From the Desk of D.C. Robertsson
Reflections on Scripture, faith, and daily living—written to encourage and anchor you in God’s truth. New posts are added regularly alongside book releases and devotional updates.
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Day 12 — Threads of Protection
“When she could no longer hide him, she got him a wicker basket and covered it over with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child into it and set it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile.” Exodus 2:3 Moses’ life didn’t begin with greatness. It began with threat. Pharaoh had commanded…
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Day 11 — A Greater Healing
“So he went down and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the word of the man of God; and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.” 2 Kings 5:14 Naaman wanted a miracle—but he expected it on his terms. A respected commander. A man…
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Day 10 — The Other Side of Obedience
“So the people shouted, and the priests blew the trumpets; and when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the people shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down flat…” Joshua 6:20 If you had asked the Israelites how Jericho would fall, none of them would have said, “We’ll walk around it\……
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Day 9 — The Miracle of Delay
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways,” declares the Lord. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.” Isaiah 55:8–9 We think delay means something’s wrong. God sees it as part of what’s right.…
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Day 8 — From Silence to Song
“For this boy I prayed, and the Lord has given me my petition which I asked of Him.” 1 Samuel 1:27 Hannah had been praying for years. Barren. Misunderstood. Mocked. Her silence wasn’t just circumstantial—it was personal. She was desperate for God to act, and for a long time, it seemed He wasn’t. But when…
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Day 7 — The Invisible Hand
“So she departed and went and gleaned in the field after the reapers; and she happened to come to the portion of the field belonging to Boaz…” Ruth 2:3 She happened to come. That’s how the narrator of Ruth puts it. No angel. No divine whisper. No burning bush. Just a young widow, in a…
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Day 6 — The Pit Is Not the End
“And they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, without any water in it.” Genesis 37:24 Joseph didn’t fall into the pit. He was thrown. By his brothers. By his own family. His coat was stripped, his voice ignored, and his body discarded like he didn’t matter. And in…
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Day 5 — Every Strand Counts
“And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.” Romans 8:28 This verse is so often quoted that we sometimes forget how staggering it really is. God doesn’t just redeem the outcome of our lives—He works through…
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Day 4 — When the Timing Looks Wrong
“So when He heard that he was sick, He then stayed two days longer in the place where He was.” “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.” John 11:6, 21 If Jesus had come when they called, Lazarus wouldn’t have died. That was the belief of both sisters—Martha said it.…
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Day 3 — Positioned for Purpose
“And who knows whether you have not attained royalty for such a time as this?” Esther 4:14 Esther never signed up for greatness. She didn’t campaign for the crown. She was a young Jewish woman, orphaned, raised in exile, and taken into a pagan king’s harem. Nothing about her path looked holy—until it did. At…