If you think desiring power and influence is mundane, wait until you are placed in a position where you are resisted by power. Surely, this is not in relation to those who have an insatiable craving for power, influence and respect, and so are willing to do whatever it takes to obtain them. Here, we... Continue Reading →
STAY WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF YOUR ASSIGNMENT
REFERENCE TEXT: Jeremiah 1:17-19, Mark 6:17-29 When you go shaking a hornet's nest or a bee hive just because you see one, you can expect that consequences will follow. Between Jeremiah and John, we see two distinct opposites: while Jeremiah was sent to take a stand against the entire nation of Israel, with fortification and... 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 →
BECOME A HARD TARGET.
DAY 205 Exodus 14:8 The Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, so that he pursued the Israelites, who were marching out boldly. The same Pharoah who charged Moses and Aaron by night (Ex 12:3), to take Israel out of Egypt, appears dazed when he is told that Israel had fled. So, he... Continue Reading →