“The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor, the oracle of the man whose eye is opened, the oracle of him who hears the words of God, and knows the knowledge of the Most High, who sees the vision of the Almighty, falling down with his eyes uncovered.” Numbers 24:15-16 How amazing is it that […]
“God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it? Behold, I received a command to bless: he has blessed, and I cannot revoke it…The LORD their […]
“Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who alone does wondrous things.” Psalm 72:18 It’s my birthday. 29. Life looks quite a bit different than I expected growing up. I can get caught up in those expectations and feel disappointment towards my story. Especially if it looks like everyone else is getting what I […]
“And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD, which I […]
“Summon your power, O God, the power, O God, by which you have worked for us.” Psalm 68:28 What a glorious reassurance this is, that it is with His power that God works for us. He doesn’t work for us as an afterthought, something that just conveniently works out in our favor when the circumstances […]
“Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears us up; God is our salvation.” Psalm 68:19 Our Lord daily bears us up. Deuteronomy 33:25 says, “As your days, so shall your strength be.” Both are such beautiful reassurances of God’s continual, daily presence in our lives; His constant awareness of us and our needs. He meets […]
“Paul came also to Derbe and to Lystra. A disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek…Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, and he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew […]
“You visit the earth and water it; you greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; you provide their grain, for so you have prepared it.” Psalm 65:9 If God chooses to greatly enrich the earth, how much more will He greatly enrich our lives? I think I have a tendency to […]
“And you and your sons with you shall guard your priesthood for all that concerns the altar and that is within the veil; and you shall serve. I give your priesthood as a gift, and any outsider who comes near shall be put to death.” Numbers 18:7 “And the veil shall separate for you the […]
“Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you.” Psalm 63:3 I read a quote by John Piper this morning: “The steadfast love of the Lord is better than life. So we will choose to die rather than lose sweet fellowship with God.” This choice is about more than physical death. […]
In Pleasant Places 