When God gets our attention, it can be a defining moment in our lives and often takes place during a time of transition. Perhaps there was a time in your life when the Lord got your attention and set you on a different path. When Moses encountered the Lord while he was a shepherd, it …
What is the significance of forty days and nights of rain? Genesis 7: 4 Seven days from now I (God) will make the rains pour down on the earth. And it will rain for forty days and forty nights, until I have wiped from the earth all the living things I have created.[1] We see God …
The writer of Hebrews describes the ministry of angels as God’s supernatural agents that interact with humanity even when we are unaware. Hebrews 1:14 Therefore, angels are only servants—spirits sent to care for people who will inherit salvation. [1] Angels are God’s servants who work for the good of the Kingdom of God by carrying out …
Jesus finds us because He is the God of intervention and the Good Shepherd. As we review the Scriptures, it becomes evident that we don’t find the Lord as some may think, but it is always the Lord who finds us. To illustrate this, Jesus told parables of the lost sheep, the lost coin, and …
Will God turn the tables on our enemies? Many have prayed for this through the years. Today’s world seems to be on the edge of falling under the satan’s spell, but will God intervene? Looking through the Bible, we see God intervening repeatedly for His people. Pharoah’s army had Moses and the Israelites backed up …
Genuine faith bears fruit. I could see this as the fantastic result of a school friend who came to faith as an older adult. Through coming to faith, he went out of the darkness of sin into God’s marvelous light and became a kinder, happier, and gentler person. If he was a fruit tree, he …
Have you ever been touched by God’s grace, His undeserved love? If you have, how did that change your life? How did that change how you viewed God, who brings light into our darkness? My mother had an expression, “You get a lot further with honey than vinegar.” Romans 2:4 Don’t you see how wonderfully …
Has God broken into your life? I know someone who experienced God breaking into their life during a terminal illness. He was far from God until the Lord broke into his dark world and drew him to Himself. The Lord showed him what was important in life during his illness. In his illness, the Lord …
Responding to God’s intervention in our lives shapes our present and future. One of my friends was an older adult when he came to Jesus. One day the work of the Holy Spirit made it clear he was living a life of sin that separated him from the Lord. Although he had been in church …
Are you asking for God’s intervention in your life? Although we may not be able to change things, the God of heaven can. You may be praying that the Lord would intervene in your life. If you could step back in time when the Jewish people were rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem, they faced opposition …