Serve God with Your Thirst
/in Steadfast Hope“So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him.” (2 Corinthians 5:9) What if you discovered (like the Pharisees did), that you had devoted your whole life to trying to please God, but all the while had been doing things that in God’s sight were abominations (Luke 16:14–15)? […]
The Honeymoon That Never Ends
/in Steadfast Hope“As the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God rejoice over you.” (Isaiah 62:5) When God does good to his people it is not so much like a reluctant judge showing kindness to a criminal whom he finds despicable; it is like a bridegroom showing affection to his bride. Sometimes we joke and […]
How Much God Wants to Bless You
/in Steadfast Hope“The Lord will again take delight in prospering you.” (Deuteronomy 30:9) God does not bless us begrudgingly. There is a kind of eagerness about the beneficence of God. He does not wait for us to come to him. He seeks us out, because it is his pleasure to do us good. God is not waiting […]
