“O LORD God of hosts, who is mighty as you are, O LORD, with your faithfulness all around you?” Psalm 89:8 Might and faithfulness. Inextricably linked in this verse. It is a declaration of the Lord’s great power. And in the same moment, of His unending and definitive faithfulness. The God of heaven demonstrates His […]
“The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; he knows those who take refuge in him. But with an overflowing flood he will make a complete end of the adversaries, and will pursue his enemies into darkness.” Nahum 1:7-8 So much is packed into these verses. The goodness and strength and faithfulness […]
“Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations.” Psalm 90:1 Our God is our home. As Moses said in Deuteronomy 33:27, “The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms.” We are carried and sustained by the powerful arms of Almighty God—arms that will never fail. He is our […]
“Then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God. For the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding” Proverbs 2:5-6 The fear of the Lord can be a difficult concept to grasp. Consequently, there may be a tendency to minimize it in explanation to make it […]
“As he talked with them, behold, the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, came up out of the ranks of the Philistines and spoke the same words as before. And David heard him.” 1 Samuel 17:23 For forty days, this champion emerged and challenged the Israelites to send a man to fight him. […]
“For the LORD spoke thus to me with his strong hand upon me, and warned me not to walk in the way of this people, saying, ‘Do not call conspiracy all that this people calls conspiracy, and do not fear what they fear, nor be in dread. But the LORD of hosts, him you shall […]
“But if it is by the finger of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.” Luke 11:20 Reading Jesus’ statement here, my thoughts are immediately drawn to the great power of God. Demons—which easily overpower and terrify us—are cast out by the mere finger of our God. […]
“Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire.” Hebrews 12:28-29 This passage begins with a picture of how God manifested Himself to the Israelites in the wilderness: “a blazing fire […]
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