to me as God. God is nearer to me than I am to myself.” —Meister Eckhart (c 1260–1328) It’s hard to catch anything being said when it comes at us rat-a-tat-tat. But Job picks up one thought from Eliphaz’s last speech. His friend has inferred that God’s abode in the third […]
“When leaders lead in Israel, when the people willingly offer themselves, bless the Lord!” (Jdg 5:2). After the sweeping heaven-given victory against the far superior forces of Sisera, Deborah and Barak sang a duet, beginning with this line. Without being political, let me say, this is what we need in the world today: leaders who […]
“Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and uphold me by Your generous Spirit” (Ps 51:12). If Eliphaz had only been right in his premise—“Is not your wickedness great, and your iniquity without end?” (Job 22:5)—the words of Job 22 would have been an excellent step-by-step recovery program for a fallen saint. He was wrong, of […]
Read More… from September 17, 2025 — The Path Of Restoration
“Keep back Your servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me” (Ps 19:13). Presumptuous sins! These are sins committed not through weakness or the enemy’s stealth, but from our own deliberate action. They are sins that we engage in against our own best judgment and in spite of the light of […]
Job raises a warning to his friends that we all need to heed—the danger of judgmental shortsightedness. Because a man is rich or poor on the outside, does this reflect his status before God? Does this man “say to God, ‘Depart from us, for we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways. Who is the […]
Read More… from September 16, 2025 — A Deep Dive Into Shallow Thoughts