HE WHO SITS IN HEAVEN LAUGHS

DAY 65/366 I have been stuck in a loop today on the words found in Psalm 2:4 " The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord scoffs at them." Often, when one laughs in the face of a challenge that makes everyone else shudder, it is because they know something others don't. God laughs while... Continue Reading →

GOD CONSTRAINS BECAUSE HE LOVES

DAY 64/366 Nearly every new product comes with a manual. The inclusion of this, often bulky document, isn't to provide an additional catalogue for one's reading list, instead, It serves as a valid reference point and boundary within which the product is to be used. That is the only windows of use the manufacturer's warrantee... Continue Reading →

DRIVE THINGS OUT OF YOUR TEMPLE

DAY 62/366 John 2:15 And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables; You are very likely to be charged with "obstruction of a business" and could face fierce resistance... Continue Reading →

WHAT IS YOURS WILL NOT JUST COME!

DAY 61/365 REFERENCE TEXT: Luke 15:1-3,11-32 The story in focus today is the parable of the prodigal which always throws up new dimensions with every read. While reading today, I was intrigued again by the request of the younger son who said to his father: ‘Father, give me the share of the estate that falls... Continue Reading →

RICH TOWARDS ALL

DAY 60/366 In the story of Jacob and his sons read today, our focus is on love, however a love that is placed within a hierarchy. The opening words of the text presents all the emphasis we require: Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old... Continue Reading →

THE MAN WHO TRUSTS

59/366 Jeremiah 17:7 Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, Whose trust is the Lord. Reading the text today, there is a preamble which is followed by two dimensions of trust identified. The first, 'blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord', is indicative of a posture that comes from your effort:... Continue Reading →

HEAVY WEIGHTS

DAY 58/366 Jeremiah 18:18 They said, “Come, let’s make plans against Jeremiah; for the teaching of the law by the priest will not cease, nor will counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophets. So come, let’s attack him with our tongues and pay no attention to anything he says.” The people in... Continue Reading →

LEARN TO DO GOOD

DAY 57/366 LEARN TO DO GOOD Isaiah 1:16-17 Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; Put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes. Cease to do evil, Learn to do good; Seek justice, Rebuke the oppressor; Defend the fatherless,Plead for the widow. The charge from Isaiah is a call to advocacy, to rise up... Continue Reading →

WHO CAN STAND AGAINST THE LORD?

DAY 56/365 Romans 8:31b If God is for us, who can be against us? This verse qualifies to sit in a number of categories, whether as a regular or rhetorical question, a confession or declaration. The use of 'if' is rather interesting because one would have expected that God would always be for everyone all... Continue Reading →

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