According to Plan

“He continued according to plan…” (Luke 8:1 MSG) Jesus’ life and ministry went according to plan. Let that sink in for a minute. The divine plan included a teen pregnancy, an incredibly inconvenient census, a midnight flight to Egypt on foot, a childhood spent in…

In Babylon

“This is God’s word on the subject: as soon as Babylon’s seventy years are up and not a day before, I’ll show up and take care of you as I promised and bring you back home. I know what I am doing. I have it…

Dear Father

“I planned what I’d say if you returned to me: ‘Good! I’ll bring you back into the family. I’ll give you choice land, land that the godless nations would die for.’ And I imagined that you would say, ‘Dear father!’ and you would never again…

Already in Motion

“Why would you ever complain, O Jacob, or whine, O Israel, saying “God has lost track of me. He doesn’t care what happens to me”? Don’t you know anything, haven’t you been listening? God doesn’t come and go. God lasts.” (Isaiah 40:27-28 MSG) We lose…

Knowing the Will of God

“We ask God to give you complete knowledge of His will and to give you spiritual wisdom and understanding.” (Colossians 1:9 NLT) Honestly, ‘complete knowledge of His will’ trips me up a bit today. Can we truly know the ins and outs of the will…