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 LANGUAGE DO YOU SPEAK?
DAY 98/365 John 3:30 The one who comes from above is above all; the one who is from the earth belongs to the earth, and speaks as one from the earth. The one who comes from heaven is above all. Your speaking dialect, accent, mannerisms, content, are an expression first of where you come from... Continue Reading →
DARE TO RISE IN INFLUENCE
DAY 295 Isaiah 45:1 God’s Message to his anointed,vto Cyrus, whom he took by the hand. To give the task of taming the nations, of terrifying their kings—He gave him free rein, no restrictions: We read an interesting encounter between God and king Cyrus. What is even more interesting is the nature of the discourse... Continue Reading →
ARE YOU HIGH ENOUGH?
319/365 I came across a quote for the first time today and it was very intriguing "For an apple you can’t reach up and pick, you have to climb that tree; the tree won’t bend down for you!” When John heard the voice which sounded like a trumpet, this was the instruction: "Come up here!... Continue Reading →
PRIDE GOES BEFORE A FALL
PRIDE GOES BEFORE A FALL 98/365 Philippians 2:6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: Men like to be 'up'- be the best, be at the top, be seen as successful. No one wakes up and has as a life's target the desire to be at... Continue Reading →
YEAST RISES SLOWLY
DAY 207 OF 365 IN 2021 YEAST RISES SLOWLY Matthew 13:33 Jesus also used this illustration: “The Kingdom of Heaven is like the yeast a woman used in making bread. Even though she put only a little yeast in three measures of flour, it permeated every part of the dough.” Raising agents are used in... Continue Reading →
A RECOMMENDATION FOR PARTNERSHIP
DAY 7 OF 365 IN 2021 Luke 4:14 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about. There is always a reason for the meteoric rise of men. Oh yes! there is. So don't be tempted into believing that... Continue Reading →