Today’s Walk in the Word

Teach us to number our days.              —Psalm 90:12 As of this writing, the average life expectancy in the US is 78.4 years. Compressing that to a twelve-month calendar, if you are thirty years old, it is April 18; if you are fifty, July 21; if you are sixty-five, October […]

Everyone who is arrogant in heart is an abomination to the Lord.                  —Proverbs 16:5 He was a gym rat—looked like he’d been chiseled out of marble. The flight attendant said—for the third time—“Sir, please fasten your seatbelt.” Flashing an arrogant grin, he said, “Superman don’t need no […]

Moses my servant is dead.              —Joshua 1:2 In Hebrews 11—the Westminster Abbey of the Bible—the writer reels off a memory-jogging list of people whose work had ended and who now watched those who were carrying on where they left off. With those in mind, chapter 12 begins: “Therefore, since […]

Whoever has understanding is even-tempered.                                    —Proverbs 17:27 Are you considering leaving your marriage, location, job, or church? Is it an accumulation of many irritations and no apparent solutions? Or is it only an issue or two? Before you […]

We are more than conquerors through him who loved us.         —Romans 8:37 In Romans 8, Paul asks four sobering questions and gives four encouraging answers. Question: If God is for you, who can be against you? Answer: No one, because God sent and sacrificed his Son for you (vv. 31, 32). […]

Where can I go from your Spirit?                   —Psalm 139:7 The hurricane-tracking graphic commonly seen on TV is cone-shaped. The point of the cone—the hurricane’s present location—is out in the ocean. From that small point, the cone’s sides taper out and up until they define the possible […]

You are the Messiah.    —Matthew 16:16 If you have gray hair or no hair, you’re probably old enough to remember Country-Western composer Carson Robison’s song, Life Gets Teejus, Don’t It? Sun comes up and the sun goes down. The hands on the clock keep goin’ around. I just get up an’ it’s time to […]

Christ has given each of us special abilities.                                 —Ephesians 4:7 What is your gift? You do have one, you know: “Christ has given each of us special abilities—whatever he wants us to have out of his rich storehouse of […]

Be sympathetic . . . be compassionate. —1 Peter 3:8 The lady caught me eyeing her grocery cart, loaded with heart-attack-waiting-to-happen grub. She laughed and said, “You only live once.” The dog-tired cashier working checkout said, “Once is enough.” I sensed she was saying, “I’ve been here all day without a break. I’m sick of […]

The deceitfulness of wealth . . .choke[s] the word.                                            —Mark 4:19 Jesus said, “It is hard for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of heaven” (Mt 19:23). We’ve been duped into thinking […]