Micha Jazz
Micha Jazz is Director of Resources at Waverley Abbey, UK.
‘But will God really dwell on earth with humans? The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain you. How much less this temple that I have built!’ (v18) 2 Chronicles 6:16–18
For many, the very concept of God is unbelievable....
‘LORD, the God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven or on earth – you who keep your covenant of love with your servants who continue wholeheartedly in your way.’ (v14) 2 Chronicles 6:3–15
A covenant is...
‘For I have kept the ways of the LORD; I am not guilty of turning from my God.’ (v21) Psalm 18:20–24
The great promise of Jesus is that the kingdom of God finds expression on earth. For heaven broke into...
‘He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”’ (v10) Psalm 46
After a powerful prayer meeting, we are returned to life’s everyday reality. We...
‘After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.’ (v31) Acts 4:23–31
A friend says, ‘Never say never!’ If we live by...
‘When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw him eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”’ (v16) Mark 2:13–17
Jesus walked the Holy Land with...
‘Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I’ve ever done.”’ (v39) John 4:1–42
D. M. Panton describes revival as ‘the inrush of divine life into a body threatening...
‘But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, “God, have mercy on me, a sinner.”’ (v13) Luke 18:9–14
Our age celebrates self-confidence and self-help: ‘I’ am...
‘Moses did everything just as the LORD commanded him.’ (v16) Exodus 40:16–33
Eight times it’s written that Moses did as the Lord commanded. God is interested in detail, not just the big picture. We easily ignore ‘incidental’ steps, and assume...
‘Afterwards all the Israelites came near him, and he gave them all the commands the LORD had given him on Mount Sinai.’ (v32) Exodus 34:27–32
We read God’s Word to grow in our understanding of both who God is and...
