There’s likely an easy path to our final destination, but God’s concern is that we’d arrive without the character required to sustain such an address.
Tag: obedience
“God has made everything beautiful for it’s own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart.” (Ecclesiastes 3:1 NLT) I received my online syllabus for New Testament Survey yesterday. I’m relieved to access it early (class begins in ten days) but I’m also intimidated…
“Endure hardship as discipline, God is treating you as His children.” (Hebrews 12:7 NIV) When I was about ten, I had a friend spend the night. This friend had a markedly different personality than me: she was bold, forthright and even a bit of a…
“But Elisha sent a messenger out to him with this message. “Go wash yourself seven times in the Jordan River. Then your skin will be restored, and you will be healed of your leprosy.” (2 Kings 5:10 NLT) Sometimes healing is a process and it…
“Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the Lord. Then he pitched his tent and there his servants dig a well.” (Genesis 26:25) I believe every preacher will give a handful of sermons that prove to be life-altering. And sometimes the…
“As obedient children, let yourselves be pulled into a way of life shaped by God’s life, a life energetic and blazing with holiness. God said “I am holy, you be holy.” (1 Peter 1:15-16 MSG) We don’t speak too much of holiness these days. We’ve…
“Then God told me, “This is the message from the God of Israel: the exiles from here that I’ve sent off to the land of Babylon are like good figs; I’ll make sure they get good treatment. I’ll keep my eye on the so that…
“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…
“The Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to a land I will show you.” (Genesis 12:1 NIV) It’s amazing to me how God can speak out of a textbook. We spent yesterday driving, working our way toward…