Posts from February 2010
Elijah (25) Elijah’s Enduring Concern (2 Kings 1)
What do you want to be remembered for? That seems to be a thought common to people as they get older, increasingly wanting to make their last days count.
It is now towards the end of Elijah’s life, and here we find his last recorded public act. There is still a private act to go, but as far as…
Father, glorify your name. John 12:28
We can admire the wisdom and power of God, who can make his people better by their sufferings. Behold, I show you a mystery: sin brought affliction into the world, and God makes affliction carry sin out of the world. God has never intended more good to his children than when he deals most severely with them. He would rather fetch blood than lose a soul. A suffering…