A Rich Aroma

Tears streamed down her cheeks as she looked at the box full of food. “I did not know where I was going to get food today.” The emotional response was evident. She was touched by the rich aroma of God’s love expressed by the hands of His faithful. Paul expresses this emotional response toward the […]

“Go!” I’ll Show You Later Where

A career change taught me the importance of responding to God’s call. It was a lesson I learned from Abram’s obedience in Genesis 12 where he trusted God despite uncertainty about the future.

She Went and Did

In a time of extreme need, a widow shows faith when asked by the prophet Elijah for bread. Her obedience leads to God’s miraculous provision, demonstrating reliance on divine guidance even in desperate circumstances.

What Are You Holding Back?

What does it mean to give it all to God, to obey all he asks you to do? There may be things we are not aware of that we place above God. In Genesis 22, Abraham is tested to see if he placed above God one thing he holds near and dear to his heart. […]

Humbly Called to Significance

He was just a herdsman tending to the livestock, who also raised figs. He wasn’t a prophet, nor was he even related to a prophet, yet God called him to bring a word of warning to Israel, to call them to account: “Then Amos replied to Amaziah, ‘I am not a prophet, nor am I […]

When Our Purposes Become God’s Purpose

Joseph may have prepared the tomb for his own purposes, but it ended up playing an important role in God’s purposes. It became the place for Jesus’s resurrection from the dead.

Finding Some Answers to the Call

How God choses people for certain jobs doesn’t usually fit the method used by the world.

Immediate Followers

Peter and Andrew, two fishermen at the Sea of Galilee, were approached by Jesus with a simple offer: “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.” Without hesitation, they left their nets behind and immediately followed him. This impulsive response raises the question: do we treat God’s will as a request or a command?

Ship of Faith

It wasn’t necessarily Noah’s carpentry ability or his animal husbandry skills that qualified him for God’s command to build an ark. What qualified Noah for God’s calling to build an ark? Genesis 6:9 tells us, “Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God.” Based on […]