“Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness, rivers in the desert.” - Isaiah 43:19b (CSB)When God promises to make a way in the wilderness, He is not speaking metaphorically to avoid reality. He is naming it. Wilderness and desert are not neutral places in Scripture. They represent exile, loss, judgment, barrenness, and the end of human solutions.God is not promising to make the wilderness easier...  Read More

“Do not remember the past events; pay no attention to things of old.” - Isaiah 43:18 (CSB)When God tells His people not to remember the past, He is not asking them to suppress memory or deny pain. He is confronting how the past has been allowed to rule the present. Israel’s history had become more than something they carried. It had become something that defined them.This is where many of us quiet...  Read More

“Do not remember the past events; pay no attention to things of old.” - Isaiah 43:18 (CSB)When God tells His people not to remember the past, it can sound like He is asking them to forget. But that is not what He means. Scripture never invites us into denial. God is not asking Israel to erase their history or pretend it never happened. He is addressing how they are remembering it.Israel is in exil...  Read More

“This is the judgment: The light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than the light because their deeds were evil.” - John 3:19 (CSB)God’s love never leaves us untouched. It does not merely rescue us from danger and then return us to life unchanged. The love revealed in Christ reorients everything. It moves us from darkness into light, and then calls us to live as people shap...  Read More

“For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.” - John 3:17 (CSB)When Jesus speaks these words, He is not denying the seriousness of sin. He is explaining the purpose of His coming. Humanity does not stand neutral before God, waiting to see how things will turn out. Apart from Christ, the verdict is already heavy. We are separated from God and...  Read More

“So that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.” - John 3:16 (CSB)The word believe can feel deceptively simple. We use it so casually that we forget how much weight Scripture places on it. Many people believe facts about Jesus. They know He existed. They know He taught. They know He died on a cross. But biblical belief is not mere agreement. It is reliance.Jesus does n...  Read More