Walking the Walk

"It is about the greatness of God, not the significance of man. God made man small and the universe big to say something about Himself." - John Piper Have you ever looked around at the colors in the sky, the animals in the wilderness, or a newborn baby and just thought about how powerful our God is? He is so mighty. And He is so powerful. And He has the power to do anything. He has the power to speak anything into existence; God created the universe by a simple utterance. Tell me that's not insane, falling-on-your-knees type of power!!!! Sometimes, our sinful nature inherently takes the power from God and puts in our own hands. We tend to forget just how present and powerful God is in every single situation. "The ways of God are without fault." // Psalm 18:30 There are lots of things in this world (that we like to forget about) that scream God's power. Have you ever thought about the human body and how each part works perfectly together? Li...

Life is so hard, I get it. There are days and weeks, sometimes months and years, that are full of disappointments, loneliness, and heartbreak. It seems as if the world is fighting against you and it seems as if God is far away, but there are undoubted truths about suffering as a Christian. We must know that following Christ promises persecution, yet He is walking beside us and helping us carry our burdens; we are to rejoice in this affliction because of the eternal life promised to us by the cross. And although suffering is very real, there are three absolute truths that we are guaranteed as Christians. Suffering is promised.  Throughout the Bible, written are many promises of the persecution that Christians will face during their times on earth. We live in a sin-ridden world with billions of fallen people. While Christ was on earth, He was constantly persecuted; the Son of God Himself was chastised, ridiculed, and embarrassed. And the world hasn't changed. We...

"He proclaimed, 'It is finished!' Then bowing His head, He gave up His spirit. " – John 19:30 It is finished. T etelestai - (def.) accomplished, completed, fulfilled. So... what exactly did Jesus finish? These words were the last of those spoken by Jesus before He let out His final breath on the cross. Suffering, tortured, anguished -- He was thinking of us. During Christ's final moments of life,  He was thinking of us. The structure and arrangement of these words are essential to our understanding of its significance. Grammatically, this phrase is written in the perfect passive indicative tense, signifying that an action has been completed in the past, yet the result is ongoing and in full effect. Christ mutters these words in an exhausted, yet passive voice; He emphasizes the verb of the phrase in place of emphasizing the subject. Get this. Christ emphasized "finished," as in "the work here is done." As stated by all of the gosp...