Arrogance is Ignorance of God

Isaiah 9:13 For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts. Perhaps the most dangerous person in the world is the person who makes a habit of saying, “Yeah, I know.” You can’t tell them anything because they already know....

Can We Weary God?

Isaiah 7:13 And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also? This fall my family and I have been hard-driving. We have been in West Virginia one Sunday, eastern North Carolina the next Sunday, and...

Let God Grow What He Wants

Isaiah 5:7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry. Every summer my wife loves to plant flowers. She plants gorgeous...

Sharpen the Axe

Ecclesiastes 10:10 If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct. I want you to imagine a forest full of huge trees where two trees in particular need to be taken down. Maybe they are sick or...

A Quiet Heart

Ecclesiastes 7:14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him. Recently I was with some friends riding a train from Williams, Arizona to...