Daily Challenges Archive
“Who has gone up to heaven and come down? Whose hands have gathered up the wind? Who has wrapped up the waters in a cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is the name of his son? Surely you know!”
In the 15 or so years I’ve been doing these daily devotionals, I’m pretty sure I have only used this verse once—and that was during the years I went through every verse in Proverbs. I’ve always loved this verse. There is just so much in it. There ...
“Evildoers are snared by their own sin, but the righteous shout for joy and are glad.”
Is this verse encouraging us to celebrate when someone gets caught in their sin? Of course not. As a matter of fact, we should be brokenhearted when sin hurts or destroys someone else. The implication here is that those who avoid sin and live righ...
“When the righteous triumph, there is great elation; but when the wicked rise to power, people go into hiding.”
Over the years, I have seen, from the business world to the sports world to individual families, the difference that righteous or wicked leadership makes in the lives of those they lead. I’ve watched how people respond very differently depending o...
“Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.”
In the last two days, I’ve experienced this truth in some very poignant ways. Life is incredibly unpredictable. Transitions—whether involving life and death, careers, family, or any other adventure that comes with this thing we call life—seldom, i...
“Like the useless legs of one who is lame is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.”
I pause every time I read this verse, checking to make sure it doesn’t represent me. Hopefully, my time in Proverbs is not useless. In this chapter, Solomon spends much of his energy talking about how to handle challenging people. The lazy, the go...
“It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory of kings.”
I’m going to the memorial service of a friend today. Her husband is a close brother with whom I have worked side by side in ministry for a number of years. I love them both. I grieve with her husband as he ponders why God would take the love of hi...
“For though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again, but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes.”
A number of years ago, I taught the career class at Auburn University. It was a fun experience, and I met some amazing students who were trying to figure out their journey. Many of them were wrestling with decisions about their major and their fut...
“Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle.”
Casting a glance at your financial situation does not mean it is not a legitimate concern. As a matter of fact, Scripture also encourages being a good steward of what you have been blessed with. It is hard to do that without paying some attention ...
“In the paths of the wicked are snares and pitfalls, but those who would preserve their life stay far from them.”
I recently had a very visual experience that illustrates what Solomon is talking about in this passage. Yesterday, on our trip to Sarasota, my son’s girlfriend, who is a sea turtle specialist and researcher, took some of my grandchildren to the be...
“Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.”
Recently, I heard one of my favorite comedians doing a routine about getting into disagreements with his wife. It was very entertaining, and the conclusion was that, no matter how hard he argued, he always ended with the admission that she was rig...
“Even small children are known by their actions, so is their conduct really pure and upright?”
I have eight grandchildren. If you have grandkids, you know what an amazing testimony they are to God’s desire that life must go on. I’ve mentioned before how much fun they are and how they constantly amaze and surprise me. The other day, I was in...
“Better the poor whose walk is blameless than a fool whose lips are perverse.”
Thankfully, it’s not a prerequisite that you have to be poor to be blameless, nor are all the rich people those with perverse lips. We can probably all agree that it is foolish to speak perversely. At least, we certainly should. This is typical of...
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