Double Trouble

For man is born for trouble, as sparks fly upward. Job 5:7 NASB Trouble – “Don’t give me yours. I have enough of my own.” That’s right. Each one of us has enough trouble to last us all the days we live. It’s just part of being in this world. Don’t’ believe it? Try this….

The Do-Over

In the beginning . . .   Genesis 1:1 NASB Beginning – Of course, this isn’t the real beginning. It isn’t even the beginning of all of these investigations called “Today’s Word.” But it is a beginning, and with that in mind, a few things must be said. Beginnings happen all the time. Every day is…

Reciprocity

You will be hated by all because of My name, but it is the one who has endured to the end who will be saved. Matthew 10:22 NASB To the end – You made it! The end of the Roman year. You endured. There were lots of difficulties along the way. Crisis. Collapse. Catastrophes you…

Can of Worms

Let no one seek his own good, but that of his neighbor. 1 Corinthians 10:24 NASB His own good – Tomorrow will mark the end of the Julian calendar year. The world at large will celebrate, honoring a Roman alteration to previous tribal and ethnic ways of counting dates. One tradition of renewal is the…

Straw Man

More than that, I count all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish so that I may gain Christ, and may be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my…

Street Cleaner

They cried for help, but there was none to save, even to the Lord, but He did not answer them. Then I beat them fine as the dust before the wind; I emptied them out as the mire of the streets. Psalm 18:41-42 NASB Emptied them out – How long have you carried the enemies…

Fatal Blows

I pursued my enemies and overtook them, and I did not turn back until they were consumed. I shattered them, so that they were not able to rise; they fell under my feet. Psalm 18:37-38 NASB I shattered them – What enemies must you pursue? What opponents must you utterly defeat? What must be crushed…

Measure for Measure?

With the kind You show Yourself kind; with the blameless You show Yourself blameless; with the pure You show Yourself pure, and with the crooked You show Yourself astute. Psalm 18:25-26 NASB Astute – Are you kind? Then you experience the kindness of God. Are you blameless (yes, I know that might seem impossible)? Then…