"Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased, and you inherit the land" (Ex. 23:30). In this verse the Lord is assuring Israel that the dispossession of Canaan's inhabitants will not occur all at once, but that it will take...
"I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored, and you have entered into their labors" (John 4:38). There are sowers and there are reapers. Preliminary work and preparation is often done by those who never get to see the result of...
"You shall surround me with songs of deliverance" (Ps. 32:7). A lady in Pasadena, California, was awakened out of a sound sleep by this word from the Lord: "Pray for Dick Mills; his life is in danger." As she interceded she began to sing confidently, "There is...
"To give them beauty for ashes..." (Is. 61:3). Ashes are the only thing left when dreams go up in smoke. A young woman enters marriage full of high hope and a wonderful dream. The marriage sours, the hope is shattered, the dream is gone; she is left looking at a...
"In quietness and confidence shall be your strength" (Isa. 30:15). This verse assures us of quietness and confidence - in that order. Find quietness, and confidence will follow after it as a matter of course. These two are twins - two friends to go with us on our...
"I will settle you after your old estates, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings" (Ez. 36:11). Whoever heard of anyone breaking down and then coming back better than ever? Our cynical world says sarcastically: "One strike, and you're out!"...
"A threefold cord is not quickly broken" (Ecc. 4:12). One strand of cord can be easily severed. Two strands of cord can be stretched and pulled until they split. But a threefold cord is not easily broken. The New American Standard Bible reads: "A cord of three...
"I will open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you such blessing that there will not be room enough to receive it" (Mal. 3:10). Windows of heaven! What a beautiful, illustrious, picturesque word! Other translators use the words, "sluices,"...
"And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes" (Mal. 3:11). The devourer needs to be defined. The Hebrew word akal (aw-kal) means, "to eat, consume or burn up." It was used by Bible writers to define the actions of drought, famine, war, pestilence, and plague. To...
"I am the Lord your God, who teaches you to profit" (Is. 48:17). Profiting is more than making money. It can include financial increase, but it has a much more blessed scope than just material things. The Hebrew word translated "profit" here is ya'al (yaw-al'). It...
"If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God" (1 Peter 4:11). The short word! That's what oracles means. In the original Greek, logion (log'-ee-on) is defined as "a brief, terse, succinct, concise or short utterance." It is one thing to have an answer, it...
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