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“Ah, Lord GOD! It is you who have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for you.” (Jeremiah 32:17) Did that headline get your attention? O:-) Okay, so most of us would not say out loud, “God, my problem is too hard for you” with a straight face. If we’ve been a Christian any length of time, we know in our heads that, like Jeremiah praised God, “Nothing is too hard for you.” Our hearts, on the other hand, often are praying that to God behind our backs. We can find out ifRead More →

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“Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.” (Matthew 24:35) Cynics tell us the only constants in this life are death and taxes. This world is ever changing and ever dying. People die, promises are broken and relationships betrayed unto death. The elements ravage, the thief steals, and the moth destroys our possessions. One thing more remains constant and true and faithful to us. God’s word. His promises, his character, and his standards, and his truth are the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Even when we can’t see him, even when we can’t feel him, he is right where heRead More →

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“But the Lord is faithful. He will establish you and guard you against the evil one.” (2 Thessalonians 3:3) This world will eat you up and spit you out. It comes at us with a thousand things all demanding our attention at once and we’re expected to figure out in a nanosecond which of the thousand items is where our attention needs to be. We live in a high stress, instant, now-now-now world that leave us feeling exhausted, frustrated, and emotionally spent. In the middle of this steps the Apostle Paul, quietly asking (in verses 1-2) for us to pray that the  word of GodRead More →

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“GOD, the Lord, is my strength; he makes my feet like the deer’s; he makes me tread on my high places. ” (Habakkuk 3:19) We’re designed to plug into God to recharge our spiritual batteries the same way our digital devices plug into a computer to recharge. Deer are known for being swift and sure-footed–and for leaping and jumping up to eight feet in the air, tying into the high places often difficult for a human to climb securely. And when we read the preceding verses, it’s hard times Habakkuk has in mind: Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produceRead More →

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“Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!” (Romans 11:33) Paul says this in the midst of a three or four chapter long discourse on the salvation of the Jewish people, where he struggles between God’s promise Israel is His chosen people, the surety of God’s promises, and the fact so many Jews had chosen to reject the Jewish messiah who brought us salvation. To a degree, in this verse, Paul is lifting up his hands and praising God for a plan he indicates here that he doesn’t understand. From our vantageRead More →