Three Minute Thoughts

When God picks people to do his work, they don't have to be perfect or get it all right. They just need to be able to be used by God. Abraham was anything but perfect but he most of the time trusted God.

Abraham intercedes on behalf of an entire region. He stands between God's judgment and the city. Perhaps we see here a model that we'll find again in Scripture.

God makes a promise but Abraham and Sarah don't exactly follow that promise with a ton of faith. This episode deals with a lack of faith with a little love and lot of laughter.

God has a special relationship with Abram, who soon will be called Abraham. The power of this chapter is that God makes a promise to Abram that he doesn't even understand and that honestly we don't even get most of the time.

As man continues to spiral toward becoming their own superhero, they build a tower to make a name for themselves. But God doesn't want them to get distracted from what's most important. So we have new languages and a call to man to follow without any details. And he follows!

As we close out our time in Job, we see a true confession of faith. He once only knew God by what he had heard. Now he knows God by what he has experienced.

Job goes through a lot of trouble and hardship as he navigates this time. He loses everything that he held valuable in his life. Then he turns on God, not losing faith but doing the whole woe is me thing. God quickly, firmly, yet gently puts him in his place in 38-39.

As we fast forward in the bible to the book of Job, we find a man who is upright and follows God. He trusts all that God gives and says. But will that be the case if all his possessions, family and life are impacted directly? We jump to Job at this point in our study because it's a reminder and evidence of the impact sin has had on our world and the difference faith can make.

When the rain clears up and the floods recede, Noah is able to see the true power and majesty of God. Perhaps we can see that same thing without the flood?

When man turns in toward himself, pursuing his own thoughts and ideas over God's that's usually a recipe for bad things to happen.