Good food is necessary, enjoyable, satisfying, energizing, motivating, reviving, and strengthening.

Jesus said, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work” (John 4:34).

Imagine how our lives would be transformed if we ate such a healthy diet every day.


Poking God in the Eye

You know how you feel when someone hurts one of your children or a really close friend?

Well multiply that fierce protectiveness by a million (and strip it of all sin) and you are getting closer to how God responds when His children are hurt or offended. As Zechariah records, “He who touches you touches the apple of His eye” (Zech. 2:8).

As verbal and judicial persecution is touching more and more Christians in the West, remember it’s also touching the apple of God’s eye.

When was the last time someone poked a lion in the eye and prospered?


Projecting Our Sins On To Others

It’s extremely painful to be on the receiving end of false accusations, especially when it’s in an area where we have taken great pains to keep our consciences clear before God. Yet, despite our efforts, people think the worst and say the worst about us.

Over the years, though, I’ve come to realize that such accusations say more about our accusers than about us.  They think that everyone acts the same sinful way as they do in similar situations and therefore project these sins on to others, even those who are completely innocent.

Thinking along these lines makes us pray for false accusers rather than retaliate against them.

And the next time you are tempted to think or say the worst about anyone, ask yourself, “Am I simply projecting my own evil on to others who are innocent?”


Why is Everybody Else Getting Old?

I’m back in the UK for a surprise visit to my parents on the occasion of their Golden Wedding Anniversary. We also managed to squeeze in a few days in the Isle of Lewis and I’ve had the joy of bumping into a number of friends from my previous congregation. Eight years on, age has taken it’s horrifying toll, with some barely recognizable.

And yet, as I look in the mirror, I’m convinced I’m still looking like a 25-year-old than like an-almost-50-year-old. Am I the only one in the world who isn’t aging?

No, this is part of the vanity and deceitfulness of the human heart that somehow convinces us that aging is something that happens to others while giving us a pass. Why can we see it so obviously in others but can be so blind to the ravages of time in ourselves?

I doubt everyone is saying to themselves when they meet me, “Wow, he looks so young still!” when I’m saying of everyone, “Wow, he/she looks so old now.”

“Lord, make me to know my end, and what is the measure of my days, that I may know how frail I am” (Ps. 39:4).

  • Les

    I was thinking of Psalm 90, particularly verse 12, this morning. Where did my life go? I work out 3-4 times per week and I cannot do what I was doing 20 years ago or even 10 years ago. Then I’m foolish enough to kick myself for not being able to do that much.

    Thank you