Then Abraham said to God, “Why not let Ishmael be my heir?” – Genesis 17:18 Ishmael exists, Ishmael makes sense, and Ishmael even means “God listens”. But Ishmael wasn’t what God had promised. Everything God promises comes to pass, no matter how much He appears to have forgotten about them or missed the mark. And …
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Look again
Eternal One (to Samuel): Take no notice of his looks or his height. He is not the one, for the Eternal One does not pay attention to what humans value. Humans only care about the external appearance, but the Eternal considers the inner character. – 1 Samuel 16:7 On the outside, you see darkness, chaos, …
Your greatest strength
But he replied, “My kindness is all you need. My power is strongest when you are weak.” So if Christ keeps giving me his power, I will gladly brag about how weak I am. – 2 Corinthians 12:9 ..is your weakness. Because when it comes to the power of God, the weaker you are, the …
Taste and see
Taste and see that the Lord is good. Oh, the joys of those who take refuge in him! – Psalm 34:8 Taste. “Perceive or experience the flavour of.” The best thing to do when your soul is hungry…is to taste the food that’s staring back at you on your plate. The greatest gift that God …
Knowing what the fight is really about
“Don’t change yourselves to be like the people of this world, but let God change you inside with a new way of thinking…” – Romans 12:2 The battle raging around you and within you is focused around capturing and controlling one thing: your mind. It’s a battle to get you to conform to a pattern …
Go to sleep
God put the Man into a deep sleep. As he slept he removed one of his ribs and replaced it with flesh. God then used the rib that he had taken from the Man to make Woman and presented her to the Man. – Genesis 2:21-22 There are some things God can’t do for you while …
When nobody else can see you
“How do you know me?” Nathanael asked. “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you,” Jesus answered. – John 1:48 God sees you. He sees you in the secret places, obscure places, sitting under the shadow of a fig tree, far from the watching gaze of anybody else. …
Don’t ignore the thermals
The Lord gave them peace on every side, just as He had promised their fathers. Not one of all those who hated them could stand in front of them. The Lord gave all those who hated them into their hand. – Joshua 21:44 …ride them. We don’t need you to waste your life reinventing the …
Just be clay
Then God’s Message came to me: “Can’t I do just as this potter does, people of Israel?”God’s Decree! “Watch this potter. In the same way that this potter works his clay, I work on you, people of Israel. – Jeremiah 18:6 When you feel overwhelmed and frustrated by all that you’re not doing of being, …
Evening and morning
…And the evening and the morning were the first day. – Genesis 1:5 No matter how bad (or good) things are today, the day will still only have 24 hours in it. Thankfully, evening comes to wrap up the day, put its arm around your shoulder and say, “You did your best with what you …