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SOCIAL INJUSTICE

“For you have taken pledges from your brother for no reason, and stripped the naked of their clothing.” ~ Job 22:6   REFERENCE: Job 22:5-11   Eliphaz wrongly scolded Job as a great sinner. He concluded that his suffering was because of his social injustice. He charged him with wickedness, extortion, oppression of the poor, denial of sustenance to the weary, and insensitivity to widows and the fatherless plight. He said that for these reasons, snares, darkness, and sudden troubles surrounded Job. Eliphaz was wrong because Job wasn’t all he said; Job’s situation was by divine permission.   Although Eliphaz was...
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ACT ON THE WORD

"Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate; and they said to one another, "Why are we sitting here until we die?"- II Kings 7:3   REFERENCE: II Kings 7:1-8   Nothing moves until you move; this truth is one of Newton's laws of motion: 'Every object will remain in a position of rest unless acted upon by a greater external force.' The word of God is a powerful force; God created the world by it. However, as long as it remains on the pages of the bible or in our heads, it profits nothing. We must act...
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WHAT DO YOU SEE?

“So, the woman conceived and bore a son. And when she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him three months.” ~ Exodus 2:2 REFERENCE: Exodus 2:1-10 Moses was one of the greatest leaders who walked the face of the earth. He was a friend of God and was the only one recorded to have seen God’s body parts. God attested that He spoke with Moses face to face as a man talked to his friend. Described as the meekest of men, Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt and into the Promised Land. Reading about Moses gives...
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SEED-TIME-HARVEST

“While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, winter and summer, and day and night shall not cease.” – Genesis 8:22   REFERENCE: Genesis 8:15-22   God has set some universal laws in place that, if we understand and deploy them, we can influence our outcomes in life. One such is the law of seedtime harvest. It is a timeless principle of sowing and reaping. For every seed, there is a corresponding harvest. In other words, if you plant any seed, God sees that it yields a harvest after time elapses.   Today, one seed you can sow in...
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WHY FAILURE?

"Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of the LORD until evening... And Joshua said, "Alas, Lord GOD, why have You brought this people over the Jordan at all—to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? ...” ~ Joshua 7:6-7   REFERENCE: Joshua 7:1-9   'Why?' is often the pivot upon which our life improves. It forces us to probe our situation, seek for reasons, and discover solutions/answers. Isaac asked God, "Why?" when Rebecca had a difficult pregnancy. When in depression, David questioned, "Why are you cast down...
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THE GIFT THAT KEEPS GIVING

“…whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.”– John 4:14   REFERENCE: John 4:6-15   In the business world, there is residual income; the money continues to flow after an initial investment of time and resources, e.g., dividends, rent, or royalties. That is a gift that keeps giving. Jesus told the woman at the well of Sychar that whatever benefit she got from the well’s water would be short-lived, and she would come again....
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LEARN TO WAIT

"Abraham never wavered in believing God's promise. In fact, his faith grew stronger, and in this he brought glory to God." ~ Romans 4:20 (NLT)   REFERENCE: Romans 4:16-21   Waiting for something we anticipate can be mentally demanding, discouraging, and overwhelming. Since you have no control over the variables that determine the fulfillment of your expectations, you have to wait on God. Waiting takes faith and total dependence on God's integrity. Abraham, although desperately needed an heir, waited on God until the heir came.   Abraham waited on God for 25 years, holding on only to what God had said....
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CAPTIVITY WON’T LAST

“I will be found by you, says the LORD, and I will bring you back from your captivity; I will gather you from all the nations and from all the places where I have driven you...” ~ Jeremiah 29:14   REFERENCE: Jeremiah 29:10-14   Every real affliction a believer goes through can rightly be called captivity – a situation where you feel incarcerated and incapacitated. Being in a situation you would rather not be in is captivity. The same is true when you feel held back from doing what you desire by an event or bound by the power of something...
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REPAIR YOUR ALTAR OF PRAYER

“Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me.” So, all the people came near to him. And he repaired the altar of the Lord that was broken down.” ~ I Kings 18:30   REFERENCE: I Kings 18:1-2 & 25-39   Israel endured three years of no rain, putting the nation in dire economic straits and desperation. Rain symbolizes the earth’s nourishment, refreshing, cleansing, renewal, and fruitfulness. The absence of rain in the land was a bad omen for the people because they were a farming society; rain for them is life, and the lack of it is death...
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TWO WRONGS

“But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s command brought by his eunuchs; therefore, the king was furious, and his anger burned within him.” ~ Esther 1:10-12   REFERENCE: Esther 1:1-12   The unfolding drama in today’s text led to the divorce of this royal couple; it all started with an ill-informed and ill-timed request from a drunk king, drunk with power and wine. It shows how most quarrels start in relationships, friendships, and marriages: two wrongs. The husband started it, the wife responded, and it elicited a response from the husband, and it all went sour.   In the...
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