“Although your beginning may seem small, He will make your later years very great” (Job 8:7). We have already looked at this verse on another day. There is one word in it, however, that needs to be scrutinized. The King James Version reads: “thy...

“And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away” (1 Peter 5:4). The title Chief Shepherd is a very interesting description of Jesus. Archipoimen (ar-khee-poy’-mane) compounds two Greek words:...

“Go in this thy might: have not I sent thee?” (Judges 6:14). God’s commands are also His enablements. When He says to do something, He imparts the ability to do it. In this verse, He is telling Gideon to go, and to expect unusual things to happen...

“My cup runneth over” (Ps. 23:5). In Psalm 66:12, David writes of His God: “thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.” The Hebrew word translated wealthy in that context is the same Hebrew word translated runneth over in this verse. The...

“Although your beginning may seem small, He will make your later years very great” (Job 8:7). This verse promises us a good, vigorous, productive, fruitful, and expanding future. It is an assurance that God can do great things with our lives no matter...

“The Lord has made bare His holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God” (Isa. 52:10). This verse combines the past and the future. The Lord has bared His arm and the earth shall see His...

“For the Lord will go before you, and the God of Israel will be your rear guard” (Isa. 52:12). Every group of travelers has two kinds of people: fast movers and slow movers. Fast movers are aggressive, ambitious, alert, and highly motivated to move out...

“For you shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight” (Isa. 52:12). The two key words here are haste and flight. They need to be defined because both words speak volumes to us in understanding the Lord’s leadings and dealings with us. Haste is a...

“For you shall go out with joy, and be led out with peace” (Isa. 55:12). The first time this verse ever came to me was in a moment of great need. I had just graduated from a Bible school with an evangelistic call on my life. Only one door was opened to...

“The mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands” (Isa. 55:12). We know that the earth we live in can respond to the kind of treatment we give it. In Genesis 4:10, the blood of Abel (recently...