1 Sam. 17-20 King Saul needs a warrior to destroy the enemy, but he doesn’t think the shepherd David is up to the task, so he dresses him as a soldier. However, David has never worn battle gear because he is a shepherd, so he gives up the armor and kills that giant Goliath with […]
1 Sam. 14-16 The fear of man emerges in spades in these chapters. First, God tells Samuel to tell Saul to go and exterminate ALL of the Amalekites because they failed to help the children of Israel as they left Egypt. However, Saul fails to carry out the mission, saves the king and the best […]
Judges 6-7 Why is it that we think we must be the strongest, bravest, and wisest for God to use us? We are not all Braveheart; some are like Monk, the fearful detective. Solomon understood this: Ecc 9:11 Again, I observed this on the earth: The race is not always won by the swiftest, the […]
Judges 1-2 Are we a Promise Keeper? Peter told his readers to be vigilant because their adversary, a.k.a Satan, roams about seeking whom he can devour. [1Pet 5:8] Before Joshua died, he had forewarned them that they would not keep worshiping the Lord. And just as he said, they began to worship the idols. The […]
Joshua 5-8 How often are we caught with our hand in the cooky jar and plead for forgiveness? Achan saw, and coveted things from Jericho yet had been told that whatever was found was not to be taken. It was not just a thought, of oh, by the way, leave things there, but a command […]
Deut 21-22 God cares for the insignificant and the mighty. God cares for the little birds, and He cares for the women. In all of this, the principle is: That it may be well with you and that you may prolong your days. Today, our young people face many challenges. All that is happening today is […]
Num 23-25 We have heard of ‘Wrong Way Corrigan,” the man who filed a flight plan for a flight from NY to Ireland but was denied. After liftoff, he turned his plane and flew to Ireland anyway. In some ways, Balaam, the soothsayer hired by King Balak of Moab, is like Corrigan. He was hired […]
Genesis 12 to 15 God told Abram to leave and go to a land He would show him, and Abram obeyed. He “went forth as the Lord had spoken to him.” [Gen 12:4] However, Abram did not leave his relatives or his father’s household as God had said to do. How often does God say […]
1 Jn 1-2 Lies vs. Truth Having just returned from Ephesus, I see myself walking that street that this dear servant walked so long ago. It is as if I can hear him speaking these words to the saints of old, warning them of the lies of our arch-enemy. He is begging them not to […]
Ezekiel 24 “God knows our Heart.” Ezekiel is known as the servant who obeys whether he understands or not. Are we? The Lord graciously prepared Ezekiel to be a sign to the exiles by responding to his wife’s untimely death. God told him, “I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from […]
