Their vine is of the vine of Sodom, of the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are poison grapes. Their clusters…Their vine is of the vine of Sodom, of the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are poison grapes. Their clusters are bitter." A grape doesn't decide its own taste. It simply tells you what the roots have been drinking. So when bitterness surprises you in your own words, trace it back. What is your life growing out of?
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Daily curiosity · Friday, September 18
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Why did the prodigal son never get to finish his rehearsed speech?
The answer is in Luke 15:21 ↓
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Cursed is the man who trusts in man, relies on strength of flesh, and whose heart departs from Yahweh." Notice…Cursed is the man who trusts in man, relies on strength of flesh, and whose heart departs from Yahweh." Notice the order. It begins with reaching for someone who might fix things, and ends with a heart quietly gone. Judah wanted Egypt's horses. Who did you turn to first this week? Needing people isn't the sin. Just watch where your heart follows.
Lord, thank you for the friends who carry others to you, pleading their case with earnestness. Make me that kind…Lord, thank you for the friends who carry others to you, pleading their case with earnestness. Make me that kind of friend. And when I come with nothing to recommend me, remind me that your kindness never waited on my worth.
They turn the needy out of the way. The poor of the earth all hide themselves." Job notices something we…They turn the needy out of the way. The poor of the earth all hide themselves." Job notices something we usually miss: the poor learn to disappear. Pushed off the road often enough, they stop walking it. And Job refuses to pretend God doesn't see. Who has gone quiet near you, and when did you last look?
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Isaac asks where the lamb is, and Abraham says, "God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my…Isaac asks where the lamb is, and Abraham says, "God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son." Then comes the line that undoes me: "So they both went together." No answers given, only a name spoken. My son. They kept walking, side by side, into the unknown. Can you walk that way too, holding a question God hasn't answered yet?
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