I have become a marvel to many, for You are my strong refuge. Psalm 71:7 NASB Marvel – You didn’t intend to become a celebrity. You thought you’d just go about your life and mind your own business. But things happen. People see what you’ve done. They hear about your choices. They recognize your face. Suddenly, you’re…
If I regard wickedness in my heart, the Lord will not hear; Psalm 66:18 NASB Regard – The Bible is a very scary book. Yes, of course, it speaks about God’s care and concern for His creation, including, fortunately, us. But laced throughout the glowing promises of forgiveness and shalom are verses like this one, verses…
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is too high, I cannot attain to it. Psalm 139:6 NASB Too wonderful– What does “too wonderful” mean to a poet in the tenth century BCE? Well, not just any poet, but a poet who is saturated with a culture and a nation that believes YHVH to be the one true God. Perhaps…
For amazement had seized him and all his companions because of the catch of fish which they had taken. Luke 5:9 NASB Seized – Wrapped all around. That’s the sense of periecho, “to seize.” The thambos (amazement) that these men experienced was something that seems to come from every direction at once. There was simply…
Then she arose with her daughters-in-law that she might return from the land of Moab, for she had heard in the land of Moab that the Lord had visited His people in giving them food. Ruth 1:6 NASB In giving them food – How do you know when God is working? What signs do you…
And He could do no miracle there except He laid His hands upon a few sick people and healed them. Mark 6:5 NASB Could do no – Do miracles depend on our faith? If we don’t believe, does our unbelief hinder God’s ability to perform? Was Yeshua hampered because people in His hometown didn’t acknowledge…
Jesus said to him, “See that you do not tell anyone, but off you go and show yourself to the priest, and make the offering which Moses laid down, as a witness to them.” Matthew 8:4 Do Not Tell Anyone – In the 19th Century, German higher criticism invented the idea of the Messianic…
“but it was in order that the works of God might be displayed in him.” John 9:3 We love the miracle stories. So full of compassion and power. So challenging. So uplifting. Over and over, Jesus demonstrates God’s incredible care and infinite grace by healing one distorted life after another. Jesus continued to perform miracles…
