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?

Turning The Inside Out

David, the future King of Israel, was anointed by the prophet Samuel while tending sheep, seemingly overlooked by his family. Despite feeling unqualified, David’s obedience and trust in God’s plan led to his transformation. This story reminds us to respond to God’s call, trust in His guidance, and take the next steps, as David did.

Accepting Adversity?

Can suffering be a calling? This is certainly a question I have asked many times in my life after going through traumatic periods. There is no doubt that these trials in my life changed me. It set before me a basic question of how much do I trust that God is at work in the […]

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 […]

Losing Faith

“…And the stone sank into his forehead, so that he fell on his face to the ground. – 1 Samuel 17:49 (NASB) They were totally invested in the strength of Goliath. They relied on him to not only protect them, but to bring them success. They rallied behind him because he appeared powerful and unstoppable. […]

Introducing a New Series “Answering the Call”

The Bible is full of examples of people responding to God’s call. When I started to look at specific examples, I became intrigued by the moment between the call and the response of the person. What happened in that moment that caused these people to respond the way they did to God’s call, and what […]

Friday Faith

Trust in the LORD and do good;Dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.Delight yourself in the LORD;And He will give you the desires of your heart.Commit your way to the LORD,Trust also in Him, and He will do it. – Psalm 37:3-5 How are you cultivating faithfulness and committing your ways to the Lord? Are […]

Authority Figure

He was a man of authority, a leader of many in the army. He was used to giving commands his soldiers obeyed. Yet he approached Jesus with respect, “Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, fearfully tormented (Matthew 8:6, NASB).” The centurion in this passage calls Jesus, “Lord,” even though he is a Roman […]