God commands us to rest. This can be difficult to remember when we have so much to do. The days where it feels like you need an extra fifty seven hours to get everything done... It's hard to think about actually doing "rest" when life is happening. Yet we see its importance by the way …
Sometimes you have to take a step of faith on a "perhaps". Maybe God will do it, maybe he won't, but you won't know until you take the step and find out. You don't get all the answers ahead of time. God doesn't give you a detailed list of how everything will work out, exactly …
Rejection is disappointing. Samuel experienced this when the people of Israel asked for a king. He appointed his sons to lead Israel when he grew old, and they did not follow his ways. The Israelites' solution was to reject them and ask Samuel to appoint a king. Samuel had seen this happen before. When he …
Over and over again in the Bible we find the basic equation for living a life pleasing to God. Love God. Obey God. Follow the God's commands. It's simple yet profound. This verse comes when the Israelites are about to enter the promised land. They are on the edge of being brought into the promise …
God will make a way. The Israelites had a sea on one side and their enemies on the other, and their enemies were faster and better armed. They were out of time and out of ways to go-- until God split the sea for them to cross. They crossed on dry ground. God could have …
Joseph stood in front of his brothers and told them that he saw how God used their horrible decision for His glory. Throughout this story, Joseph weeps a lot. He runs out of the room and weeps when he is interacting with his brothers who, years earlier, sold him into slavery. He weeps so loudly …
You are never alone. Whatever direction you go, God is always with you. He already knows where you are going. He already knows what's ahead. God doesn't leave when things get hard or when your attitude gets bad. He can handle it. He stays right by your side. God doesn't change his mind about you. …
Not all miracles are instant. When we pray and ask God to do a miracle in our own lives or someone else's, we want it now. This verse reminds that God works in his own time. Pharoah refused to let the Israelites leave Egypt. God gave Moses an instruction. Moses obeys God. The wind came, …
Sometimes God's way doesn't seem the most logical, but when he asks us to do something or tells us not to do something, blessing comes from obedience. When you hear a word from God, it can look like the wrong move to other people. Good-intentioned, well meaning people will try to talk you out of …
God gives us what we need to do the things he calls us to. For Moses, he was already holding a staff. He used it while being a shepherd, and God used it to show the Egyptians and the Israelites miracles. Something Moses saw every day. It had no significant value, yet that's what God …
Jules Conrad 