Who understands the power of Your anger and Your fury, according to the fear that is due You? Psalm 90:11 NASB Power – Read the first verse of this psalm. No, not the first English verse. Read the first verse in the Hebrew text. Let me help you: tefillah le-Moshe ish ha-Elohim (A prayer of…
The sovereign rejoices in Your strength, O YHWH; and how greatly he exults in Your deliverance! Psalm 21:1 (Institute of Scripture Research) In Your strength – Politicians of all flavors seem to think of themselves as royalty. They act as if they hold exalted offices, exempting them from common decency (and common sense). In contrast,…
Babylon was a golden cup in the hand of the Lord, making the whole earth drunk; the nations drank of her wine, therefore the nations went mad. Jeremiah 51:7 Mad – The elixir of the gods is power. It is the aphrodisiac of self-sovereignty. And it is deadly. Jeremiah proclaimed that the world of the…
Her princes inside her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves . . . Zephaniah 3:3 Roaring Lions/Evening Wolves – “The hunger of the powerful knows no satiety; the appetite grows on what it feeds. Power exalts itself and is incapable of yielding to any transcendent judgment; . . . It is the bitter…
For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline. 2 Timothy 1:7 Power – God gives me dunamis. And what does “power” mean to me? It means ability, capacity, vigor, strength and will. The basis of our words “dynamite” and “dynamic” come from this Greek root. Explosive…
And seeing their thoughts, Jesus said, “Why do you think evil in your hearts?” Matthew 9:4 Seeing – Would you ever say, “I see what you’re thinking”? Do you mean that you can look inside the mind of another person and observe the neural synapses firing electrons? Do you mean that you can visibly perceive…
June 22 “If you do well, shall you not be accepted? And if you do not well, sin lies at the door. And to you shall be its desire, and yet you may rule over it.” Genesis 4:7 Desire – Friedrich Nietzsche was a godless man, but godless men may still see quite clearly the…
Therefore, I, the prisoner of the Lord, exhort you to walk worthily of the calling in which you were called, with all humility and meekness, with long-suffering, bearing with one another in love; being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. Ephesians 4:1 Trained To Serve – “Meekness” is…
For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline. 2 Timothy 1:7 Power – God is not the author of my fearfulness. Quite the opposite, God gives power. That’s truly what I need. My anxious concern makes me weak. I find that I am willing but unable. …
You shall not take the name Yahweh your God in vain. Exodus 20:7 NASB In vain – The second commandment is the reverence commandment. It demands that we treat God’s name with respect. As we discovered, that means we speak as men and women under His authority. Our words must reflect His character because words…
