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 […]
CHRIST the WORKER: “I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; the night is coming when no one can work” (Jn 9:4). Our Lord, while on earth, was a tireless worker. He worked 12-hour days at a minimum (see Jn 11:9). From His youth, He declared, “I must be […]
“Out of the depths I have cried to You, O Lord” (Ps 130:1). “‘Perhaps to suffer,’ wrote the Swiss theologian Vinet, ‘is nothing else than to live deeply. Love and sorrow are the conditions of a profound life.’ A truer word was never spoken. There would indeed be no understanding of life at all did […]
J.J. Rouse, in Pioneer Work in Canada, tells the story of a man converted in his hometown of Oro, Ontario. He described the man as “a noted character, who for years had been a ringleader in…general mischief. It was in the autumn, and the threshing of the grain was taking place…There would be from 12 […]
Do you find yourself at a point in life when you have nothing but God? Then you’re right where He wants you. […]
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 […]
CHRIST the BELIEVER’S GAIN: “I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ” (Php 3:8). In October of 1810, twenty-year-old Ann Hasseltine wrote the following in her […]
“Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe Your commandments” (Ps 119:66). Translated literally, this verse could read, “Teach me (to have) good taste and discernment.” Adam Clarke comments: “Let me see and know the importance of Divine things, and give me a relish for them.” The airwaves in the West are full of […]
Sometimes younger believers don’t engage in witnessing because older Christians around them haven’t given them a good example. This is often true, but it is still not a good reason to be a dumb priest (see 1 Pet 2:9). If you have no good examples, then be one. Timothy, a young man, was called on […]