Today’s Walk in the Word

You are great and do wondrous deeds; You alone are God.             —Psalm 86:10 Louis XIV ruled France for seventy-two years and demanded that he be addressed as Louis the Great. He ordered that Notre Dame Cathedral be totally dark during his funeral service, except for one candle positioned above […]

I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.                 —Matthew 16:18 He thinks you’re liberal because of what you allow. You think he’s narrow because of what he forbids. (Or vice versa.) There are issues where we don’t see eye-to-eye. Sometimes we […]

Run in such a way as to get the prize.                —1 Corinthians 9:24 On May 6, 1954, Roger Bannister reached what track and field experts considered unreachable: he ran a sub-four-minute mile. His time was 3:59.4. Since then, the four-minute barrier has been eclipsed by 1,497 runners. Steve […]

[Jesus] shared in [our] humanity.                       —Hebrews 2:14 Here are two verses that describe Jesus’ search for you: “The Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost” (Lk 19:10). “The Word [Jesus] became flesh and made his dwelling among us” (Jn […]

Pay attention and listen to the sayings of the wise.       —Proverbs 22:17 Flashing lights. Boom gates. Locomotive horns. It’s risky to ignore railroad crossing warnings. There are many warning signs in the Bible that have nothing to do with railroad crossings. Here’s a sampling from Proverbs. About arrogance: “Never let yourself think […]

Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?”        —Ecclesiastes 7:10 The “good old days” weren’t all they’re cracked up to be. The paradise that we remember has been embellished by imagination. In any case, those days are long gone. Living one day at a time has much to commend […]

Preserve sound judgment and discernment.                               —Proverbs 3:21 Here’s a little bouquet of aphorisms I’ve gathered for you from previous posts in this space. Failure will rarely come because I try and fail, but because I fail to try. I don’t […]

What kind of people ought you to be?                         —2 Peter 3:11 Oswald Chambers wrote: “Every moral question or call comes with an ‘ought’ behind it.” One way to deal with an “ought to” is to numb the conscience so it’s no longer a […]

[God] cares for those who trust in him.                            —Nahum 1:7 Have you ever boarded an airplane without knowing the pilot? Ever climbed into a taxi without knowing the driver? Ever sat in an examining room without knowing the doctor? Ever followed the […]

Do not worry about your life.              –Matthew 6:25 What was your #1 worry twenty years ago? Ten years ago? Let me make it easy. What was at the top of your worry list five years ago? There’s a good chance that you don’t remember. But even if you do, […]