“Let me hear in the morning of Your steadfast love…Make me know the way I should go…Teach me to do Your will…Let Your good Spirit lead me” Psalm 143:8a, 8b, 10a, 10b ESV There is a right way and there is a wrong way. There is a good way and there is a bad way. And yes, there is a way to grow closer to God and a way to grow distant from God. And believe it or not, in a world that preaches an aloof, indifferent, distant God, God Himself tells us very clearly how we can hear

“O Lord, you have searched me and known me.” Psalm 139:1 “Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me and lead me in the way everlasting!” Psalm 139:23-24 The adages run deep and abound prolific. Socrates advised to “know thyself, for it is the beginning of wisdom” with him hinting at the idea that you can somehow truly achieve this. In Shakespeare’s Hamlet he wrote, “to thine own self be true”

“…to give thanks to the name of the Lord.” Psalm 122:4b ESV Mankind’s dealing with the idea of God is curious indeed. And never has this perplexing conundrum held more mental and spiritual acuity for me than after serving for many years upon foreign mission fields. All humans are born with an innate desire to find God. Yet when they do encounter the one true God and dislike His ways and laws, they will create a god of their liking. It is a truth, unless huma

“Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” Psalm 119:105 ESV The path was narrow, perilous, and most frighteningly, bathed in pure darkness. It was etched into the side of the mountain, a jagged scar upon its sheer, stony face. The mountaineer that dared to trespass upon it felt the weight and gravity of his every step. Each footfall carried consequences beyond what he would like to consider, yet step by step, he proceeded down the precarious path. In a few

“Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of the Lord! Blessed are those who keep His testimonies, who seek Him with their whole heart, who also do no wrong, but walk in His ways!” Psalm 119:1-3 ESV How can you find something that is lost? To further complicate that question, how can you find something that is lost, if you yourself are lost? I imagine here a worn, rough, parrot-accompanied pirate that is combing the Caribbean for a certain

“He causes the grass to grow for the cattle” Psalm 104:14 NKJV There are many constants in this world. Things that, just as the sun rises and sets each day, will occur with tremendous rhythm and regularity. And one of those is the green grass growing. And what beauty and elegance lies in the simplicity of grass. Merely look upon the beauty of an endless rolling field, the grass gently swaying in a breeze that caresses it into a melodic and hypnotic dance. O

“The Lord reigns…” Psalm 97:1a ESV It is perhaps the most uttered word when attempting to discern and understand the ways of God. Oh, how many times must this single-word interrogative question pass the lips of humans each day as they attempt to understand why God does what He does. Why? At the root core of the human condition lies a sin nature that desires to go its own way. Yet how can you truly blaze your own life-trail with such limited know

“Teach me your ways O Lord, that I may walk in Your truth; unite my heart to fear Your name.” Psalm 86:11 ESV All of us, throughout our years, have been taught and thus learned much. In our primary years we learned to read and write. Skills that, if used well, catapulted us into future realms of learning. In our junior years we learned more abstract skills such as algebra, physics, geometry, and philosophy, the mind being opened to process and learn in new a

“Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name ; and deliver us, and provide atonement for our sins, for Your name’s sake ! Psalm 79:9 NKJV (italics added) The dead-heat photo finish, the tie, the draw. Whether it be horse racing, soccer, or boxing respectively, they are all sports contests that can end with no clear winner found. And how unsatisfactory that is. Just the other day I was watching the Dallas Cowboys play and was excited to see the

“When I am afraid, I put my trust in You. In God, whose Word I praise . This I know, that God is for me. In God whose Word I praise , in the Lord whose Word I praise .” Psalm 56:3-4, 9-10 ESV I sat in the small, simple, humble room observing my surroundings, all 5 senses deeply drawing in the moment. The rain fell softly outside pattering the broad, green banana leaves that flanked the open doorway. In this small Mexican mountain village, our work had brough

“Clap your hands all peoples, shout to God with loud songs of joy! Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises! For God is the king of all the earth, sing praises with a psalm!” Psalm 47:1, 6-7 ESV When I became a follower of Jesus Christ way back in 1995, one of the strangest facets of church life for me to process was the singing. All the people in the church standing together, facing forward, and singing songs I had never hear

“ The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice. The law of his God is in his heart ; his steps do not slip.” Psalm 37:30-31 ESV (italics added) The very first chapter of the Bible, Genesis chapter 1, tells us that God created mankind in His own image. It should not surprise us then that mankind is beautifully complex. And in this beautiful complexity we are unique creatures within God’s animal kingdom. Humans alone have the abilit

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