Updated on August 8, 2016
Glorious Tuesday: Ironic Like Amos
“But as my people watched, I destroyed the Amorites, though they were as tall as cedars and as strong as oaks. I destroyed the fruit on their branches and dug out their roots.” – Amos 2:9
In this book we can clearly see that God, in all of His ways, is never halfway, never unfinished. Even in justice, God is aware of completing the job. You see, He knows that even if a tree yields no fruit, it is still alive. And even if the tree is cut down, it may still survive to grow again.
“Even a tree has more hope! If it is cut down, it will sprout again and grow new branches. Though its roots have grown old in the earth and its stump decays, at the scent of water it will bud and sprout again like a new seedling.- Job 14:7-9
And so the scripture is vivid enough to assure us that He dug out their roots. He ensured that destruction was not unfinished. God’s need for justice is a part of His character. It will never change.
And so, it begs the question, what on earth would He want with a dirty, broken, imperfect human like me… like you? How could He possibly be the God of Sovereign Justice, the Impartial Judge, and accept me as His own?
There existed a great debt and God’s need for nothing left unfinished demanded payment be made. In full. We were separated from Him forever by that great wall of sin. There was no way to ever make it right. Ever.
But God reached down… no, God came down… never one to leave anything unfinished. He knew that if you want something done right, sometimes you really do have to do it yourself. We could never get it right, not in generations of trying. We could never make it good, not with countless sacrifices. We could never approach the throne, not in our bleachiest best.
In His great love for us, His unparalleled desire to be with us for eternity, His relentless pursuit of our love and salvation, God joined us. He laid Himself out on the cross, arms outstretched to catch our embrace.
A jar of sour wine was sitting there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put it on a hyssop branch, and held it up to his lips. When Jesus had tasted it, he said, “It is finished!” Then he bowed his head and released his spirit. – John 19:29-30
Only our God could manage to turn a debt that could never be paid into the gift of every century.
Let’s Go Deeper:
1. What kind of habits do you need to leave at the cross?
2. How long will you wait?
3. Write here a verse that helps you to understand the great love that inspired this sacrifice.
3. What is one thing you can do, today, to point someone in the direction of the Gospel?
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Updated on August 4, 2016
Why Should I Share in Prayer, When the Outcome Won’t Change?
So last week I talked about how I realized that I am a double agent. I outlined 3 steps of how I eased into this role. Now it’s time to begin digging out.
Today, let’s talk about prayer. I believe it to be the most powerful weapon in our arsenal. In fact, it’s where our only power lies. Because through prayer, we approach the throne of grace. In prayer, we have interpretation by the Holy Spirit, and intercession by Jesus. God praying for us. If that doesn’t blow you away, nothing will.
I’m not asking you to take them out of the world, but to keep them safe from the evil one. They do not belong to this world any more than I do. Make them holy by your truth; teach them your word, which is truth.
– John 17:15-17
And so this past week I have been leaning fully on Christ to try and learn how I can pray for myself without being demanding or petulant or insubmissive.
I learned that Jesus taught us to pray for our needs, as His model prayer includes, “Give us this day our daily bread”, “Deliver us from evil”, and “Forgive us our trespasses”. (Matthew 6)
I was reminded of Christ’s prayer in the Garden, when He, who knew and accepted the full plan of God with it’s consequences and rewards, begged in desperation, “Let this cup pass from me.” (Matthew 26) Drops of blood mingled with unmitigated fear and sorrow.
Why did He say these words? Why did He pray this way? Was our Savior selfish? Demanding? Petulant? Was He not willing to submit to the will of the Father?
He prayed this way because He had a relationship with God. Because this relationship had no walls, no boundaries, no masks. He shared because He knew that intimacy of holding nothing back was what God craved and what He Himself desperately needed.
Because even though He knew the cup would not pass from Him, Jesus also never doubted that His sorrow mattered, and was meant to be shared. God sat with Him in that garden on that fateful night. While His friends, His brothers, slept from sheer exhaustion, Jesus was not alone. He was comforted by the presence of His Father, who though He knew this plan needed to play out also longed to spare His Son from the pain and the anguish to come.
Jesus prayed because He needed that connection to His Abba.
This is a huge revelation for me, because of course it causes me to compare the way I pray for my own self. I pray with a mask on. “I’m ok, Lord, let’s just talk about the people I love.” I approach the throne on behalf of others, but keep my own true self walled away, off limits. I have become so convinced that praying for myself in any detail is equivalent to not submitting, that I have lost that depth of intimacy with my God.
So why should I share? Just for the simple pleasure of sharing. For the connection that is made when the relationship goes both ways. For the comfort that only comes when I let the walls down and share the space in my head and heart.
Because He is my Abba, Father. Because I love Him as much as He loves me.
And that change starts right now. I’m adding me to my War Room, so I’m sure to remember. It’s important to pray for myself. The details matter because I do. And so, Dear One, do you.
Abba, Father, I am afraid. It’s easy to feel alone, especially in the times like now, when the pain closes in and the dark grows bolder. Please stay with me. Please keep me from the evil one. Please write Your beautiful truth on my aching heart. I love You. In Jesus’ Name, Amen…
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Updated on August 1, 2016
Glorious Tuesday: Crazy Like Habakkuk
I heard and my inward parts trembled, At the sound my lips quivered. Decay enters my bones, And in my place I tremble. Because I must wait quietly for the day of distress, For the people to arise who will invade us. 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 food, Though the flock should be cut off from the fold And there be no cattle in the stalls, Yet I will exult in the Lord, I will rejoice in the God of my salvation. – Habakkuk 3:16-18
“Because I must wait quietly for the day of distress”… Ouch. Life is often like this. The Bible talks a lot about waiting, patience, enduring through the tough times. But this prophet knew that what he was waiting on would not bring abundant blessings, joy, or immediate deliverance.
This prophet knew that what he was waiting on was distress. Despair. Hardship. Trouble.
Many of us suffer from something that most likely will never be removed from us. We study to grow our patience. We hope to increase our endurance. We have faith that in the end we will be restored, when we are taken home to be with Jesus.
But the waiting we are doing now? That is a lot like Habakkuk’s waiting. Trouble.
It’s here, it’s coming, and we know it’s just around the next corner. Our health, as we get older, is most likely to get worse instead of better. Our disabilities are likely to multiply. Our pain is likely to increase. Trouble.
Even on our shining, refreshing days when our invisible illnesses and our visible problems are manageable, we can know that worse days are going to return. These times are only an oasis… a temporary stopping point the Lord has provided on our walk through this desert. Some day, not far from now, will bring more trouble.
Yet here is how Habakkuk ends this lament.
“Yet I will exult in the Lord, I will rejoice in the God of my salvation.”
Knowing that distress was sneaking up on his people. Knowing that their cups would be filled with despair. Knowing that hardship was strapped to their backs. In full realization of the trouble that was coming.
“Yet I will exult in the Lord, I will rejoice in the God of my salvation.”
If that makes Habakkuk crazy, Lord, let me be crazy like Habakkuk! Let me lift my hands and voice to exult in You. Let me rejoice in You, the God of my salvation, no matter what my quiet waiting produces!
And let me never forget:
“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” – Jesus (John 16:33)
Let’s Go Deeper:
1. What kind of trouble do you find yourself waiting on?
2. How patient are you during these times?
3. Write here a verse that helps you to exult in the troubled times.
4. What is one thing you can do, today, to help someone focus on the praise at the end of the lament?
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Updated on July 28, 2016
Are You a Double Agent?
If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing. – 1 Corinthians 13:1-3
I am a Christian. There’s never been a doubt in my mind who the enemy is. I’ve made mistakes and I fall way short, but God’s grace sustains and frees me. I am a child of God and I am a warrior in His army. I would never knowingly help the enemy, not ever.
Except now I find that I’ve become a double agent. How on earth did that happen?
It happened step by step:
Step One: I refuse to pray for myself as I prayed for others. No specifics, no details, no begging. How crazy is that? Crazy, but true. And I did this for years. It’s a long step and the enemy is a patient one. He’s willing to wait me out till I get comfy in my step. Then he reinforces my new pattern until it feels wrong to pray for myself in any but the vaguest of terms.
Step Two: I allow an internal dialogue that is completely debasing to myself. What a loser you are. You are such a bum. You don’t matter. Who cares if…? And on and on it goes. At first, just little things like my sleep patterns. I allowed myself not a sliver of grace, held myself to impossible standards that I would never have even dreamed of forcing on others. In fact, if others had been treated that way, I would have lovingly pointed out that they were being abused. I abuse myself. And the enemy chimes in. Even when I catch myself and try to stop that line of thinking, he pushes and pressures and is relentless.
Step Three: I embrace the isolation. Isolation is something that those with chronic illness must accept as a new normal, to a large degree. I stand by that. But what I have done is allow it to become internal. I stopped writing, stopped interacting on my blog. Then I withdrew more and more from social media, which is sometimes a lifeline for me, the only contact I have with those outside my family. At the same time that I was wrapping isolation around me like a blanket, the enemy was sending in fear and anger and just plain old ambivalence by the truckload. I find it to be a monumental feat to begin a conversation. Answering an email terrifies me to my core. Reaching out? Impossible.
And so I find myself working for the enemy. Against my own self. It’s an inside job, the only way to destroy a loyal disciple like me.
And now that I know it’s happening, it’s going to end. Today. I know it will not be a simple or easy process, but I’m tackling it. If you find yourself in the same boat, I hope you’re willing to tackle it along with me.
The next few Fridays are going to cover the steps above. This has to stop. Let’s find some real ways to combat our enemy… even when that enemy includes our own self.
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For the Scriptures say, “If you want to enjoy life and see many happy days, keep your tongue from speaking evil and your lips from telling lies.” – 1 Peter 3:10
Even to yourself.
And so, for this week, I am making 3 small changes. Baby steps.
1. Lean on God alone. I’m inviting Him into my isolation and I’m shutting every other thing out. I’m reading, I’m singing, I’m praying, getting His message engraved on my heart. Letting the silence work for me instead of against me.
2. Lean on Christ alone. I’m depending on Him to pray for me, to teach me how to pray for myself. Every day.
3. Lean on the Holy Spirit alone. His is the only internal dialogue I will have, and He is powerful enough to shut out any other. He is willing, and so am I.
Join me?
Holy God, we beg for only You. We surrender to only You. May each blessing bestowed turn back to praise You mightily. In Jesus’ Name, Amen…
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Updated on July 25, 2016
Glorious Tuesday: Sarcastic Like Micah
The Lord has told you what is good, and this is what he requires of you: to do what is right, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God. – Micah 6:8
Now that is a familiar verse, isn’t it? Have you ever read the verses preceding it?
Before you do, call to mind what the old law required from God’s people. The weight of the law was heavy by our standards. So very heavy. I’m sure that’s what the Israelites told themselves when they turned from it. When they turned to idols and their own selfish desires.
And into their midst, God sent Micah. To remind them of their unfaithfulness. To remind them that a penalty would be paid for it. To remind them that they had left God and His law.
Knowing what those people had to be thinking as they heard his message, Micah reminds them of how they find the Lord’s laws to be so heavy. I’m sure they feared after hearing the heavy grievances the Lord brought against them. What payment would be required to satisfy God after so many years of living in defiance?
What can we bring to the Lord? What kind of offerings should we give him? Should we bow before God with offerings of yearling calves? Should we offer him thousands of rams and ten thousand rivers of olive oil? Should we sacrifice our firstborn children to pay for our sins? – Micah 6:6-7
Pretty heavy, right?
But focus on the next words that God gave to Micah to deliver to His people.
“No, O people”
What? You require something heavier, Lord? More? More than yearling calves and thousands of rams? A heavier weight than ten thousand rivers of olive oil? Surely, God, our firstborn would suffice.
“No, O people”
The Lord has told you what is good, and this is what he requires of you: to do what is right, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
Do you see how the Israelites had twisted so horribly the very character of their God? They understood His heart not one bit.
Do we?
Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.” – Matthew 11:28-30
Remember that we serve a God who is the same yesterday, today, and forever. (Hebrews 13:8) His burden was never heavy. We made it so.
No, O people. His burden is light. Come to Him.
Let’s Go Deeper:
1. What kind of heavy load are you carrying?
2. How does the burden keep you from Christ?
3. Write here a verse that makes you want to lay that burden down.
3. What is one thing you can do, today, to help shoulder someone else’s burdens? It’s in that way that we fulfill the law of Christ. (Galatians 6:2)
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Updated on July 18, 2016
Glorious Tuesday: Vindicated Like Job
“But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives,
and he will stand upon the earth at last.
And after my body has decayed,
yet in my body I will see God!
I will see him for myself.
Yes, I will see him with my own eyes.
I am overwhelmed at the thought!” – Job 19:25-27
This world is filled with friends of Job, is it not?
Whenever there is trouble in this world, we look for how we are responsible for our own pain. A tsunami would only be unleashed on the immoral, right? A disease that refuses healing could only remain if it were allowed to by the sufferer, correct?
The world is all too ready to assign blame. Perhaps some secret sin is to blame. Or not having enough belief could be to blame. Maybe the blame belongs to past generations.
Job figured it out, though. He knew that sometimes innocent Christians are allowed to suffer. He recognized that the blame game was just that… a game that helps those who aren’t suffering at the moment to feel superior in their faith.
Job proclaimed, in the midst of his terrible strife and despair, that he would be redeemed. That he would see God with his own eyes. And the thought overwhelmed him.
He did not qualify his declaration with “if…then” statements. Job didn’t feel the need to defend himself of his God against blame-assigners. He simply stated the truth. His Redeemer lives.
May we all have such hope. May we all remember that no one is to blame when grief strikes. No one but that old enemy. He’s how he has been all along.
May the powerful truth overwhelm us.
So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus. – Romans 8:1
Let’s Go Deeper:
1. Do you ever doubt God’s goodness or try to place blame for your own suffering or the suffering of someone else.
2. What new light does Job’s insight shed on your beliefs?
3. Write here a verse that reminds you that your Redeemer lives and you will see Him.
4. What is one thing you can do, today, to be God with skin on to someone who is feeling abandoned?
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Updated on July 12, 2016
Glorious Tuesday: Distant Like Esther
“If you keep quiet at a time like this, deliverance and relief for the Jews will arise from some other place, but you and your relatives will die. Who knows if perhaps you were made queen for just such a time as this?” – Esther 4:14
Imagine that you are a sweet, faithful child of God. Not too far of a stretch, is it?
Now imagine that you are taken into the harem of an enemy king. Forced to try to win the favor of said king. Subjected to prying eyes and vicious jealousy. All within strange palace walls with nothing familiar left to comfort you.
There are times when God can seem really far away. Silent. Absent.
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Many are quick to point out that the name of God is not mentioned anywhere in the book of Esther. I think rather than cause us to doubt the book’s validity because of this absence, this is a purposeful way the Spirit is reminding us that God is always, always there.
Behind the scenes, working for our good, moving in and among our stories. Coinciding and placing and manipulating in the best of ways. Not absent. Never absent.
The book of Esther reminds us that God has purposes for His people, and some of these purposes are born of difficult circumstances. Painful processes. Impossible scenarios. Struggles during which His silence is deafening. His absence is felt. Grief can arise, if we don’t hold on to hope.
Mordechai knew that if Esther couldn’t summon the courage, God would deliver His people by another means. But He also knew that God could mightily use the abused slave girl to show His power. He knew that God’s silence did not denote absence.
Thank God, Esther was willing to trust. She asked a God who had been silent and seemingly absent in her life during terrible times to grant her strength and courage. She had faith that He would uphold her as she made her way through palace halls toward the throne room where her death could be pronounced with one word.
Do we have that much trust in our God when awful times of trial enter our lives? Do we wonder if He is absent? If He has abandoned us? If He cares?
“Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” – Matthew 28:20
Let’s Go Deeper:
1. What kind of trials are you facing that cause you to wonder if God is absent?
2. How do you handle these lonely feelings of abandonment?
3. Write here a verse that reminds you of His constant presence.
4. What is one thing you can do, today, to encourage someone who is struggling with grief or suffering?
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Updated on May 30, 2016
Glorious Tuesday: Irrelevant Like Jonah
“Get up and go to the great city of Nineveh. Announce my judgment against it because I have seen how wicked its people are.” – Jonah 1:2
Yeah, yeah, Jonah. He disobeyed. He was swallowed. Lived in a fish for 3 days. He obeyed. He pouted.
I’m actually less interested in Jonah than I am in the people he encountered on this trip of his. They were, after all, the ones who were on God’s heart.
Oh, those Assyrians. They were bad. And I don’t mean just naughty. No, they made it their mission to be enemies of the Living God. They did horrible, unthinkable things to God’s people. For years… generations. They lived to rob hope as well as villages. They strove to conquer cultures and they laid all their thanks at the feet of pagan gods.
But God…. ah, God…. He alone sees into our hearts. He alone cares enough to look.
He knew that Jonah would jump ship… a ship headed to Tarshish, to be exact. And He sent a storm. Sure, sure, He had already prepared that fish to swallow Jonah, and the storm prompted those sailors to finally throw Jonah overboard, but don’t you think God could have found another way?
Here’s what the scriptures say about those sailors….
Fearing for their lives, the desperate sailors shouted to their gods for help and threw the cargo overboard to lighten the ship. – (vs.5)
Then the crew cast lots to see which of them had offended the gods and caused the terrible storm. When they did this, the lots identified Jonah as the culprit. “Why has this awful storm come down on us?” they demanded. “Who are you? What is your line of work? What country are you from? What is your nationality?” Jonah answered, “I am a Hebrew, and I worship the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the land.” (vs.7-9)
After they realized that they would not make it to land in the storm, they had no choice but to throw Jonah overboard. And then…
The sailors were awestruck by the Lord’s great power, and they offered him a sacrifice and vowed to serve him. (vs.16)
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God knew the hearts of those sailors. He saw their need for a messenger. And His own heart was pierced enough to send Jonah on this little detour.
But what about after that detour? The book of Jonah is about the Assyrians, remember? God’s mortal enemies. They’re gonna get what’s coming to them. Jonah is rubbing his hands together in anticipation.
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But there was a glitch. Turns out, it was a glitch in the heart of those nasty Assyrians.
The people of Nineveh believed God’s message, and from the greatest to the least, they declared a fast and put on burlap to show their sorrow. When the king of Nineveh heard what Jonah was saying, he stepped down from his throne and took off his royal robes. He dressed himself in burlap and sat on a heap of ashes. Then the king and his nobles sent this decree throughout the city: “No one, not even the animals from your herds and flocks, may eat or drink anything at all. People and animals alike must wear garments of mourning, and everyone must pray earnestly to God. They must turn from their evil ways and stop all their violence. Who can tell? Perhaps even yet God will change his mind and hold back his fierce anger from destroying us.” When God saw what they had done and how they had put a stop to their evil ways, he changed his mind and did not carry out the destruction he had threatened. – Jonah 3:5-10
I can imagine the joy and relief God felt. Even Jonah knew how much compassion God feels, how much He longs to save.
It’s that same longing that prompted Him to send His only Son to earth years later.
For as Jonah was in the belly of the great fish for three days and three nights, so will the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights. – Matthew 12:40
All because God saw our hearts. And was eager to claim them as His own.
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No, the story of Jonah really isn’t about Jonah at all. It’s about a mad, mad love that longs to be loved right back.
And because we are his children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, prompting us to call out, “Abba, Father.” – Galatians 4:6
It’s about a people who needed a messenger, and a God who always provides. An illogical love that chases after His enemies. A love that longs to relent instead of punish. A love that hopes to live inside us, instead of above us.
And He still loves, just that way. Just that much. And just that kind of people.
If he looks into your heart today, what will He find?
Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. – Ephesians 3:17
Let’s Go Deeper:
1. What is making you feel irrelevant today?
2. What makes you doubt that Christ is chasing you?
3. Write here a verse that helps you remember your worth.
4. What is one thing you can do, today, to reach out to someone who seems as irrelevant as you’ve been feeling?
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Updated on May 23, 2016
Glorious Tuesdays: Desperate Like Hosea
I want you to show love, not offer sacrifices. I want you to know me more than I want burnt offerings. – Hosea 6:6
Oh, Hosea. Required to bind himself, body and heart, to a woman who would never be faithful. Expected to be a father to children who may or may not even be his own biologically.
To be able to bring this deeply personal message of betrayal to the sons and daughters, the bride, of the Lord Most High, Hosea had to know what it was to love someone who was very unfaithful.
For this to succeed as an object lesson, he had to really, truly love her. Hosea had to woo Gomer, desire her faithfulness deep down in his soul. He had to plead with her, accept her, and forgive her without ever hearing an apology, knowing that the next day may bring the same betrayal. Knowing that this never-ending love would produce righteous jealousy.
Hosea didn’t just go out and find a prostitute to marry because that was what the Lord commanded. It wasn’t a task he was given. It was a sentiment, a heartfelt desire that he was granted. And that deep and abiding love, as far as we know, was never returned. Not in the way that it was given. Not in the way that is intended. He was destined to be jealous.
As we read through this book which is basically Hosea’s love for Gomer, parallelled with God’s love for His people, we can see that this unrequited love covers the full range of emotions you would expect. Anger, betrayal, deep hurt, a turning away, a wooing to return, forgiveness, pleading for repentence. Jealous for a love that was not fully returned.
Never once do we see God, or Hosea, lose their love for their undeserving bride.
“Oh, how can I give you up, Israel? How can I let you go? How can I destroy you like Admah or demolish you like Zeboiim? My heart is torn within me, and my compassion overflows.”
– Hosea 11:8
In fact, that love culminated in the indescribable gift of God’s own Son.
That’s how jealous He is for our affections.
Hasn’t He wooed us enough?
Oh, Lord, give me the desperation of Hosea. Let me never lose sight of the fact that You still love lost souls just as outrageously as You did in Hosea’s day. Help me to chase after the unfaithful of today’s world with just as much jealousy as You showed when you chased after me.
Desiring not empty tokens of affection. Caring not whether or not we outwardly wore Your ring for others to see.
Wanting the heart of the matter. Desiring our heart.
Wanting us to know you, not only serve you.
For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy; for I betrothed you to one husband, so that to Christ I might present you as a pure virgin. – 2 Corinthians 11:2
Let’s Go Deeper:
1. What kind of unrequited longing do you face?
2. How does this affect your prayers?
2. Write here a verse that helps you to remember that God can relate to your personal heartache.
3. What is one thing you can do, today, to show someone empathy?
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Posted on May 23, 2016
The Glorious Illogic of Chasing After God in a World Gone Mad
The Lord directs the steps of the godly. He delights in every detail of their lives. – Psalm 37:23
So I have had this dream for a while now. Years, actually. It seemed like a crazy dream at first, but I just kept plugging away. Most of you know that my dream came to life last year, with the publication of 3 books. They are compilations of devotionals that first appeared here in this space.
What you don’t know is that I have been working all along this journey, on a devotional study of the prophets, an original work to be published in book form. With recent changes to my health, Brian and my energy and attention has had to be focused on things other than publishing our books. We don’t see that changing.
Because of that experience, we have even greater confidence in the message proclaimed by the prophets. You must pay close attention to what they wrote, for their words are like a lamp shining in a dark place—until the Day dawns, and Christ the Morning Star shines in your hearts. – 2 Peter 1:19
And so, I have decided with God’s leading, to share the book devotions here. The title of this study is:
The Glorious Illogic of Chasing After God in a World Gone Mad: A Devotional Study of the Prophets
Each will be in the book format you’ve come to expect from me, which is the devotional with an insight and scriptures, then a prayer followed by “Let’s Go Deeper” questions for you to journal.
And so for the next several months, I will be sharing a post from this book here each Tuesday. We can call it Glorious Tuesdays. I hope you will be blessed. Thank you for joining me… see you tomorrow.
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May God Bless You,
Shelly
