August 4 – Take What You Want
I am not a foodie, but…
I am not a foodie, but…
Am I a sanctuary? Am I a place of refuge? When people come to me can they find safety from the harsh and hostile world or am I part of the problem?
Solomon’s Temple served as a focus point in three ways. It was a place where God’s presence came down. It was a place where our praises went up. It was also the place where God’s promise was made. (pt2)
Read: Judges 1:1-2:9, Luke 21:29-22:13, Psalm 90:1-91:16, Proverbs 13:24-25 The tribe of Benjamin, however, failed to drive out… The tribe of Manasseh failed to drive out… The tribe of Ephraim failed to drive out… The tribe of Zebulun failed to drive out… The tribe of Asher failed to drive out… Likewise, the tribe of Naphtali failed…
No matter how the votes are cast, Christ is Victor.
These are three famous men who gave up everything that God’s ways might be known throughout the earth. Many tens of thousands have followed in their footsteps.
Will you?
They had everything they could want and far more than they deserved. But now it was time to leave it. Now it was time to re-enter the real world.
Where was the Church when Aleppo fell?
Honestly, “Walking in a winter wonderland” is not by any stretch of my imagination a fun thing to do. Glistening snow is beautiful to look at from inside a warm house, but certainly not when you are walking in it. Those little white flakes of evil falling down will never be a “beautiful sight” that makes me “happy tonight” and it is certainly not something in which I want to “frolic and play the eskimo way”.
The fact we are usually quite rightly seen as something to be avoided rather than emulated says far more about the church than it does the world.