A Scribe on the Wall

Several years ago now, I believe that God gave me a message, He would be telling me things and it was up to me to tell others. To me, it's much like the Watchman on the Wall as described in the Old Testament. The Watchman was told that it was on him to warn others about any approaching dangers. God's apparently gifted me with being able to type and write. So I put the old definition of a writer along with the concept of a watchman together. Jesus is coming soon...are you ready?

Monday, June 29, 2026

Growth Through Relationships

by David Brenneman

"Faithful are the wounds of a friend." Proverbs 27:6a.

One of two things is true about the person who has never received guidance from another person: either that person is perfect and has never needed guiding or correcting, or that person doesn't have anyone in his or her life willing to risk the possibility of a negative response from the "correctee." Since we know there are no perfect people, guess which one is true?

The book of Proverbs says, in more than one way, that we are

fortunate if we have a friend who loves us enough to guide and correct us. No one would allow another person to unknowingly make a serious mistake, like taking the wrong turn on a long car trip.

Yet how often do we fail to give guidance to others when they are

threatening to derail their own spiritual journeys? When we need

guidance, we should ask someone who has been where we are or

has a deeper knowledge of God and His Word. We should receive it gently, humbly, and with love. Guidance especially unsolicited

guidance should be given with the same characteristics

Do you need guidance or know someone who does? God gives "parts" to the body of Christ so the whole may be healthy. Don't fail to do your part when it comes to guidance-whether giving or receiving.

- Walking with God, Dr. David Jeremiah.

We often are in need of help...but can be too stubborn to ask or honestly too stupid to listen. Dr. Jeremiah is spot on with this devotional.

In my life there's been several whom actually tried to get to know me who were this close as friends. Of late that isn't as deep a pool as it once was. The irony is those whom still do know me well live a great distance away. Some who did, it appears, that God's moved on from my life either for my good or for theirs.

But my Dear Reader we do need to hear from Godly people. Be it Godly men teaching, mentoring, men or Godly women teaching, mentoring, only women for Scripture is clear that women aren't to be teaching men.

We need our circles. Jesus's pattern was Peter, James and John, then the next was the whole 12, then those outside of these.

We are here, after all to grow in Christ until our time on Earth is through. We are here, the midst of this, to help others grow in Christ as well. As some have taken to saying it: disciples making disciples.

We are to put what the Spirit is teaching us as our highest priority.

These of whom I speak are both knowledgeable enough about me to be completely honest and truthful but they also do it in love.

Many whom I know are somewhat close but not near as close as those whom I refer to who are far away.

One of the worst examples that had happened in my life decades ago was people willing to literally judge my life's journey and start on me about how this and that needs to change without ever truly knowing me.

To be truthful with you, I sorely miss the close company of several men who used to be involved in my life. Without going into details the separation just is honestly painful. Time passed can be as bad or worse than distance without communicating. A few have an excellent excuse...the Lord took them home to be with Him.

My Dear Reader find the Godly men for men, women for women, that He has placed in your life to help you to grow in Christ.

Scripture says "For I was very glad when brethren came and testified to your truth, that is, how you are walking in truth. I have no greater joy than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth." 3 John 1:3-4.

We provide great joy to Jesus when we are walking in His truth.

"A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.” John 13:34-35.

Love one another enough to help one another grow in Christ.

Be in each other's lives as Christ would be. My long distance brothers in Christ are often communicating more than those nearby but that's ok.

My Savior says that He will never leave me nor forsake me, and the same goes for you if you're among the saved in Christ Jesus.

Longing for what used to be takes your eyes off of what the Spirit is doing right now in our lives.

Paul refers to this as a correct attitude in Christ: "Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus." Philippians 3:13-14.

Spend your time with Jesus if there's no one close enough to share your life with. I miss nothing by taking more time in my evenings studying God's Word. I miss nothing by getting up early to read His Word and to write these posts.

While I still miss the kind of companionship I used to have, I will rejoice in the Lord that I have Jesus...as should you.

We are still here to grow in Christ and to point people to Jesus for salvation. "Come and see!" should be interwoven into our lives in Christ.

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight." Proverbs 3:5-6.

"A friend loves at all times, And a brother is born for adversity." Proverbs 17:17.

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Sunday, June 28, 2026

What God Has Planned Vs Your Plans

by David Brenneman

"The same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually just as He wills."

1 Corinthians 12:11.

Do you realize that there's a ministry that God has planned in advance for you to accomplish? That may sound like it's true for people called to be pastors, ministers, and missionaries, but perhaps you are doubtful about yourself. Yet the Father has opportunities to serve designed especially for you-where your unique mix of talents, personality, and spiritual giftedness would be perfect for the task. He has placed you in this specific time and among specific people to be His representative. That's why He grows you spiritually-so that you'll be able to minister to others with supernatural wisdom, compassion, and generosity.

Do not miss the important word used in that last sentence: supernatural. That's because God Himself inspires and empowers you for the job by His Spirit. Stay connected to Him and He will

show you what to do. And when you serve others under the Lord's guidance and by the power of His Holy Spirit, their lives will be transformed eternally.

So how has the Lord directed you to represent Him to others? Do not fear what He's calling you to do. Depend on the Holy Spirit to work through you and trust Him to bring Himself the glory.

Jesus, I will serve as You desire. Work through me, Lord.

-Trusting God with Today.

We like to think we're in charge of our destiny. That we can direct our lives towards whatever dreams may come to us.

Yet, in the Lord, this isn't to be so. We come to Christ, we bow before His Throne to have His will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven.

We come to Christ for salvation and then begin the real journey of life in what He's prepared beforehand so that we may walk in the path of life He now reveals to us.

As we go through school we get encouraged to dream and to eventually choose a career path. Then we graduate and maybe go onto further education or right into the job market.

The real deal is to seek first His kingdom and His righteousness.

We need to firmly understand what it is He's given us to be doing and then to do it as unto the Lord Jesus Christ.

In my life I have had many jobs and have learned many things that are unique. In my current job I am using elements of those past experiences to yes perform the job and for the pay they give me. However, my real God-given reason for being there are the people more than the job. The mission of the Spirit of God is to continue what Jesus began that He first received from the Father. Point people to Jesus. Show them a still better way. Build relationships that may indeed be eventually eternal.

Your God-given purpose will include reaching people for Christ. It will include you living out loud for Christ your Savior.

I certainly went through a bit of heavy training while unemployed. Just not what most think of. Spiritual training. Learning more of what it is that I am here for and what my purpose under Heaven is to be and how to embrace my calling in the Lord.

Building relationships begins the process of showing them Jesus and why He's so important to our lives.

To be doing what I do is amazing in and of itself but who I get to build relationships with is more important.

You are given people to build relationships with. Be they Believers or the as yet undecided you do have a God-given purpose of building relationships. Read the Gospels...all throughout these we read of that being one of the highest priorities of our Savior Jesus Christ.

We aren't to compromise or decide who is or isn't worthy of a relationship with Jesus Christ. We are to have the character of Christ, to follow in His footsteps. While there will be people who reject Christ its never for us to decide for them.

Prayer is where you put the divinely given key to unlock the door of your purpose in Christ. You have to seek what yours is and then once you have it, do it to the best of your ability, as unto the Lord Jesus Christ.

Scripture says "For we are His workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works that we might walk in them.".

No one who is among the saved in Christ Jesus has nothing to do in Christ. Not a single person.

No one is to go it alone in Christ either. No one is to avoid following Christ in building relationships.

You want to bring joy to Jesus? Do what you're here to be doing in the Lord to the best of your ability in order to please Him.

If what you're doing in life isn't honoring these truths, you really need to reconsider your ways and see if you've been denying or rejecting your spiritual calling that you HAVE been called to be doing.

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Saturday, June 27, 2026

Obey Rather Than Avoid

by David Brenneman

"Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded." James 4:7-8.

"You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God." James 4:4.

Conflict and confrontation are probably the two biggest things that people try the hardest to avoid. They try to steer conversations and situations towards a peaceful resolution.

But what if that kind of resolution isn't what will glorify God?

Quite often we look for a peaceful option rather than to fully obey what the Spirit is telling us to do.

There's times when confrontation is necessary and needed in order to bring about the righteous life that God desires for us and others.

There's also what we read here: "Samuel said, “Has the Lord as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices As in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to heed than the fat of rams." 1 Samuel 15:22.

There will be times when you are to stand your ground in the Lord and not give way to popular thinking. Just because going with the flow can appear appealing doesn't mean that it is the right thing to do.

To do as our risen Lord and Savior Jesus Christ...we must be prepared to take the hard road to reach people for Christ. Our taking a firm stand in the Lord might be what some on-the-edge unbelieving person needs to see in order to become a believer.

We who are in Christ are being watched and not just by God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

We are being watched by a world destined for the wrath of God.

Over and over again in the Old Testament we find king after king failing to obey the word of God because they thought that they knew better than God. Essentially that is what they did. They didn't think to ask the Lord so went their own way.

We read of these apparently harsh words in the book of James but as harsh as they may be they're there to evoke a godly response.

We are to work at building relationships but not at the expense of our relationship with Jesus.

We are to, as much as it is possible, to live at peace with those in our lives, but in standing firm in the Lord that may not be possible.

We are to work at growing in Christ by the Word of God and prayer. Making these our highest priority.

We are to let our light shine in this condemned world to attract people to Jesus.

Doing our best at what we're lead to be doing as unto the Lord first and foremost. Regardless of what we think of the worthwhileness of what we're doing is. The value is found in the obedience not in the work itself.

If it's doing something other than what we were hired to do and it's breaking no policies or laws, do your best at it as unto the Lord.

There's to be a definitive separation between our lives and the world.

Our conviction in what we believe and our adherence to the Word of God should be what the unbelieving world should see.

If the unbelieving world around you cannot see a difference between you and them then my Dear Reader you're not representing Christ.

Resisting the devil is what we're called to be doing. The verse doesn't say "if it sounds good or feels alright in the moment steer clear of the devil if you can do that it would be great". Expect to have a confrontation with the forces of darkness around you.

You're to be representing Christ in such a way that people see your good works and glorify your Father in Heaven...they're there to make it more difficult to do that. They're there to ruin your testimony before men and women. They are there to shut you up. More than that they're there to ruin any future good you might be doing in the Lord.

Dear Reader, we are soldiers in a spiritual war. We are going to run up against those who are against our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

We are victorious only in the Lord.

We take such matters to the Lord in prayer.

We aren't to compromise and do what feels good in the moment in order to get away.

We're to do as the Spirit directs us to be doing in our lives in all things in all our ways...as it says elsewhere...it is the Lord God whom we serve.

This world needs to see Jesus in us. This world is perishing. This world's days are numbered. This world isn't getting any better its progressively getting worse. The Rapture of the Church is coming soon and the Church needs to stand firm in the Lord in the face of such battles that are here now and are coming.

Lastly, avoiding what it is that the Spirit is directing you to go through, will mean that you will keep repeating the same thing until you obey.

"Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven." Matthew 5:16.

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Friday, June 26, 2026

Worry is from a Spiritual Battle

by David Brenneman

"Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory." Colossians 3:2-4.

“For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they? And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life? And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin, yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? You of little faith! Do not worry then, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear for clothing?’ For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Matthew 6:25-34.

Seeing things from God's perspective is part of growing in Christ. To set your mind on the things that are above and not on the things that are of this world sets you on the path of understanding the real world in which you live. There's way more going on than meets the eye.

We can read "For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places." in Ephesians 6:12, but do we live life like we truly believe it?

Spiritual warfare isn't just for a select few in the world. Read of who's involved in the Rapture of the Church...the whole Church throughout all Church history. Read of the judgments of God in the book of Revelation...it's upon all of humanity, the exceptions being the 144,000 and those who came to Christ during the 7 year Great Tribulation. In our day today the battle is ongoing. We are going to face temptations when we least expect to.

Being tempted isn't sinning unless we give into it.

This world's uncertainty levels keep rising. The stability factor is on extremely shakey ground. Corruption at all levels of government keep finding their way into the news. We have compounded this with AI generated falsehoods that hide whatever may have been the truth.

Worry is a very heavy temptation these days and it's extremely tempting to make plans without consulting in or trusting in the God of our salvation, the Lord Jesus Christ.

It's very easy to find videos and get onto a train of thought that's one thing in our minds yet the reality is us being selfish with regards to trusting in ourselves to protect ourselves.

Trusting in the Lord with all your heart and not leaning on our own understanding points us to a 100% trust in Him as Proverbs 3:5 teaches us.

We can very easily think we're being good stewards of our possessions and wealth and a possible reality is we're hoarding and not passing along God's blessings to others.

We can easily start down a path of worrying and not see it yet because it's all too familiar ground. We did so in out past and are still able to fall into past habits.

We need to really look at the rest of Ephesians 6 as more than something for others in Christ that we see heavily involved in spiritual things. It's for all who are in Christ Jesus. The whole armor of God is for everyone who claims the Name of Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior.

The Bible isn't a collection of suggestions. It's not. Jesus gave commands not suggestions. The Spirit, through the writer's of the books therein, commands not suggests.

We do ourselves way more harm than good by treating the Bible as a last resort rather than the owners manual to life.

While worrying is a temptation there is an answer to it: set your mind on the things that are above and not on the things that are of this world. Remember the promises of God that are yours in Christ Jesus. Pray directly about your worries. Give them wings to fly to the throne of grace.

I would also encourage you to read the words to a great hymn "Standing on the Promises".

We have no reason to fear in praying about our situations we face because Jesus was in our today before it ever came to be.

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Thursday, June 25, 2026

He Knows Your Ways, Knows Your Thoughts and Intentions

by David Brenneman

"The mind of man plans his way,

but the Lord directs his steps."

Proverbs 16:9.

Some believers live in bondage to the idea that they should not plan ahead or look forward to the future because they don't know what God has in store for them. The good news is that God didn't design faith to operate that way. He instilled within you the desire to work and be forward-thinking; He wants you to anticipate His good plans for tomorrow.

This doesn't mean you inflexibly set your agenda and expect God to bless it. Instead, goals are really a natural outgrowth of godly priorities, the things on which you place the most value. The first step in setting up a list of Christ-centered objectives is

to ensure that your focus lines up with His--you "seek first His

kingdom and His righteousness" (Matthew 6:33). God promises to fill your life with abundance as you learn to love Him first. Then, when your value system is shaped by His, you're on the positive road to godly understanding of what it means to set personal goals that fit His purposes. You're well prepared to make a plan based on His principles and to reach it through the strength, wisdom, and direction He provides.

Jesus, I want to carry out Your plans. Lead me, Lord, I seek

You first and foremost. Amen.

- Trusting God with Today, Dr. Charles Stanley.

"But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”" 1 Samuel 16:7.

"I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give to each man according to his ways, According to the results of his deeds." Jeremiah 17:10.

"‘I know your deeds and your toil and perseverance," Revelation 2:2a.

"I know..." Revelation 2:9a.

"I know..." Revelation 2:13a.

"I know..." Revelation 2:19a.

"...I know..." Revelation 3:1a.

"...I know..." Revelation 3:8a.

"I know..." Revelation 3:13a.

"And I will kill her children with pestilence, and all the churches will know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts; and I will give to each one of you according to your deeds." Revelation 2:23.

My Dear Reader...do you really consider your ways before striking out into the day set before you?

Do you really consider what all the Lord Jesus Christ has in mind for you to be doing, all that His Father and ours in Christ as for you to be doing?

Did you ever realize all those passages that you just read say about how much and how deeply the Lord really knows you?

You probably do have ambitions and desires to fulfill today. Did you think to pray about them? It matters not how little or how great those may be, a chief lesson from the Old Testament is those who didn't talk to God about them didn't fare so well.

King David, for most all his life sought the Lord as to go to his right or his left in decisions he had to make.

Are you willing to really put your desires, dreams and plans on the altar to let the Lord decide what you should or shouldn't do?

Are you seeking first His Kingdom and His righteousness? Are you desiring to abide by His will being done in your life rather than your own?

For these are paramount considerations for the Believer in Jesus Christ, for those whom call Him Savior and Lord.

I do have a job to go to shortly. I did have a day to prepare for. But I know that I can't step outside my home without Jesus being with me.

You can't trust you. You really can't and never should. Your trust should be in the Lord with all your heart. He has none of your impediments. None of your blind spots. No sin to tempt. No selfishness to get in the way.

You may plan your way, but the Lord directs your steps because it is always to be His will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven for those who believe. Your path may make no sense to you but in the Lord it makes sense to Him.

Can you pray this prayer of David?

Can you truthfully and honestly pray "Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my anxious thoughts; And see if there be any hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way." Psalms 139:23-24.

We can and will fall prey to trusting ourselves because we don't see anything wrong with it.

Before you begin your day...go to the One who knows...knows you knows what's in your day.

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Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Press On, Even When You Can't

by David Brenneman

"For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us. For the anxious longing of the creation waits eagerly for the revealing of the sons of God." Romans 8:18-19.

We can be lead to go through much in this life in Christ that we live.

Perspective is everything in the life of a Believer in Jesus Christ.

Remembering Psalms 23 and it's impact and importance upon your life in Christ is paramount.

We often turn inward when various trials come upon us. We lose focus on the Lord Jesus and instead focus on the problems and the associated pains and circumstances.

If we do truly believe that which we've covered repeatedly "Trust in the Lord with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight." Proverbs 3:5-6, then we should be believing the rest of the Scriptures. Not just the Scriptures that we want to accept.

As a meme said that I found a long time ago "God is not going to rewrite the Bible for your generation. Stop trying to change Scripture when it's written to change you."

"For whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, so that through perseverance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope." Romans 15:4.

We do get put in some unique, often unexpected, unexplained, circumstances in life. Many, many of these we never would choose to go through. Constant, ongoing, physical pains and problems. Situations that seem to have no end and provide constant grief.

"For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for a lifetime; Weeping may last for the night, But a shout of joy comes in the morning." Psalms 30:5.

Whether it's momentary or not...ours is to persevere and to press on towards the upward call in Christ Jesus for us.

We must trust that the same God who parted the Red Sea, who saved Noah, his Wife, his sons and their Wives. We must trust, continually, He who went through all He did leading up to and including the crucifixion and resurrection. We must not give in to despair and fears.

"Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand; and we exult in hope of the glory of God. And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance; and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope; and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us." Romans 5:1-5.

The reasons for joy, for exultation, in these things is the realization that in all of these we have Christ with us, in us, and we're never going through these alone.

"Disappointments are inevitable. Discouragement is a choice." is one of Dr. Stanley's Life Principles.

We have to choose to stay in an unfounded state of discouragement when the Scriptures tell us we don't have to.

While physical, maybe even mental as well, situations exist...we can still approach the throne of grace. We can still press on even when doing so is a severe challenge. We can because He did. Jesus prayed "yet not My will but Yours be done" when He was talking to His Father.

Pray through your circumstances.

Satan's schemes include inducing self-isolation. Self-pity. Self this and self that. Self self self.

Getting us to listen to anything other than the truths of God's Word. Getting us to listen to people other than His Spirit at times.

Getting us to believe that these pains and circumstances are our world when Jesus is our world.

"Not that I have already obtained it or have already become perfect, but I press on so that I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus. Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus." Philippians 3:12-14.

Rejoice always in the Lord. Again I say Rejoice.

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Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Oh the Wisdom of the Lord

by David Brenneman

"Apply your heart to discipline And your ears to words of knowledge." Proverbs 23:12

"My son, if your heart is wise, My own heart also will be glad; And my inmost being will rejoice When your lips speak what is right. Do not let your heart envy sinners, But live in the fear of the Lord always. Surely there is a future, And your hope will not be cut off. Listen, my son, and be wise, And direct your heart in the way." Proverbs 23:15-19.

Prepared.

God does prepare us for our next steps in life. He doesn't just dump a situation on us to see how badly we'll crumble. The work of the Spirit of God is to mold us into the character of Christ. Jesus went through every temptation and was victorious over them. Jesus faced great situations but never knuckled under them. John wrote that which he was lead to write about Jesus and said he easily could have written a whole lot more.

Desires can be either good or bad, depending on who is going to be honored as a result.

Desires are often what drives us to do good or not. To achieve or to not achieve.

Setting your desires on whatever we learn that God desires we will never go wrong.

Solomon started out really well in his commitment to the Lord and over time completely lost his way.

He let worldly desires push aside the life that the Lord wanted for him. In carefully reading the story of Solomon in 1 Kings you can see many many violations of God's Word. Things he acquired that the Lord said not to. From things to wives.

We too can allow worldly desires push out God's desire for us. We're not immune to it and we had better understand that Satan's schemes include this particular battle for all who believe.

Do you want what God wants for you? Even if you don't fully see it now?

Do you read the letters to the Churches and consider how elements of those warnings and admonitions could be directed at you?

Interestingly enough...Solomon had this to say, even though he didn't live it out, "Watch over your heart with all diligence, For from it flow the springs of life. Put away from you a deceitful mouth And put devious speech far from you. Let your eyes look directly ahead And let your gaze be fixed straight in front of you. Watch the path of your feet And all your ways will be established." Proverbs 4:23-26

The worst we do is to not pray before jumping into what we think isn't beyond our ability to handle.

"For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm." Ephesians 6:12-13.

This isn't directed just at evangelists, Pastor or teachers.

This is directed to all Believers.

The desires of Christ are towards those who are perishing. The desire of the Father is the same.

When the Church is complete...all these desires we see in this world...will be shattered from the ground up.

So what good is it to crave what the world craves?

Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness and all these things will be added to you. These things are those things that will grow us in Christ. To make us better Ambassadors for Christ. To be lights in our dark world.

In James we read "But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord, being a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways." James 1:5-8.

It still is being asked: Do you desire what Jesus desires? Do you put that before your own desires?

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