“Where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there” (Jas 3:16). Envy sours the soul, confuses the mind, and becomes a breeding ground for evil. Avoid it like the plague; confess and flee it; pray for those who are its subject; and replace it with acts of love. […]
A man hated and slated to die—but now riding in kingly honor. This reminds me of Someone! “What shall be done for the man whom the king delights to honor?” (Est 6:6). Thinking that he personally is the subject of the king’s desire—what narcissist wouldn’t?—Haman waxes eloquent. Go into the royal wardrobe and pick out some […]
Do you find yourself at a point in life when you have nothing but God? Then you’re right where He wants you. […]
“…My people shall be satisfied with My goodness, says the Lord” (Jer 31:14). The world’s news is full of badness; its entertainment glorifies it; its empires build on it. Christ’s sheep should keep their noses out of the world’s pigswill. Satisfy yourself with His goodness. […]
Let me confess: It takes great restraint not to put exclamation points after every sentence! See! Timing is so crucial, and “As for God, His way is perfect” (Ps 18:30). Something seismic certainly had to happen between Esther’s Banquet 1 and Banquet 2 to turn the tide of human history. What REALLY BIG THING was God going […]
“Beware…lest—when you have eaten and are full, and have built beautiful houses and dwell in them…then you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand have gained me this wealth’” (Deut 8:11, 12, 17). Material wealth often hides spiritual treasure. I like John’s description, that the Heavenly “city was pure gold, […]
“There has not failed one word of all His good promise, which He promised through His servant Moses” (1 Ki 8:56). Five hundred years later, Solomon declared God’s faithfulness; 2000 years after Christ’s promises, we recall His mercies, march through our difficulties, and say, “He never fails” (Zeph 3:5). […]
“Their line has gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them He has set a tabernacle for the sun” (Ps 19:4). God brought Abram out of his little tent to look at God’s BIG tent (Gen 15:5). Paul uses these words in Romans 10:18 to speak […]
“The wise woman builds her house, but the foolish pulls it down with her hands” (Prov 14:1). I hardly think “the Ahasuerus who reigned over one hundred and twenty-seven provinces” (Est 1:1) liked having his buttons pushed. You remember his other wife, Vashti, disagreed once, and she was gone. Esther had defied convention by appearing in his presence […]