DevotionalAt the heart of Sarah and Abraham’s mistake was a fundamental misunderstanding about how God works. They attempted to fulfill a promise of grace through human works. Sarah’s plan represented the age-old human tendency to believe we must earn or...
DevotionalHave you ever grown impatient waiting for God to fulfill a promise? Sarah certainly did. After ten years of waiting for the child God had promised, she decided to take matters into her own hands. She offered her servant Hagar to Abraham as a way to...
DevotionalThe story in 2 Kings 6 concludes with an unexpected twist. After God strikes the Syrian army with temporary blindness and Elisha leads them into Samaria, the king of Israel asks if he should kill them. Elisha’s response is revolutionary: “Set...
DevotionalThere’s a profound difference between how things appear from our limited human perspective and how they actually are from God’s viewpoint. Elisha understood this when he confidently declared to his fearful servant, “Those who are with us...
DevotionalFear has an extraordinary ability to distort our perception of reality. When Elisha’s servant looked out at the Syrian army surrounding their city, all he could see was imminent danger. His fear blinded him to the spiritual reality that had been true...
DevotionalAnger is a powerful emotion that can completely distort our perception of reality. When we’re angry, we don’t just struggle to see the truth—we often actively resist it. Like the Syrian king in 2 Kings 6 who became enraged when his plans were...
