Have you ever been deserted in a time of need? Maybe someone you love walked away when life got hard or maybe a colleague didn’t have your back when they said they would. No matter what sphere of life it happens in—personal or professional—this kind of betrayal hurts. On top of the original difficulty, you […]
My Eyes Have Seen
“My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you.” (Job 42:5) Suffering gives us intimate knowledge of God. Have you experienced this? When everything is going well in our lives, we know about God. We’ve heard that He’s faithful. But that’s just hearsay. Suffering turns that hearsay into personal, experiential knowledge of […]
Fountain of Faithfulness
God had proven Himself faithful to the Israelites. He parted the red sea so they could escape from Egypt and as they wandered in the desert, He turned an ordinary rock into a water fountain so they wouldn’t go thirsty. But it didn’t make much of an impression on His people—at least not a lasting […]
Worn Frets
Cease from anger and forsake wrath; do not fret; it leads only to evildoing. Psalm 37:8 (NASB) Do not fret. We don’t hear or say this too often, do we? We say, “Don’t worry” or “Don’t be afraid,” but we rarely say, “Don’t fret.” In fact, you probably don’t use the word ‘fret’ at all […]
King at the Flood
“The LORD sat as King at the flood; yes, the LORD sits as King forever. The LORD will give strength to His people; the LORD will bless His people with peace.” Psalm 29:10-11 (NASB) God was King at the flood. That flood, of course, was the worldwide flood in Genesis 6, when Noah herded his […]
From Despair to Worship
O send out Your light and Your truth, let them lead me; let them bring me to Your holy hill and to Your dwelling places. Then I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy; and upon the lyre I shall praise You, O God, my God. Psalm 43:3-4 (NASB) If […]