Today’s Walk in the Word

Well done, good and faithful servant!                      —Matthew 25:23 Perusing the thirty-two obituaries in last Sunday’s Houston Chronicle, I noticed that every one of the deceased was a saint—not a bad apple in the bunch. I have no quarrel with praising the dear departed’s good points […]

Love never fails. —1 Corinthians 13:8 To the radiant young royals standing at the altar in Westminster Abbey, the presiding Archbishop of York gave this sage counsel: “We wish you happiness, but you will not find happiness by seeking it. You will find it by scattering it. Let each of you make the other happy; […]

Night is coming, when no one can work.                                 —John 9:4 When the Israelites were rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem, Nehemiah said they worked “from the first light of dawn till the stars came out” (Neh 4:21). The period between […]

The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous.                                 —1 Peter 3:12 1 Peter 3:12 promises two things: “the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are attentive to their prayer.” It’s as if he […]

[They] did not inquire of the Lord.                       —Joshua 9:14 The Gibeonite delegation lived twenty-five miles down the road from Joshua’s camp at Gilgal but lied and said they had come from a distant land and wanted a treaty of peace. Joshua and his pals […]

The sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit.          —Galatians 5:17 “God prohibits all those things in life that are fun,” growled a disgruntled miscreant. Someone caricatured God as a “celestial Scrooge” peering over the balcony of heaven; spotting a happy person, he yelled, “Now cut that out!” The only […]

Even to your old age . . . I am he who will sustain you.            —Isaiah 46:4 C.S. Lewis resisted conversion until midway in his life, yet became the greatest apologist of his generation, writing over thirty books defending Christianity—all of which remain in print fifty-nine years after his death. […]

From the beginning God chose you.            —2 Thessalonians 2:13 Rejection hurts. The boy who was always last to be chosen for the team never forgets it. Neither does the girl who navigated her high school years without once being asked for a date. Peanuts comic strips made Charles Schulz rich […]

Do not repay anyone evil for evil.                  —Romans 12;17 Bitterness sucks the joy out of life. It has a voracious appetite, consuming huge helpings of hatred, anger, resentment, and self-pity—devouring enormous amounts of time, mental energy, and spiritual stamina. It creates a downward spiral that never hits […]

I have delivered Jericho into your hands.                               —Joshua 6:2 God didn’t say I will deliver, but I have delivered. Joshua’s troops had to be skeptical. Jericho was a walled city, and they were on the outside. Conquest appeared dubious. God’s […]