There are moments when we enter into the domain of apparently contrasting words when we read scripture. David in Psalm 121 would pray 'I will lift up my eyes to the hills from where comes my help? My help comes from the Lord the maker of heaven and earth. So it was almost an assurance... Continue Reading →
AUTHORITY ENFORCED THROUGH ACTION
Any security personnel at post is often armed with a suitable weapon, and that has been consistent through history. The weapon of choice may vary, but it's role remains the same: to help in enforcing the authority given them to protect a specific location or person. It is therefore possible that in the face of... Continue Reading →
AUTHORITY ENFORCED THROUGH ACTION
Any security personnel at post is often armed with a suitable weapon, and that has been consistent through history. The weapon of choice may vary, but it's role remains the same: to help in enforcing the authority given them to protect a specific location or person. It is therefore possible that in the face of... Continue Reading →
TAKING OPPORTUNITIES
Reference text: Luke 10:13-16 Jesus stands speaking to two cities: Chorazin and Bethsaida comparing them with two others, Tyre and Sidon. He does not hold back in expressing his disappointment because He suggested that the opportunity given to the first two had been underutilized by them. The same opportunity in the hands of two different... Continue Reading →
TAKING OPPORTUNITIES
Reference text: Luke 10:13-16 Jesus stands speaking to two cities: Chorazin and Bethsaida comparing them with two others, Tyre and Sidon. He does not hold back in expressing his disappointment because He suggested that the opportunity given to the first two had been underutilized by them. The same opportunity in the hands of two different... Continue Reading →
ARE YOU INFLUENCING OR BEING INFLUENCED?
Luke 10:5 But whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace to this house.’ It is interesting that unlike when it was time to celebrate the Passover where Jesus sent his disciples to a specific room in a particular house, today he sends them out and charges them to go into "whatever house'. However, their first... Continue Reading →
YOU MAY HAVE TO SPEAK OUT
Reference text: Nehemiah 2:1-8 Nehemiah 2:4 Then the king said to me, “What do you request?” We witness an interesting dialogue between king Ataxerxes and Nehemiah. Such was the keeness of the king's eye that he could tell something was not right with Nehemiah. Hence his question: “Why do you look sad? If you are... Continue Reading →
ON YOUR MARKS, SET, GO!
Luke 9:51 As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem. It was as though Jesus' inner alarm had heard the final part of the sequence: 'ON YOUR MARKS, SET, GO!' because as we read 'Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem' (Luke 9:51b). To the watching... Continue Reading →
THIS IS THE WORLD OF MEN
John 1:47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile! The words of Jesus' were his perception about Nathaniel, one arising from a knowledge that may have gone beyond just literal knowledge. What we note is that this perception was a good one. Don't... Continue Reading →