Trustworthy Wisdom@Work
A Repository of Wisdom from Trusted Sources
"Arise, let us go from here." (John 14:31) Daydreaming about something in order to do it properly is right, but daydreaming about it when we should be doing it is...
"Arise, shine . . ." (Isaiah 60:1) When it comes to taking the initiative against drudgery, we have to take the first step as though there were no God. There...
"Rise, let us be going." (Matthew 26:46) The sense of having done something irreversible tends to make us despair. We say, “Well, it’s all over and ruined now; what’s the...
"Arise and eat." (1 Kings 19:5) When the Spirit of God comes to us, He does not give us glorious visions, but He tells us to do the most ordinary...
"Arise from the dead . . ." (Ephesians 5:14) We all have many dreams and aspirations when we are young, but sooner or later we realize we have no power...
"None of us lives to himself . . ." (Romans 14:7) Has it ever dawned on you that you are responsible spiritually to God for other people? For instance, if...
"Whatever I tell you in the dark, speak in the light; and what you hear in the ear, preach on the housetops." (Matthew 10:27) Sometimes God puts us through the...
"Samuel answered, ‘Speak, for Your servant hears’" (1 Samuel 3:10) The goal of my spiritual life is such close identification with Jesus Christ that I will always hear God and...
"They said to Moses, ’You speak with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.’" (Exodus 20:19) We don’t consciously and deliberately disobey...
"You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You." (Isaiah 26:3) Is your mind stayed on God or is it starved?...
"Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these things . . ." (Isaiah 40:26) If your power to see has been blinded, don’t look back on...
"The everlasting God . . . neither faints nor is weary." (Isaiah 40:28) Exhaustion means that our vital energies are completely worn out and spent. . . The process of...