The Summons

My God, I cry out by day, but You do not answer; and by night, but I have no rest.  Psalm 22:2  NASB Cry out – Anthony Bloom’s comment is frightening: “ . . . it is very important to remember that prayer is an encounter and a relationship, a relationship which is deep, and this…

The Age of Silence

Certainly the Lord God does nothing unless He reveals His secret plan to His servants the prophets.  Amos 3:7  NASB Unless – But Amos must have been mistaken, don’t you think?  Maybe what he said was true when the Lord actually appointed prophets for Israel, but today, well, today we live in a world of spiritual silence.  Oh,…

The Last Time

They all wept as they embraced him and kissed him. Acts 20:37  NIV Wept– Most of the time we don’t know it’s the last time.  Most of the time we simply assume there will be another time, just like this time, just like the last time.  We imagine that today will be followed by tomorrow, much…

In Absentia

You hid Your face, I was dismayed.  To You, O Lord, I called, and to the Lord I made supplication: “What profit is there in my blood, if I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it declare Your faithfulness?”  Psalm 30:7b-9  NASB Hid – “In a world where God hides His face, human life seems to…

Nightmares

If I ascend to heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there. Psalm 139:8 NASB In Sheol – This verse is often used as a proof text for the omnipresence of God, but I don’t think David had any theological doctrine in mind when he wrote it. It…