Leaving Much to Mystery
I recall a wise seminary professor saying to us students, “Some things about God are best left to mystery.” What great counsel!
Written by Chuck Swindoll, these encouraging devotional thoughts are published seven days per week.
I recall a wise seminary professor saying to us students, “Some things about God are best left to mystery.” What great counsel!
We are wise to pay heed to such strong appeals from heaven. Better to turn in obedience and reverence back to Him than face the consequences of His judgment.
How like God to put serendipity into the barrenness of our lives and fresh joy into our gloom. Are you expecting it? Will you look for Him to do that today?
God says, “Stop! Put on My armour—don’t leave the house today without first arming yourself with the truth of My Word and the weapons of My Spirit.”
If today you are facing some pesky circumstances or a trial that not only won’t go away, but, in fact, is intensifying, meditate on the truth from God’s Word. He is at work in your adversity to stretch and strengthen your faith.
God offers a promise that is guaranteed: when His word is accepted and believed, it can bring about genuine peace and an enduring joy. It’s good, but it’s also true!
Change—real change—takes place slowly. In first gear, not overdrive. Far too many Christians get discouraged and give up.
Stimulating and invigorating as change may be—it is never easy. Changes are especially tough when it comes to certain habits that haunt and harm us. That kind of change is excruciating—especially when it means acknowledging sin.
Sorrows will come. Heartache is soon to follow. Despair may actually set in and linger. But hope comes through faith—and in the confidence that Jesus, God’s Son, has overcome the world
The artist without perspective is, in Shakespeare’s words, “weary, stale, flat and unprofitable.” The leader without it is visionless, intimidated, vulnerable, and overly concerned with public opinion.