“I am the way, the truth and the life,” John 14:6 Way – Never forget that Jesus did not speak Greek. Our word, hodos, in the Greek text, is not what Jesus said. He spoke Aramaic. In order to understand why Jesus called himself “the way”, we must uproot our cultural images derived from the…
“A man with an evil eye hastens after wealth and does not know that want will come upon him.” Proverbs 28:22 Want – Cindy Lauper vocalized the culture’s mantra: “Money fixes everything.” If you allow the world to prescribe your antidote to want, you would certainly believe her. Everywhere we look, this world bows down…
“Suppose the fifty righteous are lacking five, will you destroy the whole city because of five?” Genesis 18:28 Are Lacking – David knows the God who provides. Abraham knows the God who permits. “I shall not want” uses the same verb as “fifty lacking five”. What does this tell us about the character of God? …
“The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want.” Psalm 23:1 Want – But this isn’t quite right, is it? David is not speaking about my “wants”; he is speaking about what I lack. Even the NIV translation (“I shall not be in want”) still confuses the thought. What David says is this: the Shepherd…
“The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want.” Psalm 23:1 Not Want – I can think of no more appropriate place to begin a new year than with the words “not want” (lo’ ekaw-sere). Isn’t that what we all hope for? To live in this world without want. No matter what else we believe,…
