His Word for Today

This morning’s verses continue to speak of His assignments for us. This morning’s section says that Moses’ gift of prophecy, signs, and wonders equals that of no one in Israel. In other words, this was his role in His plan, and even if the prophetic gift is not as strong as Moses’ does not mean that those Israelis are not as valuable as Moses in the sight of God, as He does not show favoritism of one over the other. (See Acts 10:34) Let us not compare ourselves with others ab

This morning’s verses speak of His assignments for us. What if His promised plan for us did not include ourselves? Moses saw His vision for the Israelis’ future, but was told by the Lord not to go to the promised land. It was a better place for Moses in the natural, but He was led to an even better place at age 120. Are we bound to what we would like to accomplish on this earth, not trusting in His everlasting plans for us? If this is the case, we need to do a self-assessment

This morning’s verses speak of the believer’s everlasting home. Which should we prioritize, what is eternal or temporal? We may not receive and experience all of God’s promises during our times on this earth (See Hebrews 11:13), but we will certainly do so at an eternal level because He is an eternal being. Because our eternal home is with the Lord, we have brought nothing into this world and will bring nothing out of this world. (See 1 Timothy 6:7) It is wiser to focus on

This morning’s verses speak of the Lord’s favor over the believers. When we have His favor, we are not only distinguished but also favored by those whom we are distinguished from. How can we experience His favor? By choosing humility and repentance. In other words, it is not through works, but by the heart that honors the Lord. (See Isaiah 66:2) Again, He is interested in our hearts, souls, and character. Today, let us assess our hearts. What is the motive of our obedience

This morning’s verses speak of the Lord’s blessings over His people. Are we satisfied because of His blessings? He has also already given us His promises in the spiritual realm that can be released into the natural. The Scriptures promise that He will fulfill the desires of the righteous. (See Proverbs 10:24) When we assess where we are now, we have the opportunity to be grateful for where we are now with the Lord (See 1 Thessalonians 5:18) because He has given us the desir

This morning’s verses speak of the Lord’s power to defeat our enemies. When defeating our enemies, we may think of increases in business, ministry to impact more lives for His glory, and this, in itself, is a great thing. However, we should not forget about the internal battles that we face each day. What is our deep motive for following the Lord? Is it to see our ministries and businesses become more effective to impact more lives? Again, this, in itself, is a valuable thi

This morning’s verses speak of the Lord enlarging our territory. How does the Lord want to expand our territory of work? The Lord gives more responsibilities to those who are faithful with the task at hand. (See Matthew 25:23) Are we frustrated with the current situation, feeling like we are stuck? Then one of the options we have is to do an honest assessment of how we are dealing with the situation we are in. How are we dealing with the internal battles because of the exter

This morning’s verses speak of the Lord blessing the believers wherever they are or go, and we shall not only experience abundance from what others may notice but also from the blind spots. What are the hidden treasures in our walk with the Lord? This may include commercial opportunities that others in the world have not discovered, yet the Lord has for us. How about the blind spots in our souls that have kept us from experiencing exceeding joy and peace that would lead to b

This morning’s verses speak of Christ, the Firstborn. (See Colossians 1:15) Christ, with His Gospel, will be taken to the ends of the earth. Believers are ambassadors of Christ from heaven sent to take the Gospel of Jesus to all nations. (See 2 Corinthians 5:20) One of the ways to take the Gospel is for us to become the living manifestations of Christ through example. (See 1 Timothy 4:12) God’s love is what the world needs in this world that is chaotic. Are we holding onto o

This morning’s verses speak of His protection. In this world, many offenses could hurt our emotions that require His protection. How can we experience His protection in this midst? We may not be able to control the circumstances we are in, but He is with us to go through the challenges. (See 2 Corinthians 12:7-9) And what matters at the end when Christ returns is our faith that has been tested and grown through the trials. (See 1 Peter 1:5-7) We can rest assured that His prot

This morning’s verses speak of His test. What are we being tested in? He may be testing us in the area of love. Jesus was led by the Holy Spirit to be tempted by the devil, to go through the tests before His public ministry. (See Luke 4:1-13) We may be tempted to keep the record of wrongs, not believing in the good motives of others, which would stir up anger and bitterness in our hearts. The devil may be working through someone who is cooperating with the devil to release hi

This morning’s verse speaks of His help. The Holy Spirit is our Helper. (See John 14:26) If we have the Helper, what would we like to receive as His help? Receiving finances, healing through His help are some of the ways we can receive help through the help of the Holy Spirit. But how about focus, (See Matthew 6:24) love, and being a helper to those who need the help? Even if we received the financial abundance and sound health, what would we do with them? Would we use them f

This morning’s verses speak of His blessings. We may think that the blessings from the Lord are visible. But today’s section of the Bible teaches that they are not always visible. One of the most important blessings from the Lord is our relationship with the Lord. Believers are the children of God. We have a relationship with the Lord. The world may be after tangible, visible success to gain status, wealth, fame, etc., but we have the most valuable blessings that are not vis

This morning’s verses speak of our assignments from the Lord. What if what we wanted was not His plan for us to experience in our generations on this earth? For some of us, this may be a disappointment. But there is still hope because we can choose to experience His love and release His love towards others wherever we are. (See Romans 5:3-5) Love is what has eternal significance. (See 1 Corinthians 13:13) Our achievements on this earth that are visible are not to be taken to

This morning’s verses speak of the legacy of faith and life. How can our children or the next generation receive the faith that we have in Christ, Who is life? One of the ways to lead others is through our examples. (See 1 Timothy 4:12) Do the people around us see us fighting for Christ, (See 1 Timothy 6:12) Who is life, love? One of the reasons they are not may be because we have not chosen to fight for the right cause. Our motives may have been simply to gain success, resp

This morning’s verses speak of His justice. God is just. There are consequences to ungodly choices, and He repays them accordingly. We may have been busy thinking about how we can repay those who wronged us, but that is His matter. We are to keep no record of wrongs (See 1 Corinthians 13:5), leaving the past behind (See Philippians 3:13), and continue to fight to choose to release His love. (See 1 Timothy 6:12) Today, let us continue to choose love because the Lord is just.

This morning’s verses speak of His vengeance. We may have been wronged, treated terribly, but we can continue to consider our challenges in a positive light as an opportunity to grow in love. (See Romans 5:3-5, 1 Peter 1:6-7) Our growth in love has eternal implications. (1 Corinthians 13:13) We can fight the good fight of faith to love others. (See 1 Timothy 6:12) This, indeed, is one of the finest ways to experience His peace, which comes after love in Galatians 5:22. On the

This morning’s verses speak of the consequences of sin. Where is our primary focus? Is our focus on what has eternal value or what is only temporary? (See 2 Corinthians 4:18) We may have gained a significant amount of wealth, status in society, earning respect and influence. Yet, the way we moved up the ladder was through our own effort, with little work on our character development, which has eternal significance. The Lord is interested in where our hearts are. Do we beli

This morning’s verses speak of His promotion and abundance, leading believers into a fall and lack. Why does this happen? One cause could be a lack of maturity to handle His blessings. Because the Lord blessed them, He must have trusted them that they would be able to handle them with wisdom, but the Israelis could not. This is one of the reasons why what matters at an eternal level is our maturity in character. We must choose to continue to grow in Christ despite all of the

This morning’s verses talk about His faithfulness, justice, and protection. Is God faithful? Yes, He is, and He does it in a way that is just while He protects. As He leads us from within, let us align with Him to be just (See Proverbs 21:15) in our dealings with people, trusting in His protection. Today, let us reflect on areas where we have an imbalance between justice and mercy, as revealed through His work of salvation at the cross. (See Ephesians 2:8) We may have let Hi