Often the reason we remain indecisive is not because we don’t know which way is better; we are simply scared to travel the more difficult path.
When the Holy Spirit prompts us to action, it can be as if an annoying clamor broke through the calm, quiet order we had set for our day.
For Wilberforce and many others, it was their faith that spurred them to act, even when it meant significant sacrifice.
On this Sabbath, take comfort in the knowledge that following the way of Jesus is difficult, but we may always find rest in him.
Many of us are built like walking, talking atomic bombs, but our unstable core is emotional rather than radioactive.
When our world changes, and it is not for the better, it is all the more important to know where the rock beneath our feet is found.
If Jesus could have claimed for his hometown a more populated or respected city, such as Jerusalem, he might have had an easier time building a following.
God did not choose the clean and easy way of establishing Jesus’s lineage because there wasn’t one. But he used the people who made themselves available to him.