Today’s Walk in the Word

You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar.                          —Psalm 139:2 “There’s an all-seeing eye watching you!” Remember that song? It was intended to keep you on the straight and narrow. God was watching everything you did, […]

I will come back and take you to be with me.                                   —John 14:3 Jesus told his disciples, “I will be with you only a little longer” (Jn 13:33). They were stunned. They were like children seeing mom and […]

Rejoice that your names are written in heaven.                                        —Luke 10:20 You were promoted to CEO. Ran a marathon. Wrote a book. Won a case. Discovered a cure for cancer. Good for you. All those things are […]

My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me.            —Matthew 26:39 Jesus wanted to return to heaven: “Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began” (Jn 17:5). But anticipating his horrifying approaching death, there was another prayer […]

When you call to me, I will answer you.                         —Psalm 91:15 God is wired into us with a system that would fry the brain of the brightest engineer: “From heaven the Lord looks down and sees all mankind; from his dwelling place he […]

Praise the Lord, O my soul.             —Psalm 103:1 The preacher ended his sermon and extended the invitation. Three people responded—the third being the parson’s four-year-old daughter. The child had slipped past her distracted mom and walked to the front of the church. She stood quietly while daddy talked with […]

I wait for the Lord . . . and in his word I put my hope.               —Psalm 130:5 “Are we there yet?” “How long till Christmas?” Childhood impatience often spills over into adult life. The gap between beginning and end is too wide, the space between want and […]

Grace and peace be yours in abundance.                                   —1 Peter 1:2 The night before he died, Jesus told his disciples, “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. Not as the world gives do I give to […]

Woe to those who call evil good and good evil.                                          —Isaiah 5:20 John Wayne would never have been mistaken for a cleric, but here’s something he said that’s spot-on: “There’s right and there’s wrong. You […]

I’ve called your name. You’re mine.                         —Isaiah 43:1 I have a feeling that you underestimate your worth. Measure your value by these two things: rarity and ownership. Rarity. God chose you before the creation of the world (Eph 1:4). Then, at a point […]