DAY 350 Matthew 17:12 But I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they pleased. There is one thing you can be certain about men: we are more likely to honour the great than the small. This is even dependent on knowledge: the great... Continue Reading →
DO BUSINESS TILL I COME
DAY 325 Luke 19:13 Beforehand, he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas. ‘Conduct business with this until I return,’ he said. The servant in rebellion, who was utterly disobedient, did not heed instruction. As a result, he missed the key that was given alongside the money: 'do business till I return'.... Continue Reading →
WHAT IS AT STAKE?
DAY 320 Luke 17:27 People were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all. In today's Gospel, we are taken a step back into the beginnings with the story of Noah and the ark. We read that in those... Continue Reading →
THE ENABLEMENT FROM GRACE
DAY 317 Luke 17:1 Jesus said to His disciples, “Stumbling blocks [temptations and traps set to lure one to sin] are sure to come, but woe (judgment is coming) to him through whom they come! (AMP) Stumbling blocks or temptations to sin in themselves are not sin. In fact, Jesus today highlights their inevitability in... Continue Reading →
DO SOMETHING ABOUT IGNORANCE
DAY 305 Revelation 7:13-14a Then one of the elders asked me, “These in white robes—who are they, and where did they come from?”I answered, “Sir, you know.” Today's text is set in the throne room of Heaven where John finds himself in a dialogue with one of the elders.He is asked a question 'These who... Continue Reading →
SOWING SEEDS
DAY 304 Psalm 126:6 He who goes out weeping, bearing a trail of seed, will surely return with shouts of joy, carrying sheaves of grain. They went out carrying 'seed for sowing'. This was a specific item intended to be used in completing an assignment. Without the sowing of seeds, there will be no corresponding... Continue Reading →
MINI BITES
"Can you be frugal without being stingy or can you be generous without being reckless?" There is always a very narrow grey area between any two extremes. Balance is therefore the key to keeping one from being swayed to either extreme. "The bus called life does not stop for you to take a break." You... Continue Reading →
WHAT DO YOU DO WITH KNOWLEDGE?
DAY 283 I found myself laughing and at the same time, puzzled when I read this conversation between God and Jonah captured in chapter 4. However, the character of Jonah made me concerned a little bit. Not to make me too afraid to read about him, but thinking of what his knowledge about the ways... Continue Reading →
DON’T DANCE TO EVERY TUNE
DAY 263 Luke 7:32 They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to each other: “’We played the pipe for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not cry.’ The creation of man includes a wiring that even the creator does not override, that is free... Continue Reading →