Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him.” (Psalms 37:74) We live in a world that teaches us that we are at the center of whatever success or failure we experience. You know the old saying, “There’s nothing you can’t accomplish if you put your mind to it”. That all sounds real good, but it’s not true. Actually, it’s a form of humanism and we see it every day. So it’s no wonder that we often face problems in our own lives with the notion that […]

“Wisdom is with aged men, and with length of days, understanding.” (Job 12:12) When I was in the hospital recently, I had some unfinished business to conduct from my bedside and asked my secretary to request a visit from several of the county commissioners for whom I work. One of the commissioners who came to see me is a pastor and one of the wisest public officials with whom I have worked over the last 34 years. When he entered my room and took a seat, he simply […]

“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.” (Philippians 4:6) I was recently asked to nominate a friend of mine for a very prestigious award. I considered it an honor to have been asked to prepare a nomination letter and went into painstaking detail to make a strong argument for his selection. Frankly, I was surprised by my own research, and when I read the other letters of nomination that had been prepared on his behalf, […]

“And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight, and am no longer worthy to be called your son’.” (Luke 15:21) I know that God wrestled in the Bible, but it never hit me that God ran in the Bible, too. Why would an omnipotent, all-powerful God who created the universe ever run? The answer is found in Luke 15. The story, as it is told, chronicles the early adult life of a son, who after receiving his inheritance from his […]