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The Burden Beyond Your Responsibility
Someone might have prayed about a situation but still spend the entire day thinking about it because, somewhere inside, it feels dangerous to stop worrying, as though worrying is what is keeping everything together. But what if it isn’t? What if worry has convinced you that carrying the burden is the same thing as caring…
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The Noise Inside Your Mind
Sometimes the problem is no longer what happened; it is what your mind keeps doing with what happened. The conversation ended hours ago, but you are still replaying it. You have gone over what they said, what you said, what you should have said and what their silence might mean. You made one mistake, but…
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When Tomorrow Steals Today
There are people who are exhausted from fighting battles that have not happened. This may be from the medical report that has not come, but you have already imagined the worst, or the interview that has not taken place, but you have already seen yourself rejected. Nobody has said you will lose your job, yet…
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Forgotten by the Butler, but Remembered by God
The butler forgot Joseph, but God did not need the butler to remember one day earlier than the day appointed for Joseph’s lifting. When that day came, the same man who had forgotten him became the person who mentioned his name before Pharaoh. People may forget you, but they cannot forget you beyond God’s timing.
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Bread, Not Stones
There are things people feel about God but are afraid to say. It sounds wrong to question His goodness, so we keep quiet. Yet somewhere beneath the prayers and worship, a troubling thought may already be growing: “If God loves me, why is He allowing me to go through this?”
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When God Feels Far Away
Heaven said, “Sing,” but Zion could not sing. God was speaking about comfort and mercy, but Zion could not find either in her life. She was just there, existing, watching one day follow another, but she no longer felt remembered by God. Her words were not really about one unanswered prayer. They came from the…
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When God Comes as a Stranger
Abraham welcomed visitors who carried a promise; Lot welcomed visitors who carried a warning; Neither man knew, when he opened his door, that the strangers he welcomed carried a message from God that would change the course of his life.
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The Visitation That Brought The Promise Home
God had promised Abraham a son, but the years following that promise did not appear to bring him closer to its fulfilment. Abraham grew older, Sarah passed the age of childbearing, and the promise remained unfulfilled. By Genesis 18, they did not only lack a child; they had lost the natural ability to have one.
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No More Room for the Flesh
We often pray for God to add something to our lives: more grace, more power, more wisdom and greater spiritual depth. Yet growth does not always begin with addition; sometimes it begins with removal. Circumcision involves cutting away flesh. From a health perspective, removing the foreskin can make personal hygiene easier and reduce the risk…
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Beyond the Quiet Time
Many believers know how to give God thirty minutes and keep the rest of the day for themselves. We open the day through prayer, read the Bible, say amen and move on. From that point, we make decisions and conversations, respond to people and pursue our plans with little awareness of God.
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