“Is it time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, and this temple to lie in ruins?” (Hag 1:4). You can tell that many of God’s people are hard workers. Just look at our houses and cars! Of course, these are not wrong in themselves—unless they’re squeezing out our work for the Lord. […]
“God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by His Son” (Heb 1:1-2). God spoke by His Son, who not only used familiar themes—eating, drinking, etc., He spoke to common need: love restored, forgiveness offered, freedom […]
“They have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they showed difference between the unclean and the clean” (Ezek 22:26). Today black blends into white through subtle grays. Sin embraces love and tolerance. How do we get it right? Colors under lamps change when in sunlight. “In YOUR light we see light” […]
“As it is written: ‘Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him’” (1 Cor 2:9). Nothing around me anticipates the world to come; no conversations of clever men could unlock these secrets; even our heart’s desires won’t […]
“Of this salvation the prophets have inquired and searched carefully…things which angels desire to look into” (1 Pet 1:10, 12). The prophets of old and the angels on high—both had a gripping curiosity…about what? About our salvation! They wanted to inquire, search carefully, look into, its wonders. Do we today? […]
“But when they saw it, they all complained, saying, ‘He has gone to be a guest with a man who is a sinner’” (Lk 19:7). Meant to condemn, it now commends Him to heart-broken sinners. The swindler is changed to a saint, the thief to a philanthropist. Zacchaeus (from Zakkay, “pure”) finally matches his name. […]
“A great and strong wind tore into the mountains…but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake; and after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice” (1 Ki 19:11-12). […]
“Lord, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life” (Rom 11:3). Ever get the Elijah Syndrome: “I alone am left”? Sometimes a minority only means all the fools are on the other side. But God says we tend to underestimate how well He […]
“Whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life” (Jn 4:14). Jesus isn’t just a fountain—He’s the Fountain of fountains! Every thirsty soul who comes to Him doesn’t get a […]