Today’s Walk in the Word

Do not forget to do good.         —Hebrews 13:16 If you were to be described in five words, what would those five words be? Here are the five that Peter used to picture Jesus: “He went about doing good” (Acts 10:38). Declared beliefs are suspect unless verified by action. Knowing the playbook […]

Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.                             —John 13:35 Rolling through a small town with a Sojourners caravan, Jimmy pointed to a sign in front of a church—“The Original Church of God, Number […]

He is always thinking about you and watching everything that concerns you.                                  —1 Peter 5:7 Toothy-grin face masks make me smile. But I secretly wonder what’s on the inside of the mask. Smiling on the outside, hurting on the […]

Come to me . . . and I will give you rest.                             —Matthew 11:28 I have written and posted more than 2,000 of these devotionals. I’ve rarely hit the “send” button without a feeling of apprehension because I fear my words […]

If we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.       —Romans 8:25 “Rome wasn’t built in a day.” Really? “Tomorrow is another day.” Really? These bromides make me laugh—they are so obvious, they’re silly. Still, they make a crisp point about patience: it takes time to build […]

A happy heart makes the face cheerful.                           —Proverbs 15:13 Joseph Hubisz and his wife decided that they would need to take a vacation when the coronavirus pandemic ended. Joseph taped a world map to the refrigerator, handed his wife a magnetic dart, […]

The lazy will not get what they want, but those who work hard will.             —Proverbs 13:4 Author Annie Dillard wrote: “You do not have to sit outside in the dark. The stars neither require it nor demand it. If, however, you want to look at the stars, you will […]

I will fear no evil, for you are with me.                              —Psalm 23:4 “No one is concerned for me,” David groaned—“no one cares” (Ps 142:4). Many feel that way. But it isn’t true. God cares. The measure of God’s love is that […]

The Lord Almighty is with us.                 —Psalm 46:11 My mother was twelve years old when her mother died in the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918. Seven of my friends have become death victims of COVID-19. Such losses raise the old question: “Why do bad things happen to […]

The Lord is waiting so that people have time to be saved.                —2 Peter 3:15 When life has us by the throat, and we’re exhausted and out of answers, we sometimes wonder why God doesn’t step in and solve the problem. What is he waiting for? Instead of […]