Posts by D. Ray Davis

Heritage or inheritance is a powerful concept. We are clapping and shouting because we entrust fully our future, our legacy. We clap and shout because he is the one who fights for us.

Sight tells you your pain is overwhelming. Look to the truth. The nations rage and kingdoms totter. Sight tells you as much.

No wonder the psalmist’s tongue is like the pen of a ready scribe. His heart overflows as the marriage to the Messiah is revealed. He witnesses a pleasing theme.

It’s time to step out by faith and boast in God. It’s time to rehearse our gratitude at the recounting of deeds performed. We rise up in strength not our own.

The fog of brokenness is impossible to navigate by sight. Journeys such as facing loss are not to be attempted in your own power.

Being cast down resembles abandonment. “Where is your God?” It feels like you’ve been abandoned; and it looks to those watching like you’ve been abandoned.

The humble recognizes their own poverty of spirit. They stand in need. They seek forgiveness, healing, and grace from a holy God.

Psalm 40 provides five ingredients to walk by faith in any of life’s storms. In a fallen world, we face pain, loss, and tragedy. A walk of faith is most clearly seen when circumstances are most grim.

All of mankind stands as a mere breath; and yet, peace is made available as a gift, even in the most painful of journeys.

Loss resembles a crushing blow from an angry deity. Ants feel the weight of a human shoe. I get it. Arrows sink into flesh. A deep wound, indeed.