CHRIST the CREDIT HOLDER: “We are debtors” (Rom 8:12). In Luke 7, the Lord told a story that declares every sinner in debt to God. Wonderfully, our debt can be paid by the Savior’s death. But Paul explains that there are certain debts we still owe, and are called upon to pay up ourselves, through […]
“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, […]
“Neither were thankful” (Rom 1:21). Leonard Lindsted tells of an incident at a bus stop during the days of WWII. Rationing involved the use of “mills,” red plastic coins worth a fraction of a cent. A man dropped one, and it rolled through the crowd to Leonard’s feet. He picked it up and handed it […]
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 […]
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CHRIST the CONNECTOR: “For we also are weak in Him, but we shall live with Him by the power of God…Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?” (2 Cor 13:4-5). Through Christ, we have been brought into at least seven wonderful relationships with the Lord our God. Thankfully they cannot be […]
“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 […]
My beloved first-born son and his precious wife have such a challenge with two special needs sons. As I grieved for them recently on a family holiday, the question gripped me, “Are you more compassionate than their heavenly Father?” Would I be like the one who snipped the restrictive opening of the chrysalis of an […]
“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 […]