Today’s Word
Me
“O Lord, correct me, but with judgment, not with anger” Jeremiah 10:24 Me – Jeremiah asks God for something most of us avoid. We are all quite willing for God to correct others, but how many times have we begged God to correct us! How many times have your children come to you and asked…
Correct
“O Lord, correct me, but with judgment, not with anger” Jeremiah 10:24 Correct – I don’t like correction. My almost immediate reaction to correction is defensive. I don’t want to be wrong. My observation is that we are a society that has a very hard time with admission of failure or error. But without correction,…
Not in himself
“O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walks to direct his steps.” Jeremiah 10:23 Not in himself – One of the greatest admissions of insufficiency we can make is the moment when we finally realize that we are not capable of determining our…
Wept
“and you have torn your clothes and wept before me” 2 Kings 22:19 Wept – I watched him weep. He knew that I watched. It didn’t matter anymore. The tears of sorrow would not stop. Weeping for his lost children, victims of a failed father. Weeping for a brother who no longer called. A parent…
Whole world
” We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one” 1 John 5:19 Whole world – We compromise. God doesn’t. God uses words like “whole” and “all” and “only” and “nothing”, but we like “most” and “nearly” and “some” and “not quite”. We prefer the…
Debts
“Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.” Matthew 6:12 Debts – There are only two critical terms in a debt: who and what. Without those two terms, the debt means nothing. So, let’s ask the obvious questions. In the Lord’s Prayer, whom do I owe and what is it that I…
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