Empty acres make the soul ache, will we follow into unsown fields?
Tag: following
“The Lord said to Abram, “Go out from your country…” (Genesis 12:1 NIV) Abram was called to a new country, and so are we. Every believer is invited to come out of their place of origin. In His mercy, God calls us out from the…
We follow in sacred footfalls when we choose to follow the path of righteousness marked out by our Good Shepherd.
We all battle the temptation to get ahead of God and the complacency to stay behind. Christ-followers must match the Father’s pace. All too often, He’s a three-mile-an-hour God. But once in a while, it feels as though He is in an awful hurry. Sons and daughters appreciate His presence profoundly and stay with Him at every speed.
Cross-bearing is not a golden icon worn daintily about our neck as we go about our own affairs. Cross-bearing is being seized by the love of God and pressed into service.
Jesus will routinely take us to unpopular and even dangerous places. He will inevitable lead us to locations we’d rather avoid altogether.
“An argument started among them as to who would be the greatest.” (Luke 9:46 NIV) Humans are endlessly competing for position. It may be the Achilles heal of our species. We lose sight of the important task at hand because we become concerned, even consumed…
Big, obvious sin will slow and even stall us out completely, but steady, small betrayals will hinder all the same.
“Don’t hoard treasure down here where it gets eaten by moths and corroded by rust or – worse – stolen by burglars. Stockpile treasure in heaven, where it’s safe from moth and rust and burglars.” (Matthew 6:19-20 MSG) It’s only stuff. My treasure isn’t here…
“We take our lead from Christ, who is the source of everything we do. He keeps us in step with each other. His very breath and blood flow through us.” (Ephesians 4:15-16 MSG) I’m not much of a dancer. Anna means ‘graceful’ but my family…