The world throws storms our way – job loss, illness, betrayal, unfair situations. In these moments, it's easy to feel overwhelmed, to want to fight back, complain, or murmur in frustration. After all, we live in an era where standing up for our rights seems ingrained.But Genesis 39:21-23 offers a...

In the grand scheme of a 2x2 foot flower bed, not much expansive potential is seen at first. We are limited to space, capacity, perhaps creativity. We have only so much area to plant, so we must make it work. And we are kept at bay on what kind of...

Builders are unique individuals, for they envision the end product way before a single piece of dirt is moved. As a result, it is also much easier for them to get frustrated when obstacles appear and progress is stalled, as was in Zerubbabel’s case. As nothing and no one goes...

In today’s passage what we find here is that the Lord sends an angel to give Zechariah another vision. But this time, unlike the previous, we learn the condition in which the angel finds Zechariah. Zechariah says the angel “roused me, as a man who is awakened from his sleep...

Moses was God’s chosen leader and Joshua, his assistant, gleaned from his faithfulness. He learned from Moses’ example the value of spending time in communion with God and listening to His guidance. He saw first-hand the closeness Moses had with the Lord. We cannot have a close relationship with God...