HighPoint Devotionals

There is a moment in the Sermon on the Mount where Jesus stops being merely challenging and becomes what can only be described as impossible. He has already told His listeners to abandon anger, flee lust, keep every promise, and refuse retaliation. Each of those demands is difficult enough on its own. But then He lands the final blow: "Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect." Matthew 5:48 calls us not to incremental improvement, not to being slightly better

"Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me." Revelation 3:20 There's something stunning about Revelation 3:20—a verse so familiar it's easy to miss its shocking implications: "Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me." Think about who is speaking these words. This is th