My Daily Pause

Category: In 100 Words

  • God Will Not Be Stopped

    God Will Not Be Stopped

    The last part of Joseph’s life was very comfortable and he had a lot of power. (Genesis 41-50) God used the sin of Jacob’s sons to save them so they could become the fathers of the children of Israel. Perhaps one of the most powerful acknowledgements of God’s providence was Joseph’s response to his brothers when they pled for their lives after Jacob’s death:

    As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today – Genesis 50:20

    How encouraging to know God’s plan cannot be foiled by sin!

  • The Things We Worry About

    The Things We Worry About

    God’s word calls us, much like Psalm 49, to hear about the priorities we need to have. The psalmist reminds us that things we once worried about when we were younger don’t seem so important today. And later, the same will hold true for what worries us right now.

    Jesus taught us not to worry because we are the most important thing to God (Matthew 6:25-34).

    God’s invitation then, is to learn from his word – the earlier the better, so we spend our years on better things than worry.

  • Guilt by Association

    Guilt by Association

    Ahab and Jehoshaphat tried to change the word of God, just like the people of the world are today. Ahab tried to have his own desires forced on God, but then attempted to hide when he realized it wasn’t going to work out for him. (2 Chronicles 18, 1 Kings 22)

    The things God has deemed as sinful will still be counted as sins on the judgment day no matter how much society tries to convinces us of the  contrary.

  • Denied

    Denied

    Have you ever wondered how Jesus must have felt when Peter denied him three times? (Luke 22:54-62)

    Do you suppose he feels the same way when we don’t talk about him when given an opportunity?

  • What’s Next?

    What’s Next?

    Luke 17:7-10 is a small bit of Scripture that carries a lot of weight in one’s Christian walk. The temptation is to be satisfied with checking off all of God’s commandments, avoiding the top 10 sins and mostly just getting by. Jesus calls that self-satisfied feeling into check by comparing it to the servant expecting a big reward for just doing his job.

    This is what Jesus was telling us:

    Our next question to God should be, “What can I do for You now?”

  • Lost and Found Dept

    Lost and Found Dept

    In Luke 15, Jesus used a few parables to illustrate how much joy in heaven there is over returning a lost soul. (Luke 15:7, Luke 15:10, Luke 15:32) For the faithful, a place is prepared and waiting for the day to come. In the meantime, their focus should be on finding those that are lost, celebrating when they are found, and being careful to not fall in the trap of the Prodigal Son’s brother. (Luke 15:29-30)