Weighing What’s in Me

Weighing What’s in Me

Judges 11:11 “Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and chief over them; and Jephthah spoke all his words before the Lord.” Observation: Jephthah didn’t have a promising beginning. He was the offspring of Gilead’s affair with a...
Sand Castles

Sand Castles

Psalm 49:10–12 “Even wise men die; the stupid and senseless alike perish and leave their wealth to others. Their inner thought is that their houses are forever and their dwelling places to all generations. They have called their lands after their own names, but man in...
Volunteering for Death

Volunteering for Death

1 Corinthians 15:31 “I die daily.” Observation: This simple statement comes during a discourse by Paul on death and resurrection—on the differences between those who have eternal life in Christ and will be given new and imperishable bodies in the resurrection, and...
Wimp or Warrior

Wimp or Warrior

Judges 6:12–13 “The angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, ‘The Lord is with you, O valiant warrior.’ Then Gideon said to him, ‘Oh my lord, if the Lord is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all His miracles which our fathers told...
Releasing the Bicycle

Releasing the Bicycle

Judges 4:8–9 “Then Barak said to her, ‘If you will go with me, then I will go; but if you will not go with me, I will not go.’ She said, ‘I will surely go with you; nevertheless, the honor shall not be yours on the journey that you are about to take, for the Lord will...
Just Stuff

Just Stuff

Psalm 105:43-44 “He brought out His people with rejoicing, His chosen ones with shouts of joy; He gave them the lands of the nations, and they fell heir to what others had toiled for …” Observation: Psalm 105 is a remarkable record of God’s fulfillment of His covenant...