If you were to choose between clay and a precious metal like gold, the preference would be for gold. It is more costly, shinier, preferable and clearly stronger than clay. Clay is often symbolic of dirt, cheap, weak and easily broken. It is therefore within context that St Paul writes 'we carry this treasure in ... Continue Reading →
WHAT YOU IS NOT ALL THERE IS!
In a game of football, 11 players at anyone time stand as the face of an entire team. Whatever actions, decisions and outcomes are obtained therefore, even though there may be pointing of fingers, it is counted as 'the team's results'. I have been reading the news over the last 24 hours and today I... Continue Reading →
THE LORD OF HOSTS
Reference text: 2 Kings 19 When a person learns a new skill that gives them an advantage, in instances where the learning was done in secret, it is almost as though they are waiting for the ideal opportunity to show off. And in some cases, it feels that is exactly what God does. Sennacherib took... Continue Reading →
YOU WERE KNIT TOGETHER BY GOD
Sometimes, it's just fitting to consider a pictorial representation of the words of scripture. Our text of focus is Psalm 139:13: "For You formed my innermost parts; You knit me [together] in my mother’s womb." Other translations use the verb "wove" and regardless of the choice of action word, one can envision the degree of... Continue Reading →
GOD ALWAYS HAS MEN
2 Kings 11:1 And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal seed. We read about Queen Athaliah, mother of the King Ahaziah. A woman who upon hearing of the death of her son, did not fall into the default state of mourning, but... Continue Reading →
BEFORE GOD SPEAKS..
The Gospel of today was an expression of the gift of Word of wisdom. Jesus gave the disciples information of events regarding preparation for the passover, and everything unfolded exactly as they had been told. We read 'So the two disciples went into the city and found everything just as Jesus had said, and they... Continue Reading →
BE OF GOOD CHEER
DAY 128/366 John 16:33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. Danger is the possibility of an event that causes harm or injury to happen. Therefore, the fact that there is... Continue Reading →
GOD HAS MEN
DAY 125/366 Acts 18:10 For I am with you, and no one will lay a hand on you to hurt you, because I have many people in this city.” When God made the promise above with an assurance that 'many in the city belong to Him', Paul would have been right to say I am... Continue Reading →
ARMS OPEN WIDE
DAY 120 Throughout our walk in life, the consequences of the choices we make, whether those choices are made consciously, with knowledge or even in ignorance, will manifest. This is because every choice has an inherent after effect already inherent within it. Some are positive and others, negative. This accounts for the reason why many... Continue Reading →