Now the Jordan is at flood stage all during harvest. Yet as soon as the priests who carried the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge, the water from upstream stopped flowing. (Joshua 3:15-16a) I want to be a person who lives in the space that's created beyond taking the first step. Here's what I mean by that. Until we take a first step, we ... [Continue Reading]
News Travels (Joshua 1-2)
“We have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea for you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites east of the Jordan, whom you completely destroyed.” (Joshua 2:10) Back in the time when the Old Testament was written, there weren't news outlets; CNN, MSBNC, and FoxNews didn't exist. Word simply spread by ... [Continue Reading]
Under the Shadow (Psalm 91)
“Because he loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name. He will call on me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. With long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation.” (Psalm 91:14-16) When we choose to follow God and love Him, we choose to live under the shadow ... [Continue Reading]
Legacy (Deuteronomy 31-32, 34)
Then the Lord said to him, “This is the land I promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob when I said, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ I have let you see it with your eyes, but you will not cross over into it.” And Moses the servant of the Lord died there in Moab, as the Lord had said. (Deuteronomy 34:4-5) The end of Deuteronomy is both depressing and ... [Continue Reading]
Leadership Privileges (Deuteronomy 17:14-20; 18, 29-30)
When he takes the throne of his kingdom, he is to write for himself on a scroll a copy of this law, taken from that of the Levitical priests. It is to be with him, and he is to read it all the days of his life so that he may learn to revere the Lord his God and follow carefully all the words of this law and these decrees and not consider himself better than his fellow ... [Continue Reading]
Instilling Faith (Deuteronomy 11-12)
Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 11:18-19) Parents have an enormous responsibility of passing their faith on to their children. I ... [Continue Reading]
Do Yourself a Favor (Deuteronomy 9-10)
And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to observe the Lord’s commands and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good? (Deuteronomy 10:12-13) There are two ways of looking at God's commands. From one ... [Continue Reading]
It’s Not You… It’s Him (Deuteronomy 7-8)
When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise the Lord your God for the good land he has given you. (Deuteronomy 8:6) It's easy to think that you're responsible for what you have. After all, you've worked hard, you've been thrifty, you've been diligent. But there's so much more to what you have, isn't there? Who gave you the ability to work? Where did your job come ... [Continue Reading]
Value Lies in the Application (Deuteronomy 5-6)
So be careful to do what the Lord your God has commanded you; do not turn aside to the right or to the left. Walk in obedience to all that the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess. (Deuteronomy 5:32-33) Have you ever noticed that people don't buy cans of paint, open them up, and just ... [Continue Reading]
The Created Over the Creator (Deuteronomy 3-4)
And when you look up to the sky and see the sun, the moon and the stars—all the heavenly array—do not be enticed into bowing down to them and worshiping things the Lord your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven. (Deuteronomy 4:19) There is a temptation to place as our objects of worship those things that were created over the One who created them. This ... [Continue Reading]
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