You can rely on Him, He is leading. It’s an ongoing challenge on a personal as well as a corporate level to appreciate how God is leading. Reading about the history of God’s chosen people and their ability to see shadows of Him leading and then essentially seek to replace His leadership with their own […]
Read More Aspects of LeadingBeing unfaithful is not something that happens without consequences. Some of those are clearly self-inflicted. There are things, however that is down to how the betrayed lover responds to the infidelity. This is where the character of God shines through with brilliance. I will make you my wife forever, showing you righteousness and justice, unfailing […]
Read More MWTM: Hosea Part 2 – The FaithfulThis is one of my favourite episodes on scripture. For His Name’s Sake Shalom C. L. J. Dryden
Read More What Is the Story of Elijah and the Prophets of Baal?The Assyrian challenge had a troubling effect on the people of Judah. Their threats were backed up by a record of their victories that could not be denied. They came with their words set to mock Yahweh and intimidate and humiliate the people. Hezekiah’s initial response was to get the voice of the Lord on […]
Read More The Kings II 19 – Assyria vs Judah Part 2: The TriumphBut the woman became pregnant, and the next year about that same time she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her. (2 Kings 4:17 NIV) The fourth chapter of 2 Kings does not mention anything about Kings. It does remind us however what it is to live in the sovereign rule […]
Read More The Kings II 04 – The Real King, The Prophet and ProvisionThe company of the prophets from Jericho, who were watching, said, “The spirit of Elijah is resting on Elisha.” And they went to meet him and bowed to the ground before him. (2 Kings 2:15 NIV) The Request God had already told Elijah to go appoint Elisha to be his successor. Yet this episode is […]
Read More The Kings II 02 – Elisha InheritsBut Micaiah said, “As surely as the Lord lives, I can tell him only what the Lord tells me.” (1 Kings 22:14 NIV) Ahab had no excuse. Even before Elijah there was sufficient for Ahab to know there is only one true God in Israel. He knew the one true God when Elijah called a […]
Read More The Kings 22 – No Room for Ignorance (Ahab: Strike Three)Then the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the Lord from your mouth is the truth.” (1 Kings 17:24 NIV) One of the characters in scripture that I love is Elijah. He is arguably the first guy in scripture whose story fascinated […]
Read More The Kings 17 – Enter Elijah“As for you, go back home. When you set foot in your city, the boy will die. All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. He is the only one belonging to Jeroboam who will be buried, because he is the only one in the house of Jeroboam in whom the Lord , the […]
Read More The Kings 14 – What The Blind Prophet SeesHe cried out to the man of God who had come from Judah, “This is what the Lord says: ‘You have defied the word of the Lord and have not kept the command the Lord your God gave you. You came back and ate bread and drank water in the place where he told you […]
Read More The Kings 13 – A Message and a Messenger
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