Dear Ones: In the book of Ecclesiastes 3:1, we read, “To everything there is a season, and a TIME to every purpose under heaven.” In our consideration of the matter of time, do we associate it with the subject of “purpose?” And in those confines of time, how do we KNOW the purpose…the purpose of…
Dear Ones: It was Watchman Nee, a Chinese evangelist, who used the illustration of a person trying to get into a room where he already was. The person did not understand the truth, thus he spent wasted time and effort trying to realize that which was already true. In his short commentary on the book…
Dear Ones: In our day of schedules, pressures, meetings and activity, there is something occurring all around us that we do not even take notice of, and yet the magnitude of it is so great. With the advent of Spring, nature is quietly putting forth a surge of life and beauty, the magnitude of which…
Dear Ones: Our enemy is forever seeking to turn us in on ourselves, causing us to look within instead of away to Christ. Hence, we relate our “resources” to the issues at hand, instead of appropriating the living Christ for our needs. This is what is called “unbelief,” and the Lord is pleased only when…
Dear Ones: When I was a boy I remember having a rubber knife. At the time, I thought it was truly a great thing to have. But, I knew that it was a toy. Compare a rubber knife, regardless of it size and appearance, to a real sword. Go a step further and ask yourself…
Dear Ones: It is a rare thing to find someone who lives “before the Father.” And yet, the Lord Jesus did all things to please Him, only accomplishing that which He saw the Father do. It was to the Father that He constantly made His appeal for the answer to every need. This bears out…
Dear Ones: Samson had a good beginning, a faulty interlude, but finished well. Abraham had a good beginning, and in spite of errors and hesitancy, finished well. The list is very long in the Bible of those who had a good beginning, stumbled and sometimes fell along the way, but crossed the finish line in…
Dear Ones: Jesus once said that one could gain the whole world and lose his soul. He also said that there was a broad way that leads to destruction, and a narrow one that leads to life. Could it not be said that the concept of true greatness can be seen through the same prism,…
Dear Ones: There are certain pinnacles of history that are world-changing, life-changing. One of these occurred in the 8th century B.C. It had to do with a very knowledgeable, successful, and influential person whose name was Isaiah. In the sixth chapter of his book, we read that he had a vision of “…the Lord sitting…