Then answered Peter and said unto Him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and have followed Thee; what shall we have therefore?” (Matt. 19:27). Peter betrayed a wrong mind, the mind of the natural man in Matthew 19:27. His words betrayed a bargaining spirit. The Lord certainly allows the claims of service. At once He tells […]
Before you conclude from the cover that Uplook has gone to the dogs, give me a chance to explain. We have recently added a new four-legged member to the household, a tricolor Bassett hound named Rey-Mar Kayla Victoria. For those interested, the name Rey-Mar comes from the breeder. Victoria comes from an attempt to add […]
There is an interesting verse in Acts 13:36 which says, “David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep . . . ” If you will allow me to apply that thought in a different context, I would say that many books and their writers serve their own […]
The expression “a thorn in the flesh” is known to nearly every man and woman to signify some kind of irritant, often identified as some person who is the source of irritation. If the Apostle Paul, who put the expression in Holy Scripture (2 Cor. 12:7), did not say what his thorn was. It could […]
How strange to Martha and Mary must have appeared the lack of the Lord’s response to their earnest appeal, “Lord, behold, he whom Thou lovest is sick”! But for us the record furnishes an illustration of the working of divine love and wisdom. Their hearts are exposed by the utterance of each one: “Lord, if […]
A spongy mass. We stop, crouch down, and really look at it for the first time. It is a dense tangle of vines, leaves, berries, tiny flowers, moss, and lichen. Delightful variety. Fellow saint, have you stopped lately for a thoughtful look at the walk by which your Lord has led you moment by moment? […]
I was baptized as an infant, confirmed when in first grade, and attended church services every school day of every year until high school. Yet a true relationship with God didn’t exist. I knew about Him at a very early age. However, this is far different from knowing Him personally by faith in His Son. […]
It is not difficult to exaggerate human things. They are, by nature, so small that one can almost unsuspectingly cross the line. It’s so easy that we have invented a score of words to describe the phenomenon. The poet calls it hyperbole. The artist speaks of coloring the truth. The lawyer names it misrepresentation; the […]