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When God Calls Us to Incompetence
Does God ever call people to incompetence? Does He ever ask us to do things He knows we won’t do as well as someone else could? Yesterday, I read these verses in Habakkuk during my morning devotions: “What profit is an idol when its maker has shaped it, a metal image, a teacher of lies? …[ read more ]
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I’m Really Asking For It Now
How many times must I be reminded of this lesson? “Ignore what people say, listen to what God says.” People say stupid things that have a way of sounding wise. God says incredible things that are hard to trust but turn out to be right all along. If I’m not paying attention, I forget. That’s …[ read more ]
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When God Does What He Wants and It’s Not What You Want
Yesterday, I taught the high school Sunday school class, spent time in worship at church, studied the Bible in the afternoon and worked on the Christian novel I’m writing. This morning I woke up, spent time praising God, read the Bible and focused myself in prayer for about an hour. Flash forward to about eleven …[ read more ]