Today’s Walk in the Word

I cry out to you, O God, but you do not answer.      —Job 30:20 Does the interval between your prayer and God’s answer sometimes seem too long? Why doesn’t he answer? Why doesn’t he act? He does—when the time is right. Until then, we must wait. We sometimes spend time and energy fretting […]

[We are] being transformed into his likeness.                             —2 Corinthians 3:8 When Moses descended Sinai with the Ten Commandments, his face was radiant (Ex 34:29–33). Paul tells us that Moses “would put a veil over his face to prevent the Israelites from […]

Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand.    —Jeremiah 18:6 The creation of the universe is told in ten words: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” He made it all out of nothing: the sky was vacant, and “the earth was formless and empty” […]

He has prepared a city for them.                 —Hebrews 11:16 We came into this world totally helpless and unable to contribute a dime of capital or a day of work to the family that welcomed us. Even so, our coming had been excitedly anticipated, and every imaginable preparation […]

[God] will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear.    —1 Corinthians 10:13 A person “is tempted,” wrote James, “when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown gives birth to death” (Jas […]

Trust in the Lord with all your heart.                         —Proverbs 3:5 Trust isn’t tested in the pew; it’s tested in battle. It’s tested when the night is dark, and cold, and lonely. It’s tested when loss is devastating and answers are elusive. Jesus knows […]

We put our hope in the Lord.                 —Psalm 33:20 Last night I turned the final page of an on-the-edge-of-your-seat novel. Laying it aside, I thought, “I don’t know why I didn’t see that coming.” That’s the way of a good novel—it holds you in suspense until the […]

The troubles we see will soon be over, but the joys to come will last forever.             —2 Corinthians 4:18 We’re living in the first chapter as we navigate the challenges of this life, all the while anticipating the last chapter: “the blessed hope—the glorious appearing of our great God […]

Hope is our anchor, firm and secure.                       —Hebrews 6:19 Christianity entered the world at a time of terrible turmoil, but Christians found hope of victory over circumstances, as we do today. Biblical hope is not wishful thinking or rah-rah optimism. When Paul and Timothy […]

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace.     —Romans 15:13 When Roman historian Publius Cornelius Tacitus started recording the history of the first century AD, he wrote, “I am entering upon the history of a period rich in disaster, gloomy with wars, rent with seditions.” He went on to […]