Today’s Walk in the Word

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.            —Hebrews 13:8 Generations come and go: “Moses my servant is dead” (Jo 1:2); “When David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep” (Acts 13:36). Those we know and love have their day, fill their place, serve […]

I am with you always. —Matthew 28:20 “Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen,” runs the old spiritual. There’s some truth in that: no one can get inside your head and heart and know your pain. Maybe some of the misery was your own fault: maybe you chose the wrong road . . . or the […]

Noah did everything just as God commanded him.       —Genesis 6:22 You won’t turn many pages in your Bible until you hear the voice of God telling you to move in a certain direction; to obey a certain command. And when you hear that voice you have to make a decision. God told […]

I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.                 —Jeremiah 31:34 The old mystic told him that she and Jesus talked one-on-one every night, and that he told her about the shenanigans of people who thought their sins were secret. He was skeptical, but […]

Stop judging by mere appearances.                       —John 7:24 Sometimes I spout words that hurt. And sometimes I judge people in thought, even if not in word: loser; irrelevant; stupid. As if my opinion is worth beans. It isn’t. As if my assessment makes me superior. […]

Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence.                —Hebrews 4:16 The writer of Hebrews holds Jesus up and asks us to have a good look: “Fix your thoughts on Jesus” (Heb 3:1); “Keep your eyes on Jesus” (Heb 12:2, TLB). Jesus is not out to get […]

Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?                                —Isaiah 6:8 You’re being pulled in a dozen directions by people and projects wanting—sometimes demanding—your time and attention. Life is zipping by more rapidly than you ever imagined. You alone […]

Faith is being sure of what we hope for.                      —Hebrews 11:1 Hedonists take the short view of life: eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die. Christians take the long view: weighing present decisions on future scales. Present pleasure may bring pain in the […]

God is not ashamed to be called their God.                          —Hebrews 11:16 God said, “Those who honor me I will honor” (1 Sm. 2:30). The patriarchs were far from faultless, but they took God at his word and were “still living by faith when […]

Jesus . . . for the joy set before him endured the cross.     —Hebrews 12:2 Your cross is the heaviest piece of furniture in the house, and sometimes you get tired of carrying it; exhausted from struggling with a problem that seems to have no solution and no end. The writer of Hebrews […]