There many moments when we come across questions that call for deeper personal reflection and introspection. In fact, these questions are often so weighty that leaving them as rhetorical or unanswered appear the right thing to do. Job asks two of such questions today : Why did I not perish at birth, and die as... Continue Reading →
AN UNCHANGING STANDARD OF REFERENCE
As a society, it was as if Solomon had encountered us on his journeys when he wrote this verse in Proverbs 21:2a "everything a man does is right in his own eyes'. This is because to us, everything we do is indeed acceptable, and everything we believe to be right, has to become the new... Continue Reading →
A HOUSE DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF
One of the most used scriptures in discussing the area of agreement or division is Amos 3:3 which reads "Do two walk together unless they have agreed to do so?" Thus, we identify that at the very foundation of a walk together is the agreement to do so. That is the starting point. And if... Continue Reading →
A BLANK CHEQUE
DAY 118/366 If the resources of the giver of a cheque are unlimited, then it is possibke for one to write any amount on a black cheque. However, despite the fact that one has a blank cheque, it is highly likely that only a handful of financial institutions will have the capacity to fulfill the... Continue Reading →
WHAT SHALL I DO?
DAY 25/366 Acts 22:10 I asked, ‘What should I do, Lord?’ “And the Lord told me, ‘Get up and go into Damascus, and there you will be told everything you are to do.’ We read Paul's account on the way to Damascus with the intention of arresting men and and women who believed and bringing... Continue Reading →
DO YOU KNOW ‘WHO YOU ARE’?
DAY 351 John 1:22 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself? Messengers had come to John looking for answers, and in doing so, they had in mind a few people into whose mould he would fit perfectly. Their... Continue Reading →
YOU ARE A TENANT
DAY 281 Matthew 21:37-38 Last of all, he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said. “But when the tenants saw the son, they said to each other, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and take his inheritance.’ The owner of this vineyard was one who had great expectation... Continue Reading →
OBSTACLES IN THE WAY
DAY 269 Luke 8:19 Then Jesus’ mother and brothers came to see him, but they couldn’t get to him because of the crowd. There will always be things that stand between where we are and where we desire to get to. In today's Gospel, the crowd was the obstacle to reaching Jesus. Such obstacles are... Continue Reading →
FIND YOUR PURPOSE
DAY 249 Luke 4:42 Now when it was day, He departed and went into a deserted place. And the crowd sought Him and came to Him, and tried to keep Him from leaving them; Often, when it appears messages go on and on about "Finding, Knowing, Living and Fulfilling your purpose or and the reason... Continue Reading →