“In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.” John 16:33 NASB Overcome – Here is the Greek word nenikeka. This is the verb nike (you can see it in the middle of the word). It means, “to be victorious over.” Now you know why a shoe company in Portland…
“How blessed is the man who has made the Lord his trust” Psalm 40:4 NASB Trust – The word batach means the sense of well-being and security that results from having something or someone in whom to place confidence. It is translated in the Greek Old Testament as “hope”, not “belief.” It stresses the feeling…
Indeed, he does not know what is to happen; even when it is on the point of happening, who can tell him. Ecclesiastes 8:7 NJPS On the point of – Do you know what’s happening? Now, really, do you actually know? Anyone who claims to actually know what’s happening is either a complete fool or…
“Do not be afraid. I am the first and the last, and the living One; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.” Revelation 1:17-18 NASB Do not be afraid – “. . . the opposite of the believer was not the heretic…
And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had made; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He has made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it; because that in it He had rested from all his work which God created and made. Genesis 2:2-3 …
When I am afraid, I will put my trust in You. Psalm 56:3 NASB When – Are you afraid? I am. I have had a growing sense of fear for about a year now. I am concerned that our civilization is rushing toward the brink at breakneck speed. I look at my own financial circumstances. …
Those who trust in the LORD are as Mount Zion, which cannot be moved but abides forever. Psalm 125:1 Trust – Trusting YHWH doesn’t matter until it matters. When life is consumed by the routine, we don’t think much about trust. If we think of it at all, we think about the expectation of its…
Do You Trust Him? Yom Kippur. On this day I have a chance to review my relationship with the Lord, to look deeply into the commitment I have made. What I find upsets me. What I find is riddled with compromise and conditions. I am not a man of clean hands and a pure heart. …
Commit your way to YHWH, trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass. Psalm 37:5 (Hebrew text) Commit/Trust – David demonstrates that the fulfillment of God’s purposes in our lives depends on two related actions. The first is voluntarily granting God ownership. The second is acting with complete confidence of God. David…
Commit your way to YHWH, trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass. Psalm 37:5 (Hebrew text) Trust – First I must accept the seal of ownership. God rolls over my path. Now it belongs to Him. Then I must act according to the directions of the new owner. Batach is the…
