When the Undesirable Happens….

Ezr 4:4 Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building. Ezr 4:5 And they hired counselors against them to frustrate their purpose all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia. Ezr 4:23 And when the copy of King Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they hurried to Jerusalem to the Jews, and made them stop by force and power. Ezr 4:24 Then the work of the house of God at Jerusalem ceased. So...

Worlds Apart

Matthew 5:3 (NET) - Blessed are the poor in spirit, for the kingdom of God belongs to them. My friends just returned from a mission trip. They shared some of their experiences with me. In reflecting on the things they shared, I could not help but feel overwhelmed. The remote village to which they traveled was quite poverty stricken. The people there had very little as far as possessions are concerned. Home was little more than four walls and a roof that could not even keep out the rain. A simple bag of food distributed by missionaries to a household would be rationed and stretched to...

The Right Tool

Scripture reminds us time and again that God uses ordinary people to do extraordinary things, God used Moses to deliver His chosen people from bondage, Even Moses was reluctant to heed that call at first. Exodus 4:10 (NET) - Then Moses said to the LORD, "O my Lord, I am not an eloquent man, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant, for I am slow of speech and  slow of tongue." Nevertheless, God used Moses to fulfill His purpose. When the giant Goliath filled Saul’s army with fear, God provided someone to defeat him. God did not send in a seasoned veteran of many...