and to death’s dust did You thrust me. Psalm 22:16 You – You and I don’t see very well. That’s why we need God’s perspective. God sees perfectly. The only problem is that God doesn’t usually tell us what to look at and when He does, it is often after He’s through working. Let’s take…
“You know, it’s really disappointing.” Yes, I knew exactly what he meant. He was commenting on the fact that a few days earlier the house that he thought finally sold, through what seemed like a direct intervention of God’s grace, suddenly fell apart. The deal was off. No explanation, just disappointment. “If God knew that…
Have you brushed up against that moment when you knew that everything was at risk? When you knew that to take a step of obedience would forever alter your connection to God? That moment when you knew that what was most precious to you had to be left behind if your were to seek Him…
“Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet My people have forgotten Me, days without number.” Jeremiah 2:32 Forgotten – If you look up the definition of “forget” even in a Hebrew dictionary, you are likely to read something about the loss of memory. Yes, that’s true. “Forget” does mean something…
On the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark rested upon the mountain of Ararat Genesis 8:4 Seventeenth – I recently read something so interesting that I want to share it with you. It comes from the second volume of the Torah Club called Shadows of the Messiah. It’s all about…
How long, O God, will the adversary revile, and the enemy spurn Your name forever? Psalm 74:10 How Long – In 1928, Leroy Carr expressed musically what every person asks from the heart: “How long, how long?” Dozens of musicians have recorded his song. What they don’t realize is that the original score was written…
Then a shoot will spring from the stem of Jesse, and a branch from his roots will bear fruit. Isaiah 11:1 Branch – You may not appreciate the message in this verse unless you live in Long Branch, New Jersey or North Branch, Minnesota or Olive Branch, Mississippi or West Branch, Iowa. Why? Because there…
but Jesus was asleep Matthew 8:24 Asleep – Without saying a word, Jesus still reflects an Old Testament perspective on life. To sleep in the midst of a storm reveals complete confidence in the sovereignty of God, just as the Scripture suggests in Leviticus 26:6 (lying down with no concern about trouble), Job 11:18-19 (resting…
You shall have no other gods besides Me. Deuteronomy 5:7 No – It’s too bad that we can’t read this verse in Hebrew. If we could, we would see that it begins with the most important word in the verse, and that word is not You. It is the Hebrew word lo, which means “no.” …
