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Category Archives: discernment
the hidden God
Psalm 10 This psalm explores the mystery of the hidden God. We often ask God why he hides himself when bad things happen. The psalmist has his finger on the pulse of this question. Answer? The LORD sees (14) and … Continue reading
heroes
1 Chronicles 11 The chronicler details the support of David as he begins his reign in Jerusalem, highlighting the exploits of the mighty men. Heroes in their own right, these men put themselves at David’s disposal, confirming his right to … Continue reading
the blame game
1 Chronicles 10 If Saul wanted to blame someone for his fate, there was quite a number of potential culprits. He could blame David, the upstart who dared to upstage him. He could blame Jonathan for siding with the opposition. … Continue reading
Posted in David, dependence upon God, discernment, relationship with God, wisdom
Tagged 1 Chronicles 10
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significance
1 Chronicles 7 By the time the chronicler records this genealogy, it is all history – gone. The northern kingdom is no more, and all of these mighty warriors listed are dead. That is the way things are now. Nothing … Continue reading
two men, two plants, two ways
Psalm 1 The temptation is to teach Psalm 1 as some kind of guarantee that if people want to be happy and prosperous this year all they have to do is read and meditate on scripture. I will not yield … Continue reading
control
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 Wisdom is not about changing the environment so that things happen the way we want them to. Wisdom embraces the world around it, and lets the time determine itself. Wisdom wants to laugh, but is ready to cry. … Continue reading
greater wisdom
Job 39:1-40:5 The LORD reminds Job of all those ways of the animal world – both wild and tame, that are beyond the scientific enquiry of humans. There are some things that we are not meant to understand. How God … Continue reading
Posted in dependence upon God, discernment, discipleship, Job, wisdom
Tagged Job 39, Job 40
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limits
Job 38 The LORD comes on the scene in a dramatic and powerful way. All this time, he had been waiting for the experts on him to finish their babbling. Now he takes center stage and confronts Job with his … Continue reading
myopia
Job 36:1-21 Elihu assumes that God only works in one way and for one reason. He fails to see the big picture that revealed why Job was suffering. He was guilty of theological myopia. LORD, forgive us for being so … Continue reading
defending God
Job 34-35 Elihu insists that God must be in the right, therefore Job must have wronged someone for God to bring this suffering upon him. He feels he must say this in order to defend God. Believers need to be … Continue reading
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