Nineveh's walls were legendary, and God compares them to ripe figs. "If they are shaken, they fall into the mouth…Nineveh's walls were legendary, and God compares them to ripe figs. "If they are shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater." No siege needed. Just a shake.
What is your fortress? The savings, the reputation, the relationship you quietly lean on? Some things look solid right up until the branch trembles. Build on what cannot be shaken.
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Daily curiosity · Saturday, October 24
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Why could Jesus do almost no miracles in His own town?
The answer is in Mark 6:5 ↓
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Luke 15Pulling up the root before it spreads
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After pages of conquest and plunder, the record slows down to list a cabinet: "Zadok the son of Ahitub, and…After pages of conquest and plunder, the record slows down to list a cabinet: "Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were priests; and Seraiah was scribe." Seraiah won no battles. He kept records. Yet God kept his name. The quiet, unglamorous work you do today is seen by the One who writes things down.
Father, you notice the people who quietly carried us when we had nothing to give back. Teach me to repay…Father, you notice the people who quietly carried us when we had nothing to give back. Teach me to repay that kindness, and make me willing to receive it too, when my own strength runs thin. Keep a place at my table for the ones who kept one for me.
Thank You for songs that carry truth into me when my own words run dry, for psalms and hymns sung…Thank You for songs that carry truth into me when my own words run dry, for psalms and hymns sung beside other believers, and for the melody You keep alive in my heart even on the quiet days when no one else hears it.
Boaz walks into his own field and the first words out of his mouth are, "May Yahweh be with you."…Boaz walks into his own field and the first words out of his mouth are, "May Yahweh be with you." Not a tally of the harvest. Not a complaint. And the workers blessed him right back, which tells you this was no performance. Think of how you greet the people who work near you. That small habit is a sermon nobody realizes you are preaching.
Father, I know what it's like to drift from you and then wonder why everything feels so exposed. Don't let…Father, I know what it's like to drift from you and then wonder why everything feels so exposed. Don't let me learn your nearness only by missing it. Turn me back before the walls come down, and meet me when I come.
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