Today’s Walk in the Word

Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training.        —1 Corinthians 9:25 Striding to the stake in the Stadium of Smyrna, Polycarp prayed, “O God, make me a true athlete of Jesus Christ, to suffer and to conquer.” The New Testament compares the Christian to the athlete some 50 times. One […]

Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good life.                  —James 3:13 Lessons we have learned, are learning, or need to learn. Part 5 … Never too bad, never too old, never too late to change. Our job is not to see […]

Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom.                                    —Proverbs 4:7 Lessons we have learned, are learning, or need to learn. Part 4 … I don’t determine the length of my life; only the use I make of it. I should […]

Whoever heeds correction gains understanding.                                 —Proverbs 15:32 Lessons we have learned, are learning, or need to learn. Part 3 … It requires no special talent to be miserable. Negative thoughts don’t produce positive results. Nothing can control my attitude […]

Blessed is the man who finds wisdom.                            —Proverbs 3:13 Lessons we have learned, are learning, or need to learn. Part 2 … Those who do the most good usually make the least noise. If I expect to see rainbows I will have […]

Come, my children, listen to me; I will teach you.             —Psalm 34:11 This week let’s think distilled wisdom—lessons we have learned, are learning, or need to learn. Part 1 … Defeat rarely comes because I try and fail, but because I fail to try. Success is often the fruit […]

Run in such a way as to get the prize.                  —1 Corinthians 9:24 Roger Bannister was expected to win the gold in the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki. He came in fourth. He went into strict training, obsessed with being the first person to run a sub-four-minute mile, […]

We do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize.              —Hebrews 4:15 “He doesn’t understand; doesn’t know what I’m going through.” That may be true, even about someone close to you. But it isn’t true about Jesus. He did something he didn’t have to do—came to earth […]

In humility consider others better than yourselves.    —Philippians 2:3 You know someone who enters the room grandiosely: “Here I am!” (“Lucky you!”) And someone who enters the room graciously: “There you are!” (“Lucky me!”) Back-to-back Prime Ministers Benjamin Disraeli and William Gladstone took the same lady to dinner—Gladstone one evening; Disraeli the next. Asked […]

Do to others what you would have them do to you.         —Matthew 7:12 Confucius put the Golden Rule in negative form: “Do not to others what you would not wish done to yourself.” So did Rabbi Hillel. Asked by a prospective convert to state the whole law while he stood on […]