We have all heard it said of someone who is excellent at something that they have a “God given talent.” No truer words were spoken of human accomplishment. There is not one specific place in scripture that says unequivocally that God creates us each with special talents. We see examples of Him endowing people with […]
The second gift was given immediately after the first gift. But man lost it. It was retrieved and restored by Jesus to those who put their trust in Him. Yesterday, we saw that God’s first gift to man was life; physical and spiritual. This was done when God breathed into the nostrils of man. Did […]
The first ‘gift’ God ever gave man was life. He breathed into Adam’s nostrils and he became FULLY alive; physically AND spiritually. When God created the universe, He spoke everything into being except man. God said “Let us MAKE man in our own image, after our likeness” (Genesis 1:24a). God put His hands into the […]
The people cry out in distress. They want what they used to have. “Restore us O Lord” but it isn’t in repentance; or at least not at first. This is the last of the laments that are recorded. This one certainly didn’t come from Jeremiah’s lips but it may have been spoken repeatedly in his […]
Famine has taken a great toll on the people of Judah. They wasted away as their punishment from the Lord. And it followed them wherever they went until God’s wrath was spent. In our passage today, I see the children. I see their little bodies wracked with hunger and pain. Malnutrition was part of their […]
