DID YOU KNOW Leadership can begin with a sincere desire to help and slowly become a source of personal security. A person who once asked, “What do these people need?” may begin asking, “How do I keep my position?” Today’s readings in Zechariah 10:1–11:17, Acts 25:1–27, and Job 30:16–31 invite us to examine that change.Continue reading “When the Shepherd Remembers Whose Flock It Is”
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When Advice Tells Us What We Want to Hear
On Second Thought “Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise.” —Proverbs 19:20 Most of us say that we want wise counsel, but what we sometimes want is confirmation. We have already decided what we prefer, and we look for someone who will tell us thatContinue reading “When Advice Tells Us What We Want to Hear”
WHEN THE HEART OVERRULES WISDOM
DID YOU KNOW “Deal gently for my sake with the young man Absalom.” —2 Samuel 18:5 Leadership often fails not because a person lacks intelligence, courage, or experience, but because the heart becomes unwilling to accept what wisdom requires. David had faced enemies, survived betrayal, commanded armies, and governed a kingdom. Yet when the rebellionContinue reading “WHEN THE HEART OVERRULES WISDOM”
When Power Forgets Justice
The Bible in a Year “And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed.” — Esther 3:15 The book of Esther often reveals how fragile earthly governments can become when pride, hatred, and selfish ambition replace wisdom and righteousness. In Esther chapter three, Haman manipulated King Ahasuerus into issuingContinue reading “When Power Forgets Justice”
When Evil Becomes Normal
The Bible in a Year “He did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as his fathers had done; he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.” — 2 Kings 15:9 As I read through the history of Israel’s kings, one truth becomesContinue reading “When Evil Becomes Normal”
When Strength Becomes Weakness
The Bible in a Year There is a tragic sentence tucked into the life of Rehoboam that should cause every believer to pause: “And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the Lord, and all Israel with him” (2 Chronicles 12:1). The dangerContinue reading “When Strength Becomes Weakness”
Serving with Order and Purpose
The Bible in a Year “These were the orderings of them in their service to come into the house of the Lord, according to their manner, under Aaron their father, as the Lord God of Israel had commanded him.” — 1 Chronicles 24:19 When we come to passages filled with names, schedules, and assignments likeContinue reading “Serving with Order and Purpose”
Redeemed From the Unexpected
DID YOU KNOW Did you know God often chooses the most unlikely people to accomplish His purposes? When we first encounter Jephthah in Judges 11, we are introduced not to a hero in the traditional sense, but to a man marked by rejection and broken beginnings. The text does not hide his past—it highlights it.Continue reading “Redeemed From the Unexpected”
When Leadership Leads Away from God
The Bible in a Year “He did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as his fathers had done; he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.” — 2 Kings 15:9 As I move through this portion of Scripture, I am struck byContinue reading “When Leadership Leads Away from God”
When Small Compromises Shape a Nation
The Bible in a Year “It came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshiped him.” — 1 KingsContinue reading “When Small Compromises Shape a Nation”