Moses was faithful, but Moses was part of the house. Jesus built it. "He who built the house has more…Moses was faithful, but Moses was part of the house. Jesus built it. "He who built the house has more honor than the house." Think about that when you are tempted to lean on your heroes of faith, the people who taught you, the ones you quote. They are rooms in a house someone else laid stone by stone. And you are a room too.
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Daily curiosity · Friday, October 2
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Why did Job's friends sit beside him in silence for seven days?
The answer is in Job 2:13 ↓
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Genesis 3Spread your cloak over me, Boaz
Ruth 3A prophet's mantle falls to his successor
2 Kings 2Ashes traded for a garment of praise
Isaiah 61Filthy robes stripped off before the accuser
Zechariah 3Twelve years of bleeding, one touched cloak
Mark 5Put on compassion like a warm coat
Colossians 3Carried by care and belonging
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Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you." That is a command, not a concession. God…Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you." That is a command, not a concession. God tells you to enjoy your life. Then, in the same breath, "know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment." Joy and accountability are not enemies here. Live fully, and live watched. Does your gladness look different when you remember who is looking?
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Thank You that Solomon's horses came from Egypt and Kue through the hands of the king's merchants. You still provide…Thank You that Solomon's horses came from Egypt and Kue through the hands of the king's merchants. You still provide through long roads and ordinary trade, through truckers and shopkeepers and strangers I will never meet. Thank You for every good thing that reached me today by their work.
Daniel has no strength and no breath left. He cannot even speak: "For how can the servant of this my…Daniel has no strength and no breath left. He cannot even speak: "For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord?" Heaven's answer is not a demand for more. A hand reaches out and touches him, and strength comes after, not before. Your emptiness may not be the end of the conversation with God. It may be where it finally begins.
It will be the same way in the day that the Son of Man is revealed." Look at what people…It will be the same way in the day that the Son of Man is revealed." Look at what people were doing in Noah's and Lot's day: eating, drinking, marrying, buying, planting, building. Nothing wicked. Just ordinary life, lived as if it would never end. What ordinary good thing has quietly become the whole horizon for you?
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