Today’s Walk in the Word

Do not merely listen to the word . . . Do what it says.   —James 1:22 Voice activation has arrived. Speak an address, and your GPS will map your destination and talk you to it. Speak a name, and your phone will call that person’s number. Speak to your computer, and it will type […]

We have put our hope in the living God.                           —1 Timothy 4:10 In the first sentence of his letter to Timothy, Paul points to “Christ Jesus our hope.” And in the first sentence of his letter to Titus, he cites our “hope […]

The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.                  —John 1:14 Keith Wasserman, executive director of Good Works, Inc., has spent several days each year since 1989 living on the streets among the homeless. He does it to gain perspective and understanding of what the impoverished […]

The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.                   —Galatians 5:6 Galatians 5 opens with these words: “It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.” Verse […]

I will show you the most excellent way.                      —1 Corinthians 12:31 Maya Angelou said, “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” Paul wrote, “I will show you the most excellent […]

Be quick to listen, slow to speak.                    —James 1:19 I saw this on a bumper sticker: My wife says I never pay attention to what she says—or something like that. You show that you value people when you give them your undivided attention. You can’t listen—really […]

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases.                        —Lamentations 3:22 It’s a good day because God made it and is in it. “Good morning, sleepyhead. Rise and shine. I know your routine, so go ahead with your usual regimen—then, let’s get together. “You can […]

I will come in and we will eat together.                        —Revelation 3:20 Have you ever sat in the Oval Office and chatted with the president? Silly question. Heads of state are inaccessible to most people. Even dignitaries and heavyweight politicians have to negotiate security clearance, […]

It was good for me to be afflicted.                    —Psalm 119:71 “There are no atheists in foxholes” is an aphorism that alleges every person will reach for God when facing life-threatening danger. That isn’t indisputably true, but crises do cause us to give sober thought to things […]

There is laid up for me the crown of righteousness.         —2 Timothy 4:8 I get a lump in my throat reading 2 Timothy 4 because it is the last chapter in Paul’s last letter, and he is telling Timothy goodbye. His death is near. Still, he voices a valedictory of victory: […]