DID YOU KNOW Innovation usually describes the human ability to produce something new, solve an old problem, or discover a better way forward. Yet long before people spoke about innovation, Scripture revealed the God who creates possibilities where human wisdom sees only barriers. Isaiah 45–47, Luke 18:9–19:10, and Job 10 show people facing political captivity,Continue reading “When God Creates a Way We Never Imagined”
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When Fear Loses Its Authority
DID YOU KNOW Fear has a way of making earthly power look larger than it really is. A hostile person can appear overwhelming. A threatening circumstance can dominate our imagination. A religious authority, employer, institution, diagnosis, financial crisis, or personal failure can begin to feel as though it has the final word over us. JesusContinue reading “When Fear Loses Its Authority”
God Is Not Waiting to Be Rescued
As the Day Begins “Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? For to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.” —Jeremiah 10:7 Jeremiah spoke these words while contrasting the living God with the powerless idolsContinue reading “God Is Not Waiting to Be Rescued”
The God Who Never Leaves the Controls
As the Day Ends Genesis 1:31 says, “And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good.” As the day ends, that verse invites us to rest beneath a truth our anxious minds often forget: God is not improvising His universe. Creation was not thrown together without order, purpose, orContinue reading “The God Who Never Leaves the Controls”
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 Trouble Calls, God Answers
As the Day Begins Psalm 91:15 gives the soul a steady place to stand: “He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble.” Notice that God does not promise a life without trouble. He promises His presence in trouble. The Hebrew idea behind “call” carries the senseContinue reading “When Trouble Calls, God Answers”
When Fear Knocks, Let God Answer
The Bible in a Year There are seasons in Scripture that feel uncomfortably familiar, and the account of King Hezekiah in 2 Kings 19:6 is one of them. “Thus saith the Lord, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard…” comes as a divine interruption into a moment of crisis. Assyria stood asContinue reading “When Fear Knocks, Let God Answer”
When God’s Favor Becomes Visible to the World
The Bible in a Year “Blessed be the Lord thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel; because the Lord loved Israel forever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.” — 1 Kings 10:9 As I walk through this portion of Scripture, I find myself standingContinue reading “When God’s Favor Becomes Visible to the World”
When God’s Favor Becomes Visible to the World
The Bible in a Year “Blessed be the Lord thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel; because the Lord loved Israel forever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.” — 1 Kings 10:9 As I walk through this portion of Scripture, I find myself standingContinue reading “When God’s Favor Becomes Visible to the World”
Resting in the Greatness We Cannot Contain
As the Day Ends There is a quiet comfort in admitting that God is greater than my understanding. The thought that if we can fully explain God, we have reduced Him to something less than the God of Scripture, humbles and steadies me at the close of the day. As eveningContinue reading “Resting in the Greatness We Cannot Contain”