Today’s Word
Love in Person
“But you Israel, My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham, My friend.” Isaiah 41:8 Friend – You wouldn’t see it in English, but the connection is so important that it demands attention. Abraham is called the ‘ohev of God, a word that comes from the root ahav, to love. In Hebrew thought,…
Self-preservation
“Love your neighbor and yourself alike” Leviticus 19:18 (translation by Martin Buber) Love – What does it mean to love your neighbor as yourself? Perhaps Martin Buber helps us peel away the layers of religious distortion by offering this translation. To love my neighbor is to act toward my neighbor with exactly the same self-preserving…
Things Not Seen
“Yahweh said to Abram, “Go forth from your country, from your homeland, and from your father’s house to a land which I will show you.”” Genesis 12:1 Show – The God of simple things. “Go forth”. The common verb for movement. Walking. God doesn’t ask the impossibly difficult from us. He can accomplish the impossibly…
Walking in the Dark
“Yahweh said to Abram, “Go forth from your country, from your homeland, and from your father’s house to a land which I will show you.”” Genesis 12:1 Go forth – The first time that the Lord speaks to Abram, He gives a command to go. More than one hundred years later, Abraham will hear that…
Debts and Debtors
“We are unworthy slaves; we have done only that which we ought to have done.” Luke 17:10 Ought – “Slaves we are” says the verse, the emphasis on our position, not our actions. So it continues, literally, “what we ought to do, we have done”. Position and duty. Nothing more. But this word (opheilo) tells…
Anti-glorification
“We are unworthy slaves; we have done only that which we ought to have done.” Luke 17:10 Unworthy – “Take the credit. You deserve it.” “You should be proud of yourself.” “Give yourself a pat on the back.” How many times have we heard someone say something like this? And with good reason. We aren’t…
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