Stephen Coleman

  • Are not my days few?

    Job 10:20 Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little. Job, here in his agony, speaks of the brevity of his life. He says in effect, “If my days are… Continue reading

    Are not my days few?
  • A Daysman betwixt us

    Job 9:33 Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both. A daysman! A go-between! A judge! Someone to plead! All these things Job desired, and did not seem to possess. He wanted someone… Continue reading

    A Daysman betwixt us
  • Till He fill thy mouth with laughing

    Job 8:21 Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing. This is the gift that God has given mankind-laughter! That great treasure He has vouchsafed to humankind-rejoicing! This is what He has given everyone. Some don’t… Continue reading

    Till He fill thy mouth with laughing
  • What is man?

    Job 7:17-18 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him? And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment? This is the age-old question. What is man,… Continue reading

    What is man?
  • Great things and unsearchable

    Job 5:9 Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number. Our minds cannot fully conceive and our intellect cannot fully grasp nor comprehend the length and breadth and height of the works of God. Great things and unsearchable!… Continue reading

    Great things and unsearchable
  • More precious than gold

    1 Peter 1:7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ. Few… Continue reading

    More precious than gold
  • Yet trouble came

    Job 3:26 I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came. Job here is grappling with the horrid circumstances that have encompassed his life. He is beset with grievous trials. He has lost… Continue reading

    Yet trouble came
  • Dost thou still retain thine integrity?

    Job 2:9 Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? Job found himself in a terrible predicament. He endured things that most men would never think of enduring. And he was a perfect and an upright… Continue reading

    Dost thou still retain thine integrity?
  • The strength of my heart

    Psalm 73:26 My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. There is no greater medicine for any spiritual need, no greater cure for any malady than this wonderful verse.… Continue reading

    The strength of my heart
  • The Lord came down

    Genesis 11:5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. In Genesis 11, we see all the peoples of the earth moving together as a unit from place to place,… Continue reading

    The Lord came down