DID YOU KNOW We are remarkably uncomfortable with unanswered questions. Give us a few facts, leave several spaces empty, and most of us will begin drawing lines between them. We do it with relationships, health problems, disappointments, unanswered prayers, and even with God. We would often rather have an incomplete explanation than admit that weContinue reading “When the Dots Refuse to Connect”
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When the Battle Is Bigger Than You
On Second Thought There are days when spiritual warfare does not feel theological at all. It feels personal. You wake up already tired. A temptation you thought had weakened suddenly returns. An old fear finds its voice again. Something someone said begins replaying in your mind. A problem you had hoped would resolve itself growsContinue reading “When the Battle Is Bigger Than You”
When the Wilderness Begins to Bloom
DID YOU KNOW Anxiety has an unusual ability to make tomorrow feel more real than today. We can be sitting safely in our own home, surrounded by people we love, with enough food for the evening and enough strength for the moment, yet our minds can already be living inside a disaster that has neverContinue reading “When the Wilderness Begins to Bloom”
When Our Plans Get Ahead of God
DID YOU KNOW Planning is not the problem. Most of us need calendars, schedules, goals, budgets, appointments, and some reasonable sense of where we are going. The problem begins when planning becomes a substitute for dependence on God. Isaiah 30 exposes that danger with startling clarity. God speaks to His people as those who areContinue reading “When Our Plans Get Ahead of God”
When the World Hurries, the Soul Can Wait
As the Day Ends “For you have need of patience, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise.” —Hebrews 10:36 As this day draws to a close, it may feel as though the world never stopped moving. There was another demand, another headline, another promise that something newContinue reading “When the World Hurries, the Soul Can Wait”
WHEN GOD IS GREATER THAN OUR UNDERSTANDING
As the Day Ends “O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and His ways past finding out!” — Romans 11:33 There is a quiet kind of relief in admitting that God is beyond us. We spend much of life trying to understand. WeContinue reading “WHEN GOD IS GREATER THAN OUR UNDERSTANDING”
WHEN TRUST STOPS NEGOTIATING
On Second Thought “Offer the sacrifices of the righteous and trust in the Lord.” — Psalm 4:5 Trust sounds simple until God asks us to practice it under conditions we did not choose. It is easy to speak confidently about faith when the path is clear, the family is healthy, the finances are stable, andContinue reading “WHEN TRUST STOPS NEGOTIATING”
WHEN TRUST BECOMES THE ONLY THING LEFT TO DO
On Second Thought “My God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” — Philippians 4:19 There are moments when faith feels less like standing on a mountain and more like sitting quietly beside a problem we cannot solve. The bills remain. The diagnosis has not changed. The relationshipContinue reading “WHEN TRUST BECOMES THE ONLY THING LEFT TO DO”
WHEN TRUST REFUSES TO DEFEND ITSELF
On Second Thought “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.” —Proverbs 3:5–6 Trusting God with all our heart sounds beautiful until that trust collides with unfairness, uncertainty, disappointment, or the loss of control. It isContinue reading “WHEN TRUST REFUSES TO DEFEND ITSELF”
WHEN OBEDIENCE STARTS BEFORE THE MAP APPEARS
On Second Thought “Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee.” —Genesis 12:1 There are moments when God’s direction arrives with less explanation than we would prefer. We want the destination, the timetable,Continue reading “WHEN OBEDIENCE STARTS BEFORE THE MAP APPEARS”