Maybe you had a childhood toy that took your voice and sent it back distorted and amplified. Small choices work the same way in Proverbs 3:34-35 — God reciprocates what we put out into the world, amplifying our foolishness so we see it clearly, or honoring our wisdom in ways that matter eternally.
When we try to live by “Don’t Be Evil,” we find that we end up being evil in the end. There’s a better way.
When we try to live by “Don’t Be Evil,” we find that we end up being evil in the end. There’s a better way.
We begin a new series in the Psalms tonight, looking at David’s lament in Psalm 12. What happens when we feel like evil has triumphed and whatever good we do is fruitless?
Sin is really sticky — far more persistent than those obnoxious tags stuck on things that we struggle to get off. But, Jesus’s mission in this world was to do what we can’t: remove that sin from us.
God takes us as those who are lost in the dim darkness and offers us a light so overpowering that nothing can stop it — or His mission He sends us on.
As Jesus ascended into Heaven, the disciples needed to be challenged on what they were going to do next.
We keep wanting knowledge and power to get to what we think will make ourselves secure. God calls us instead to see how He makes us secure.
We all want to avoid destruction and tragedy. And given our own inclinations, we all move away from the very source of escape from those things.
As we wrap up our exploration of Psalm 9, we’re confronted with a question: are we living in the path of the sin storm or turning the shelter of God?