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Shredding the Word of God
20 After leaving the scroll in the room of Elishama the scribe, they went to the king’s court and told him everything. 21 The king sent Jehudi to take the scroll, and he retrieved it from the room of Elishama the scribe. Then Jehudi read it to the king and all his royal officials who were standing next to the king. 22 Now it was…
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Oh, to KNOW him!
33 No, this is the covenant that I will make with the people of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put my Instructions within them and engrave them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. (Jer. 31:33, CEB) Israel was dealt with for ignoring God and acting in open rebellion. But once…
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Shall We Only Take What is “Good” from God?
2 Go down to the potter’s house, and I’ll give you instructions about what to do there. 3 So I went down to the potter’s house; he was working on the potter’s wheel. 4 But the piece he was making was flawed while still in his hands, so the potter started on another, as seemed best to him. 5 Then the Lord’s word came to me: 6 House of Israel,…
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God as Jilted Lover
The language of Jeremiah is the language of a Lover. A hurt Lover, but nevertheless a Lover. Can you blame God? He’s done all he can to pour out his extravagant love on a nation that just doesn’t want what he is offering. It’s like an addiction. Once Israel gets out of slavery and tastes the “freedom” of the wide…
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Jonathan Edwards and Spiritual Renewal
I have picked up a copy of The Life and Diary of David Brainerd that was given to me years ago. The introduction gives a brief biography of Jonathan Edwards, since Edwards was responsible for publishing Brainerd’s work. The testimony of Jonathan Edwards is like water on dry ground in my life. My mind was greatly engaged to spend my time in…
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Getting God to Change His Mind
This isn’t a very good Calvinist post. Good thing I’m not a Calvinist. I’m probably not an Arminian, either. I love Exodus because it messes with Calvinist and Armininian viewpoints. It brings the tension of the action of God and the action of humanity into sharp relief. In Exodus 32 Moses has been up on the mountain receiving the covenant…
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Eating and Drinking in the Presence of God
9 Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy elders of Israel went up, 10 and they saw Israel’s God. Under God’s feet there was what looked like a floor of lapis-lazuli tiles, dazzlingly pure like the sky. 11 God didn’t harm the Israelite leaders, though they looked at God, and they ate and drank. (Ex. 24:9-11, CEB) My own Pentecostal/Charismatic conditioning says this…
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Fond Memories of Egypt
The children of Israel had watched Egypt go down hard. A nation of slaves had just walked out on the most powerful nation on the face of the earth and deliverance was theirs. Hundreds of years of slavery were wiped out… and they complain. They get outside of Egypt and all of a sudden Egypt sounds like Disney World. They think of the great…
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Isn’t It Time to Leave Egypt?
4 You saw what I did to the Egyptians, and how I lifted you up on eagles’ wings and brought you to me. (Ex. 19:4, CEB) There are so many thoughts, discussion, articles, etc., on the angst of the American Church. There are some I agree with, and some I don’t. There are certainly those who are so politicized that the…
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Just Keep Still
The hard stuff usually comes right after a nice victory. There will be some incredible moment of great news that touches our lives… and then we get blindsided by some bad news, or a tough battle. Panic may even set in. We were walking in victory one minute… then… WHAM! We’re on the ground looking around… dazed. It’s in those…
Category: Spiritual hunger
