NO EXCUSE FOR NOT BELIEVING— MORE THAN ENOUGH EVIDENCE FOR HIS EXISTENCE He loads the thick cloud with moisture; the clouds scatter his lightning. They turn around and around by his guidance, to accomplish all that he commands them on the face of the habitable world. Whether for correction or for his land or for love, he causes it to happen. —Job 37:11-13 In past generations he allowed all the nations to walk in their own ways. Yet he did not leave himself without witness, for he did good by giving you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness. —Acts 14:16-17           God has given us so…

EVERY PERSON IS RELIGIOUS! The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life. —Job 33:4             Where did you come from?  Actually, the greater question is— Where did the human race come from?  Or, an even greater question is— Where did all life come from?  A still greater question is— Where did everything come from?  These are actually very simple questions to answer for those who have the right answer.  For those who have the wrong answer they have to use imagination, speculation, assumption, regurgitation and sometimes outright deception!             Everything comes from something.  Nothing exists out of nothing.  Nobody and nothing can…

OUR LORD GOD ALMIGHTY GIVES UNDERSTANDING But it is the spirit in man, the breath of the Almighty, that makes him understand. —Job 32:8             It is our Lord God Almighty that gives understanding.  Who knows better about the building than the builder?  Who has wired the building?  Surely our Lord knows all about us and has given to each one of us understanding.  What we do with it is our responsibility.  He has created each of us individually unique for His purposes.  May we live them out.             So, what is God saying to you?  What is He desiring to do in and through you?  When you know, will…

TRUE FREEDOM ON THIS FOURTH OF JULY! Terrors are turned upon me; my honor is pursued as by the wind, and my prosperity has passed away like a cloud. —Job 30:15 About that time Herod the king laid violent hands on some who belonged to the church. He killed James the brother of John with the sword, and when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. —Acts 12:1-3 When Peter came to himself, he said, “Now I am sure that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting.” When he realized this,…

WISDOM IS TO FEAR THE LORD! And he said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’ —Job 28:28 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow His precepts gain rich understanding. His praise endures forever! —Psalm 111:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. —Proverbs 1:7             What is it to fear the Lord?  We are told to do so is wisdom.  To fear the Lord is to have a proper perspective as to Who He Is and to be obedient to Him out of love for Him. …

PRIORITIES I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food. —Job 23:12 “My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work. —John 4:34             What is of most important to you?  Job said that he “treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food.”  Do we have that same attitude?  Are you more apt to miss a meal at the table than missing the feeding on God’s Word?  How important is the Word of God to you?  Are you listening daily and through the…

DON’T BE SHORT-SIGHTED! Why do the wicked live, reach old age, and grow mighty in power? —Job 21:7 They spend their days in prosperity, and in peace they go down to Sheol. They say to God, ‘Depart from us! We do not desire the knowledge of your ways. —Job 21:13-14             Sometimes we may have the tendency to look at others and wonder “Why do the wicked live, reach old age, and grow mighty in power?”  Sometimes it may seem like their lives are better off than those who are following the Lord.  But this is short-sighted thinking.             Even though the wicked may “spend their days in prosperity, and in…

IN SORROW I LOOK TO MY REDEEMER! For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth.  And after my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God. —Job 19:25-26             In the midst of his loss, pain, sorrow and lack of support, Job focused on the Hope that he had.  He had a Redeemer His Redeemer lives His Redeemer would be seen in the last days His Redeemer would stand upon the earth in the last days His body would be destroyed His body anew would see God This Hope is what sustains Job and is also…

BE AN ENCOURAGER! Then Job answered and said: “I have heard many such things; miserable comforters are you all. —Job 15:1-2 My spirit is broken; my days are extinct; the graveyard is ready for me. —Job 17:1             What kind of counselor are you to those whose “spirit is broken” because of what they have gone through or are going through?  Job was brought very low and in this state he described his “friends” as miserable comforters.  You would hope that his friends would bring light and hope, but they did not.             How about you and I?  Do we bring hope and light to those who are broken?  Oh, that…

REACH ONE FOR JESUS! And the Spirit said to Philip, “Go over and join this chariot.” So Philip ran to him and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet and asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?” And he said, “How can I, unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. Now the passage of the Scripture that he was reading was this: “Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter and like a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he opens not his mouth. In his humiliation justice was denied him. Who can describe his generation? For his life is taken away from the…