“It does not, therefore, depend on human desire or effort, but on God’s mercy” (Romans 9:16)
God is never in debt to give us His grace. He is never in debt of anything. And it is not possible to earn His grace and mercy. If it were, it wouldn’t be grace.
Even then, aren’t we fortunate to have received such grace from God?
Es. 5:1-3 Queen Esther appeared before king Ahasuerus. Earlier, the king had given the order to destroy all the Jews; and Esther appeared to plead for her people. Esther could have been killed because she appeared before the king without being summoned or called. But as Esther appeared before the king, the king held out…
1 Ki. 11 We have seen the greatness of Solomon. He “loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women” (1 Ki.11:1). He had 700 wives and 300 concubines! The LORD had already warned the Israelites about these. In Exodus 34:16, the LORD said of the Canaanite…
Even though the world may change and be in turmoil (cf Ps. 46:2,3); and whatever may happen, God knows (cf. Job 37:16; Ps. 139; 1 Jn. 3:2). He is in control Today, He knows what we are going through and what is happening. He is still in control. Jeremiah 29:11 says, “For I know the…
2 Chron. 24 Joash became the king when he was only seven years old and he reigned in Jerusalem for fourty years. He had an excellent adviser in Jehoiada the priest and, as such, he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD as long as Jehoiada lived. Joash decided to restore the…
-Psalm 104 The Lord makes everything beautiful and perfect. Just look at nature. There is a perfect cycle in everything that makes them sustainable. Psalm 104 talks about just that – how God cares for his creation. It talks about the heavens, water, clouds, wind, earth, thunder, valleys, rivers, animals, birds, grass, trees, rocks, oceans,…
The book of Jonah is quite different from the other minor prophets. His name means ‘dove.’ Unlike other prophetic books, the book of Jonah does not contain prophecies much. In fact, it is a narrative, a straightforward story about the story of the prophet – how he was sent by God, how he refused, how…