Complete Wetness

Habakkuk 2:14; 3:17–18 “For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea…Though the fig tree should not blossom and there be no fruit on the vines, though the yield of the olive should fail and the fields produce no...

Wring Away, Lord!

John 7:19, 24 “Did not Moses give you the Law, and yet none of you carries out the Law? Why do you seek to kill Me?…Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.” Observation: Jesus, teaching in the Jerusalem temple, was greeted by...

The Great Tiberian Cookout

John 6:28-29 “They said to Him, ‘What shall we do, so that we may work the works of God?’ Jesus answered and said to them, ‘This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent.’” Observation: Jesus had just miraculously fed well over 5,000 people on the...

Sharp Elbows

John 5:7 “The sick man answered Him, ‘Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I am coming, another steps down before me.” Observation: The man had been sick for thirty-eight years. He had taken his daily trip to the Pool of...

Manassehs and Hezekiahs

2 Kings 21:9 “But they did not listen, and Manasseh seduced them to do evil more than the nations whom the Lord destroyed before the sons of Israel.              Observation: Manasseh was the longest-serving king in Judah’s history. His father was the godly King...

Hide and Seek

Isaiah 65:1 “I permitted Myself to be sought by those who did not ask for Me; I permitted Myself to be found by those who did not seek Me. I said, ‘Here am I, Here am I,’ to a nation which did not call on My name.” Isaiah 66:1–2 “Thus says the Lord, ‘Heaven is my...