It seems like we are always trying to ascend to God. We built a tower to God, we want to ascend in our prayer life, and we talk about rising in spirituality. However, throughout the Scriptures we see that God comes down
It’s popular to say today that Jesus is Lord (King) of your heart. But is that the story in the Bible? Today we are seeing how God became King over all the creation.
When Moses saw God through the burning bush, Moses ask who should he tell his people had sent him. He went back to his people and said, “HE IS sent me.”
We see the story of Peter and experience the smell of charcoal on a beach while Jesus is cooking fish. We see that Jesus restores us where we have failed, and from there, He sends us out to where He is already working.
We all have that friend, the one who is impulsive, the one who talks before he thinks. Peter is that friend. When Peter really messes up, all things seem lost, but a heavenly messenger from inside the tomb says something profound.
Do we really understand what is happening? People are yelling, “Save us from our Roman oppressors.” The religious leaders are plotting to kill Jesus to keep the Romans happy. And Mary is wasting burial perfume on someone alive.
If anybody had a reason to live in a house of spite, with large amounts of animosity and resentment, it was Job. But he prayed for his enemies. So did Jesus. And, by God’s grace, so will we!
Job, you have been questioning God. Now God is going to question you. "Who are you, Job? Were you there at the advent of the universe? Can you keep Leviathan as a pet?"