‘The people of Israel came to the wilderness.’ Exodus 16:1 ESV The Israelites discovered that for them, the way into the Promised Land was through the wilderness. This is God’s furnace of refinement. To survive in the desert, we have to follow His lead, stand firm in...
‘I am carrying on a great project and cannot go down.’ Nehemiah 6:3 NIV When it came to rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem, Nehemiah discovered that not everyone around him wanted him to succeed. To stop the work, his enemies used two things—threats and rumours....
‘Let your eyes look straight ahead, fix your gaze directly before you.’ Proverbs 4:25 NIV In 1972 an airliner crashed into the Florida Everglades (swamp land). On its approach to the Miami airport, the indicator light, that showed the landing gear was correctly down,...
‘A hard worker has plenty of food, but a person who chases fantasies has no sense.’ Proverbs 12:11 NLT In The Finishing Touch, Chuck Swindoll tells about a man he met who made a great impression on him: ‘With a grin and a twinkle, he whipped out his hand. It was a...
‘He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.’ Psalm 107:9 NIV Successful people are often just people who were a little hungrier and thirstier for success than the rest of us. What we desired, they chased after. The French Emperor Napoleon was born...
