If you had only 1 year left to live, what would you do? You would take that vacation, right? You would spend all the time with the people you love. You would make the memories and capture the moments.

What if you only had 1 month to live? You would leave for that vacation tomorrow, right? You would waste no time. You would make amends. You would say everything you need to say.

But what if you only had 1 day. One day left to live. If you knew this were your final day of life ever on this earth, what would you do? I’ll tell you this much for darn sure, I wouldn’t be worried about emails or texts. I wouldn’t spend a second watching someone else live their life on social media. And for heaven’s sake, I wouldn’t be trying to sleep away the day!

What would you do if you knew, this is it? One last shot at living. Who would you most want to be with and what would you want to do? What things would no longer be of any importance at all, and what would become the single most important thing to you?

Jesus knew he had one more day. He knew the next day he would go to the cross to suffer and die. And what did he do on his final night of life? He washed feet.

Woah … doesn’t that hit you hard? Knowing this was his last night of his human existence, he chose to wash feet. Jesus says in Matthew 11: 29, “Walk with me and work with me – watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace.”

This is the ultimate unforced rhythm of grace. This is knowing time is short and choosing to slow down and do what is most important. Watch how Jesus does this. And remember, Jesus is washing the feet of 2 people who were about to do really stupid things. One would deny him, and one would betray him.

Judas and Peter were both at that table with Jesus and had their feet washed. But Judas and Peter were not the same. Do you know the difference? Both sinned. Both failed, but Jesus says something very different about the two of them.

On that final night of Jesus’ life, the disciples are gathered with Jesus in the Upper Room for the Last Supper together. For those of you not from the South, supper is dinner. Where I grew up, you ate 3 meals: Breakfast, Dinner and Supper. This was Supper, the evening meal. This meal was eaten together reclining at a low table. Sitting on the ground at a low table meant their feet were very close to their food. Because the shoes of those days were sandals, you know Jesus sandals like Berkenstocks, their feet would be very dirty from the dusty roads. It was customary for the lowest servant present to wash the feet of everyone at the table. And Jesus is here on his final night of his earthly life and sees dirty feet from dusty journeys.

While Jesus is humbly washing their feet, he explains the difference between Peter who denies Jesus, and Judas who betrays Jesus.

Now listen closely because this is important for you today. Get ready to have guilt and shame and burden lifted right off your shoulders!

John 13: 1-11, “It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already prompted Judas to betray Jesus. Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God; so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him.
He came to Peter, who said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?”
Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.”
“No,” said Peter, “You shall never wash my feet.”

Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with me.”
“Then, Lord,” Peter replied, “Not just my feet but my hands and my head as well!”
Jesus answered, “Those who have had a bath need only to wash their feet; their whole body is clean. And you are clean, though not every one of you.” For he knew who was going to betray him, and that was why he said not every one was clean.

Although Peter was about to deny Jesus 3 times, and Jesus absolutely knew it was coming, he still told Peter he was clean. Clean meant forgiven, covered, redeemed. Yes, before he sinned, Jesus had already forgiven him. But, for Judas, he said he was not clean.

What’s the difference? Why was Judas not clean? Why was his pending betrayal different than Peter’s upcoming denial? Didn’t they both sin, fall short and fail? Didn’t they both do terrible things to Jesus which took him to the cross? Yes, but here’s the difference:

Peter’s denial of Jesus was a mistake. Judas’ betray of Jesus was a heart issue.

Peter’s denial was a stupid choice in the moment that he would immediately regret. But Judas had set his heart to go against God. The difference is heart posture, not the failure. Peter failed, but he wasn’t intentionally going against God. Judas’ failure was not an accident. His heart was set against God, and this is what made him unclean.

So, you failed, right? You screwed up. And maybe you even screwed up for a long time. Whew girl, you wandered hard and far. You were lost. You know what Jesus does for the lost? He leaves the 99 to find the 1 who is lost. He came looking for you, didn’t he! That’s why you’re listening to this today … Jesus came looking for you. He never gave up on you. You just need a little foot washin’, Sis.

You don’t have to hide from Jesus because of what you did. He has already forgiven you. You made a mistake. Okay. Jesus is already over it and he really wants you to get over it too. Your failure has not made you unclean in the sight of Jesus.

Peter’s denial of Jesus may seem just as terrible as Judas’ betrayal of Jesus, but Jesus says it’s totally different solely because of the heart. Peter was clean, he just needed his feet washed from his journey. Judas was unclean because his heart was never given to Jesus in the first place. He was set against God.

So here’s where you can breathe … you just have dirty feet, not an unclean soul. If you have surrendered your heart, Jesus has already saved you. You’ve already been made clean. And you’ve already been forgiven of every failure, every wrong choice, every bad decision, every mis-step, and every single day you wandered further and further away. Let Jesus just wash your feet from that journey so you don’t keep dragging it around with you. Honey, your soul is already clean.

This doesn’t have to separate you from God. No matter what you’ve done, no matter where you’ve been, no matter how long you’ve been there, Jesus wants to wash you clean.

Let’s say you were once wrong, real wrong. You were on a mission to prove Jesus is wrong and God isn’t real. You were in full on Judas betrayal mode. Well, that’s not your heart anymore is it? You’re listening, that means you’re searching. Even if you don’t understand and fully believe yet, you’re searching and that means the posture of your heart has turned. Let Jesus cleanse you fully! Let him wash all that guilt and all that shame off you.

Earlier this year I had the honor of baptizing a beautiful young podcast listener named Emily. Just months before this, she was an adamant atheist, speaking out against all foolish Christians for being so naive. But then, her heart shifted and she surrendered. Her baptism represented the cleansing forgiveness of every wrong and her soul being radically saved. Now, that girl is so passionate about her Jesus, you can see it from a mile away!

If you haven’t been baptized, this is what it’s all about. Just be washed clean! If you’re wanting to be baptized, get yourself connected to a Church. Get yourself to one of our BIG Life Retreats. I will baptize anyone who has a heart turned toward Jesus, and I would be absolutely honored.

If you’ve already received forgiveness from Jesus, just come back to have your feet washed. Let him cleanse your journey and direct your steps. Your missteps and failure to do this perfectly have not dismissed you from the love of Jesus. He knows the posture of your heart, and that’s what matters to him.

Jesus’ forgiveness is permanent and it is complete. Even when you stumble. Even when you fail. Even when you wander. Jesus can just wash that journey from your feet now. You don’t have to walk in regret, guilt or shame.

You and I are on a lifelong journey of continual sanctification. We need our sins to be washed from us daily, and that’s what Jesus does as a humble and willing servant to those he loves. He washes feet. Let him wash yours.

Whatever your journey has been, Jesus is just glad you’re here at his table today with a heart turned toward him.

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When Jesus walked this Earth, he was God in human form. He was still all-knowing and all-powerful. He had the power of Heaven and an army of angels at his fingertips. He was lacking nothing, yet he chose not to walk his path alone. He gathered friends and shared the journey with them.

Have you ever thought about that? If Jesus needed friends on his journey, don’t you think you’re going to need some on yours? We were designed to need one another. Designed to walk together. Your life works best when shared with others.

Jesus chose 12 people and those people became his disciples. They went everywhere together. He wasn’t a one man show trying to do everything on his own. He understood his impact was greater, and his journey was better, when shared closely with others.

Who are you sharing your life with? Who have you let inside the walls and shown your true self? Or are you still keeping people at a distance and pretending you don’t need anyone?

Is it possible that perhaps your load is too heavy to bare because you’re trying to carry it on your own? You’re exhausted trying to pretend like everything is okay when the truth is you’re barely hanging on. How about you let someone else help you carry that for a bit?

Jesus, on his way to Golgotha to give his life, could no longer carry his own cross. A bystander named Simon then carried the cross, literally, for Jesus. We don’t see Jesus fighting him on it. So, why are you refusing help with your cross, your burden, your heavy load to carry?

Galatians 6:2 “Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.”

I’m not to go through hardships alone, and neither are you. We’re here to carry the weight of each other’s burdens. Who’s burden are you helping carry right now? Really, let God check your heart on this. Is there anyone you’re helping with their hardship or struggle? Or has your world become small and self-focused, making you oblivious to the call to carry other’s burdens?

Christ has called us to make things easier for each other instead of harder. But dang if we aren’t in a time where we just make it harder for each other. We come in with our opinions and views and we post crap our fingers have no business typing. We have become cynical and self-righteous, adding onto the weight of someone else’s burden instead of helping them carry it.

Every time you add to the burden instead of help carry it, you are failing to fulfill the law of Christ. You are breaking his law. What is that law? Back up to chapter 5 of Galatians and it’s clear.

Galatians 5:14 “The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.'”

Love each other. Love each other the way Jesus taught us to love.

Jesus shared his life fully. He washed the feet of others. He cared for a crowd of people who would be missing dinner. He was concerned for those who had a concern. Jesus MADE time. He stopped, he looked, he connected, he shared. He had friends, a close circle. Then he tells us to do the same.

Now maybe this hasn’t worked out so good for you in the past. Maybe you’ve tried to have a close circle of friends and it ended in bickering, then you decided you were better off doing this thing on your own. I’ve been there too. I’ve shut it all down after being hurt and pushed others out. THAT IS THE WORK OF THE ENEMY. Don’t let him win this. Don’t let him convince you that everyone is bad and eventually you will just be hurt again. His goal is to isolate you for his attack. Get back in a circle sister!

Jesus knew Judas would betray him before he ever invited him into his circle. He knew Judas would fail, but he chose him anyway. Jesus knew all about Matthew 26: 14-16, “Then Judas Iscariot, one of the 12 disciples, went to the leading priests and asked, ‘How much will you pay me to betray Jesus to you?’ And they gave him 30 pieces of silver. From that time on, Judas began looking for an opportunity to betray Jesus.”

Why in the world would Jesus choose him as a friend? Why would he let him in? I believe he was teaching us a lesson we all need today. Yes people will fail you. Yes they will hurt you. But share your life anyway.

WE NEED ONE ANOTHER. United we stand. Divided we fall.

Together we can carry the burden. Alone we are crushed.

I’ve found the older we get, the more we need our circle of friends. This is where real life starts happening. As we age, we start losing people. Life changes and it’s painful. Our bodies age and begin to fail. Kids grow up and become jackwagon young adults who make a real mess of things, and we need someone to share that with.

My mama always told me the women with close girlfriends were those with bad marriages. My mama was wrong. She understood that once Daddy died and she started borrowing my girlfriends to carry the burden. Now she has a circle of friends for her journey and she helps carry their burdens too.

We are better together. We are designed to love and care and carry. Open your life up and allow other flawed, broken people access to those secret areas of your life which you’ve tried so hard to pretend are okay. Don’t do this alone. Get connected. Share your world. Share your story. Share your burden. Share your strength. Share your prayers.

We’re in this thing called life together … it will be a whole lot easier if we just help each other. Start right where you are with what you have and do what you can for the next person. If you’re on social media, you have the power to make a difference in someone’s life with your typed word. It costs you absolutely nothing. Why wouldn’t you start there?

I’m pretty sure if Jesus were on this Earth today, he wouldn’t be counting followers. He wouldn’t be making nonsense posts encrypted to hurt some and embolden others. He would be using it for good. He would show up in the middle of personal needs and get involved. He would reach out. He would care.

And he would do it for even those who he knew would later betray him.

This is the kind of love we’re called to.

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Have you ever gone through something so unimaginably hard, yet somehow you had ability to walk through it? Did you look back and see what you needed was indeed provided and it came just when you needed it?

That was God. That is God doing what only God can do in your life. Don’t miss that. And don’t forget he will do it again and again for you. For what is happening today, and what is coming tomorrow that you have not yet seen, he will provide exactly what you need.

1 Peter 1: 3 “In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.”

Easter is this weekend. It’s probably my favorite holiday. It’s when we remember the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross and his resurrection which changed everything. As this scripture tells us, this resurrection of Jesus gives us LIVING HOPE.

You have LIVING hope. Not stagnant hope. Not limited hope. Not measured hope. Not a ‘has been’ hope. Living hope.

The Greek term for hope in this passage means “an eager, confident expectation.” And “living” means it is alive, it is active and growing. This is the hope Jesus has given you through his resurrection. This is the hope dwelling within you now. Hope that is alive.

Not hope that is like a wish, but hope that grows to fill the space it is invited into. LIVING HOPE. Hope that seeps through the tiniest cracks of disappointment, and hope that fills gaping holes of loss.

This living hope is not measured or limited in any way. It is here for you today and it will not run out tomorrow. And when you encounter a tomorrow that is more than you can handle, then it will grow to meet the need and carry you through in ways you cannot imagine.

This living hope originates from a living, resurrected Savior. Now his Spirit lives within us and we have hope. That hope is ALIVE. It is moving. It is growing. It is here today in the exact shape and form required to fill your spaces of need. This is why I’m here today filled with the exact hope for what I’m going through, while you’re here today filled with the exact hope you need for what you’re going through, and those are two totally different things, yet your need does not threaten my supply, nor does my need take from you. That hope is ALIVE.

We don’t get this from a jar. We don’t get this from a book. We don’t get this from a class or seminar. This hope that is alive and growing, moving and filling is Jesus dwelling within us, strengthening us to live today with confident expectation.

Peter wrote these words in a letter to Christians who were suffering persecution. His words were to encourage them in their troubles. Imagine reading these words as you’re afraid for your life. Imagine reading these words as chaos surrounds you and everything you once had has been taken away. “In his great mercy he has given you new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.”

This living hope allowed them to continue living without despair. And these words are here to do the same for you today. Whatever you’re facing, whatever you’re going through, whatever your reality is today, you can live today without despair. Because of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, you have a living hope inside of you. That hope will grow to fill this exact space and meet your exact need. And whatever comes tomorrow, that living hope will be there once again in perfect proportion.

Life is a roller coaster ride of ups and downs. Some days my needs are overwhelming, and other days my needs are minimal. On all days, the hope that is alive and living within me expands to fill the big empty spaces, and contracts to seep into the tiniest cracks. I am always covered. I am always filled.

And so are you. What Jesus did for you provides you the gift of LIVING HOPE. Hope that is alive, growing, moving and filling you. Hope that is here in perfect proportion to your need today.

Hebrews 6:19 speaks of this living hope and says “We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure.”

An anchor serves to keep a boat secure and not allow drift. It steadies the boat in position. The living hope Jesus offers us keeps us from drifting off into deep, dark, overwhelming waters. It keeps us from crashing onto desolate shores of deserted islands where we are never meant to dwell. This hope anchors us in truth. It keeps us afloat when the storms rage. It holds us steady when life has become so uncertain.

This is how we get through things we have no idea how we’re going to get through. This is how you have peace when the job has been lost, when the doctor delivers bad news, when the prognosis is bleak, when the relationship is broken, when the door is slammed, when the answer is no, when the forecast is only getting worse … you have peace only through a LIVING HOPE. A hope that is alive, moving, growing and responding to what is happening.

Philippians 4:7 “And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”

Yes, this is the peace that doesn’t make sense to have peace. It is the result of a living hope that never runs out in the life of a believer of Jesus. Oh it may feel like it’s going to run out. It may feel hopeless and look pretty darn dark at times, but that living hope is growing within, strengthening within, filling within, bringing peace that doesn’t make sense in the middle of this storm. Protecting your mind and guarding your heart so you can still get up and do what you can with what you have, right where you are, when it seems impossible to keep going. This is what that living hope within you does.

My prayer for you today is that your eyes would be opened to the hope that is already yours. The immeasurable, ever growing hope available for you today. The hope which is perfectly shaped for your need today. The hope that is alive, never running out, never coming up short, and never out of reach.

May you see what is available to you today, may you accept it, and may you always remember the living hope of Jesus will be here for your every tomorrow and you never have to fear.

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Think about the way you wake up. Besides feeling sleepy maybe, what are your other thoughts? Are you dreading the day? Are you anxious about the day? Or do you feel grateful for the gift, ready to step into all God has for you today?

Why do you feel the way you do? What can you do with it?

A little scientific reasoning behind your feelings reveals it’s a chemical reaction. Melatonin is a hormone produced by your brain in response to darkness, making you naturally sleepy. As you near the end of your night’s sleep, your body starts producing the hormone Cortisol instead. You likely know about Cortisol, it is the stress hormone. Think of it as your body’s built in alarm-system. It’s there to wake you up and make you move.

Cortisol is naturally at it’s highest in the morning when you wake up. Yip, stress is naturally highest in the morning. This can make you a moody beast! It can make for a bad start. And you could claim it’s not your fault. Oh but girl, it’s your choice.

That boost of Cortisol in the morning is God’s great design to get your body going for the day. However, when you don’t respond to this rush of hormones correctly, instead you can feel immediately overwhelmed. Yes, that’s sometimes why you wake up overwhelmed. Wake up anxious. Wake up with dread. That’s just Cortisol being misused.

Misused Cortisol, like anything and everything else in life, becomes a burden.

Honey, are you burdened? Are you weighed down? Are you dragging a load that’s too much for you to carry? Are you frustrated with your slow progress and overwhelmed by the never-ending struggle?

Jesus said in Matthew 11: 28-30 “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.”

The MSG translation says “Learn the unforced rhythms of grace” with Jesus.

Ahhhhhhh … isn’t that the opposite of what you feel? You feel a forced rhythm. You feel a daily grind of “have to”. I have to get up. I have to go to work. I have to do this and I have to do that. It’s all forced, and it’s become a burden.

But my sister, recognize it’s simply because you’re using a good thing in the wrong way.

Just like waking up, Cortisol is God’s gift to help you get up and going, but when used wrong, it is the source of anxiety and overwhelm from the moment your eyes open. Get out of this forced rhythm, and girl get into the flow Jesus is offering you. He is offering to carry your heavy burdens. He is offering you rest and peace. He is offering you a life lived freely and lightly.

You can’t live freely and lightly when you’re burdened. A burden is defined as a heavy load. What does a heavy load do to you? It makes it hard to move forward. It exhausts you. It makes you want to give up.

Your burden is a target for the enemy. He dwells in your exhaustion, because when you become weary, his whispers become loud. When you’re struggling to take the next step under the weight of it all, his lousy petitions of settling short of how far you could go, are a welcomed offer. And if you’re waking up burdened, my guess is he’s right in your ear when the alarm rings. Are you laying there and listening to him? Oh the burden grows heavier, doesn’t it?

But, what can Jesus do with your burden? He can make it lighter. He says “Take my yoke upon you. My yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.” What exactly does that mean? Sis, if you’re carrying around a heavy load, feeling burdened from the moment you wake up, you need to understand what Jesus is offering you here, because it sounds to me like you might need it!

Jesus is speaking in farming terms. A yoke is a wooden collar placed on an animal’s neck so the owner can control it. Like a bridle on a horse or a collar and leash on a dog, a yoke is a way for the animal to be directed to complete a task. Often the yoke is wide enough for two collars for two animals. A farmer would then say those two animals are “yoked” together. Where one goes, the other will go. One yoke, two connected going in the same direction for a purpose.

Two animals yoked together could do more work than working independently. It was also a means of training a new smaller animal when paired with a larger animal. The bigger of the two could carry the burden, while the smaller one was being trained.

Make sense? This is what Jesus is offering us. He’s offering to be yoked with us so that he can carry the burden, and we can learn to do life as he does.

You see, Jesus doesn’t just make the burden go away, but he carries it for you as you stay connected to him. Again, see the mental image of the wooden collar around 2 animals. One is carrying the burden, the other is connected and being trained.

You are being trained. You’re learning. You’re learning how to walk through hard times and not grow weary. You’re learning how to face the impossible and believe it is possible. You’re learning to stop trying to do this on your own.

God has given you everything you need to live your life well. Everything. He has left nothing out. Down to the details of the Melatonin to help you sleep, and the Cortisol to wake you up. To the benefit of a Savior who will never leave you or forsake you, and promises to carry your heavy burdens and teach you how to live this life lightly and freely.

You have it all, now just use it right.

You don’t have to wake up anxious and overwhelmed. You can use that for energy to get up and start your day right. You don’t have to break your neck trying to drag this heavy load behind you. You can let Jesus carry the weight, and you can learn his ways.

There’s a right way to live this life, and a wrong way. There’s a right way to wake up in the morning and a wrong way. Sometimes we best learn the wrong way by experiencing it ourselves. Then we know … oh, that’s not good. And honey, if it’s not good, why keep doing that? You know better, so now you can do better. You can take what God has given you and use it the way he intended.

Lord, I have a burden here, would you help me carry it? Jesus, would you teach me to live in the unforced rhythms of grace? And Jesus says “YES, here, take my yoke, let’s walk through this together. We will start with the way you wake up, then we’ll learn step by step the rest of your day.”

This is our prayer today … Jesus, where my burden is heavy, will you show me how to do it right?

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The enemy has counted you out. He’s sure you’re giving up this time. You won’t get up again. You won’t push through. The darkness will close in.

But girl, get yourself on up today and disappoint the devil! Oh he had crappy plans for this day, but you’re not buying them. He had intended harm coming your way, but you’ve gone and called on the power of God that takes all that harm and uses it for good.

BaBam! That’s what you just did!

Your feet hit the floor and you’re responding to God’s call instead of the devil’s attack. Today, GOD IS CALLING YOU TO BE GREATER. To be greater than the things happening to you. To be greater than your circumstances. To be a greater vessel for his power, and to be a greater disappointment to the enemy. God has been preparing you for a bigger purpose and next level of living, and my sister it’s time to step into it. You can’t stay where you are when God has called you to be greater.

What will you need to be greater? Everything you already have.
What will you need to do to be greater? Everything you can do.

How many times do we miss the answer to our prayers because the answers seem too ordinary? We’re looking for the magical and mysterious answer when God is saying, “here’s 5 rocks … throw them!”

What if it’s really that simple? Seriously, what if you don’t need to buy a single thing off the Amazon to make this work, it’s a matter of throwing the rocks you have. Using what’s here. Doing what you can do. Seeing the power in what God has already provided.

Time and time again, we already have what we need to break through whatever is holding us back, but we miss it because we believe big problems require big solutions. Understand this, big problems require a big God. And look what you already have!

“Hey Johnny, tell her what’s behind that curtain.”

“Well Bob, there’s one great, big, all knowing, all powerful God here for her! But wait, there’s more. This great big powerful God is also on her side! He is for her, not against her! All she has to do is show up!”

JACKPOT BABY!!!!! You just received the answer to your problems.

Deuteronomy 20:4 says “For the LORD your God is the one who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you victory.”

Let me tell you, if you didn’t wake up this morning preparing for battle, you darn well should have.

You are in a war. Every day of your life there’s a battle over your potential and your purpose. Every day obstacles are put in your way to detour you from the plan for your life. 1 Peter 5:8 “Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.”

Yes, he’s looking for a life to ruin, a purpose to crush, a heart to trouble, a mind to worry, a dream to spoil, a home to wreck, a family to destroy. He’s looking for a fight to pick, confidence to poke at, doubt to raise, and fear to stir. That is how the enemy attacks. This is how he stops you in your tracks. This is how he steals your God-given potential and causes you to settle for less than you were created for.

Look around, Sis. The roaring lion has been stalking you. He is on the prowl. He is your enemy. Your potential to rise above your problems and become a light bearer of hope and promise is his target. The last thing the devil wants is for you to get through this and come out stronger!

Go ahead and disappoint the devil today! Crush his hopes that you’re giving up here. Shock the crap out of him with your resolve to show up even when you don’t feel like it and start throwing some darn stones!

Yes, right where you’ve been told you’re not good enough … right where you know you are the total underdog and severely outmatched … right where all odds are stacked against you and no one would think it’s possible … Just like little shepherd boy David with his 5 stones, you step on up to the challenge and know God can do miraculous things through you when you refuse to back down!

The devil is totally counting on you to give up now. He’s for sure thinking you’re tapping out over this setback. Yeah, you know that setback you’re dealing with right now… The one that really rocked your world this week… The one that kept you up last night … The one that made you cry yesterday … The devil thought that would sideline you in defeat. He thought for sure this would overwhelm you and discourage you. He thought you wouldn’t even get up again today. Ohhhhh girl, you are about to disappoint him!

Today God is calling you to be greater and that means you can’t stay where you are and keep doing what you’ve been doing. You have to step up. You have to drop the excuses and show up today. God wants to give you victory, but the victory will always be out of reach when you aren’t even reaching for it!

Oh if you could only see what God has available for you if you’ll fight for it. If you could only believe today that God has equipped you with every single thing needed to have your breakthrough and stand in victory.

God is with you today and he is offering you victory. Victory over all that has been holding you back. Victory over those negative thoughts. Victory over those bad habits. Victory over every threat to your future. Won’t you show up for the fight? Won’t you step up and declare to your almighty God that you want it?

Today you become greater! A greater reflection of God’s grace. A greater witness of God’s good plans. A greater vessel for God’s power. And a greater disappointment to the devil, because that girl just won’t give up!

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Why does God allow you to struggle? Why the continual battle, when he could end every conflict with one word? Boom. It could all be over. It could literally disappear just like that. But it doesn’t because he doesn’t. Why is that?

Imagine for one moment the story of Joseph. Imagine it reads like this: Joseph had 11 brothers. Oh how they all loved each other, worked together so well, and never once had a bad day. Their father, Jacob, equally loved all of his sons and there was never conflict in their family. Every day was like a holiday with all of them together.

Borrrrr-innnnnggggg. Nobody would know that story. It would have never been written, it would have never been read, and it would have never had an impact on a single one of us.

Yet, isn’t that the story we want? We want the perfect marriage with our forever best friend, a cute little house that’s always tidy and somehow much bigger on the inside with all it’s big, bright, open rooms, and our 2.5 kids playing in a yard with a white picket fence and grass that’s always green and never needs to be mowed, oh and a lovely dog that never barks, sheds, or digs in the yard. And some tulips … put tulips in the yard. Wait, rocking chairs on the porch … and ferns. Hang ferns too.

Yip, that’s the story. That’s what life is supposed to be. When we get there, we know we have arrived.

Says who? Some 1950’s commercial trying to sell you a cake mix? Some Dick and Jane book you read in Elementary? Well, I read a different book where life seems to go a little different.

In the book I read, there’s a boy named Joseph with 11 brothers who absolutely hated him because his father favored him. There was continual conflict within this family, to the point the brothers took Joseph out one day to kill him, and ended up selling him for 20 pieces of silver. Then Joseph spent 13 years in prison.

That’s the story that made it into the book. So tell me again why you expected your story to be delightfully pleasant 100% of the time?

We have a real enemy in this life, and that enemy looks to stir up trouble, ruin good plans, and bring harm to every single one of us. He does a pretty darn good job with all of that, but even more, we’ve unknowingly partnered with him and stir up trouble ourselves. We step in and completely ruin good plans. We show up and we bring the harm. Every single one of us do it. We do it with our greed, our jealousy, our competitive nature, and our sinful desire to be on top. For us to be on top, others have to be on bottom, so we start knocking people down and justifying why we should be chosen, why we should be favored, why we should get more.

Oh you don’t do that?

Why did she get that new car when you’re still having to drive your hunk of junk? How come they get to live over there while you’re stuck living here? Why can’t your butt look like that in those leggings off the TikTok? You bought them too and it’s unfair you don’t look the same. Now what’s up with that? You’re on the same dang diet, he loses 20 pounds and you gain 3? You work at the same company doing the same job, and they make more money than you? Whatttttttt?

Maybe you’re not competitive, but does it make you shrink back a little? You look around at all they are and all they do with all they have, and it makes you feel less. It makes you feel a little less whole, a little less chosen, a little less called. You start telling yourself a story of being not good enough, always over-looked, weak, stuck and overwhelmed. Recognize that story? Have you been telling yourself that one?

And the enemy sits back and twiddles his thumbs because you just did his job for him. His objective was to sideline you from living the life you were created to live, and dang his intended harm wasn’t even necessary to take you out. You looked around so much you overlooked your own life and stopped living it.

We’re the modern day 12 sons of Jacob just taking our own selves out of the family. That one’s jealous. That one’s bitter. That one’s discouraged. That one’s pitiful. That one’s angry. That one’s exhausted. That one’s selfish. That one’s prideful. That one’s distracted. That one quit trying. That one’s busy. That one’s still comparing. Which one are you?

What causes us to be this way? It’s the story we tell ourselves that it’s supposed to be easy. It’s supposed to be fair. It’s suppose to all work just like this, and when it doesn’t we spin out of control.

YOUR LIFE ISN’T GOING TO BE EASY.
THINGS AREN’T ALWAYS GOING TO BE FAIR.
THIS ISN’T ALWAYS GOING TO BE FUN.
YOU WON’T ALWAYS UNDERSTAND.

SO WHY HAVE YOU ALLOWED THIS TO STEAL YOUR PEACE?

Jesus said in John 16:33 “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”

Jesus warned us of the realities of this life and the truths of his power. If you cling to that, you will have peace. Trouble will come, but your peace will not be shaken when you remember that Jesus has already overcome every single trouble you will ever face.

Misery is optional. Why would you ever choose it? Why choose to dwell on how bad this trouble sucks? Why wallow in the unfairness of this muddy mess? There’s no peace found in that. You can’t be shocked and shaken by the twists and turns of your story, EVERY STORY has trouble, otherwise it’s not a story.

And God never wastes a single chapter of a good story. He is always present in all these seemingly random, sometimes questionable, often unfavorable and undesirable details of our lives, working them together for good. My favorite scripture, Genesis 50:20 “You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.”

Guess who said it? That would be Joseph. Guess who he said it to? Yip, the very brothers who sold him when he was 17. It has been 22 years since the betrayal, 13 of which Joseph had spent in prison. But God wasted absolutely NOTHING. He used every detail to bring Joseph to a position of power where 22 years later he would stand face to face with the brothers who betrayed him and be able to save their lives during a famine. And that’s exactly what he did. All that intended harm was turned for good and used to save the lives of many.

Now THAT is a story!

We all love it. We’re inspired by it. And it would have never been told if it would have went the way we would have written it. Big happy families sitting around peaceful tables in perfect homes without a problem in the world for all their days … where’s God’s power at work against intended harm there?

Check your story.

Jesus offers us peace in the middle of the problem. God promised to show up with his power in the middle of that problem.

That’s the story. That’s your story and my story. We don’t have to be miserable on any chapter.

If you have trouble, you are just in the middle of a good story and you can trust the author of your life to use all of this for good that will save many!

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Sometimes the goodness in our lives is partnered with guilt. Guilt that I have what you don’t. Guilt that my circumstances are better than yours.

Have your blessings made you feel bad? Is there guilt attached to your gift?

What do you do when your prayers are answered with a yes, and someone else’s prayers are answered with a no? What do you do when you get the long end of the stick and someone else continually gets the short end? Oh we never talk about that, do we? We only speak up when we are shorted, so it’s almost uncharted territory to confess when we are actually the lucky ones.

Have you ever struggled because everything is so right in your world, while things in someone else’s world are so wrong? Have you ever been embarrassed to admit your blessings and chosen to hide the goodness of your reality because it doesn’t seem fair in comparison?

ME TOO! All the time. And I believe God has something to say about this.

I travel for a living. I legit have the dream job. This month I’m in Hawaii, next month I’m in Bali, and the month after that is Italy. I chase warmth and sunshine while so many of my friends are stuck in the freezing cold lingering winter. That doesn’t seem fair now does it?

And let me tell you what happens sometimes. My joy gets replaced by guilt. Why am I so blessed when others aren’t? Isn’t it wrong of me to enjoy all of this when you have received the bitter cold? Would it make you feel better if I didn’t enjoy it?

But what do you have that I don’t? Do you have small children at home? Did you get to wake those babies up this morning? Maybe you even found one of them in your bed this morning. Did you get to hear their footsteps run through the kitchen?

Do you know what I would do to rewind time and have that again for today? Or how about the woman longing to have children, what would she give to have your ordinary Wednesday morning? Your mundane is her dream. You have it every single day and she’s never had it for one day. What will your response be? Guilt because you are blessed? Shame because you have an abundance of what others have none of?

Romans 8:1 “Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.”

I know I am no longer guilty of my past sin. I have been forgiven. I can easily accept that as truth. But what about my current blessings? Am I condemned by what I DO have in comparison to what other’s do not?

NO. THERE IS NO CONDEMNATION.

Honey, stop feeling guilty for what you have been given. It is a work of the enemy to bring guilt to your blessings. You have been set free from your sins, but now held captive by your blessings? Are you playing little, not enjoying all you have been given because you feel guilty over it? I know that sounds insane, but it’s a game we play.

And if we play that game, we will forever be in a tailspin of what we have that others don’t and the guilt we feel over it.

I pray daily for a dear friend of mine going through a horrible divorce. It makes me for guilty sitting on a beach with my husband where everything is good and right. How can I be happy when she is hurting so terribly? I decided to tone down my happy.

I have a friend battling cancer. This disease has turned her world upside down and she’s fighting to do the simplest things her healthy body once did without a thought. How is it fair that I woke up feeling so good? How can I joyfully carry on with my day doing a workout with a strong, healthy body when hers is fighting to even breathe? I will tone down my abilities.

I am condemned by my blessings. I am held captive by all that is good and right because the same is not true for others.

Who is this helping?

Who is this serving?

Psalm 22:3 tells us God is holy and enthroned on our praises. Your praise is where God dwells. When your guilt drowns out your praise, then honey, you are taking God off his throne in your life.

Doesn’t he deserve your praise? And in light of the reality of others, doesn’t he REALLY deserve your SPECIFIC praise?

Of course the enemy would prefer you to sulk in your guilt and shame over all your goodness instead of praising the Almighty and unleashing his power in your life. If God is enthroned on your praises, wouldn’t it make sense the enemy is enthroned on your pity?

Really play this out and tell me if this makes sense … I have something you do not have. I feel bad because you don’t have it and I do. So, I’ve decided not to enjoy what I have to honor you.

I’m a daddy’s girl. Always have been, always will be. That man was one of my greatest blessings in my life, and I know that. Yet, I felt guilty for it often. I have a friend who grew up in the same small town as me and her home was a nightmare while mine was a fairytale. The man she called dad abused her. How is that fair? It’s not. She didn’t deserve that.

My Daddy died a few years ago. I don’t get to call him anymore and laugh. I don’t get to roadtrip home to sit on his lap.

What about you … do you still have your Dad? Is he a good man? Could you call him today? Do you have time with him still? Do you feel guilty for what you have that I don’t? Would it make things better for me if you wouldn’t enjoy what you have because I no longer have it?

ABSOLUTELY NOT. If you have your Daddy, then there is nothing I would want more than for you to enjoy every moment you still have. If you have children at home, I would want you to stop every darn thing and just soak them in right now. If you have a young adult out finding their way in the world doing well who still wants to talk to you on the phone every day, then darn it I would want you to savor every second of that conversation!

I’m in paradise today with big waves, blue skies and swaying palm trees. On behalf of all those who woke up somewhere they don’t love, I want you to know I won’t waste this day in guilt. I will enjoy it all that much more because I know you would want me to.

Would you do the same for me? For every family who so desperately wants what you have? Would you drop the guilt over your blessings, and praise God for every detail of your reality that is so darn good?

There is no condemnation for you in Christ Jesus. That means for all you have done wrong in your life, and all that is so right in your life. No guilt here. Enjoy what you have been given and praise God for it!

Have you been given health today? Oh girl, what will you do with it?!!!!

Have you been given family today? Oh tell me you will make today special with them!!!!

Do you have sunshine today? Sister, soak it up.

Do you have a job you love? Do you have a car that runs? Do you have a warm shower? Oh it’s all so good. Look at all you have!

James 1:17 “Whatever is good and perfect is a gift coming down to us from God our Father.”

Your gift may be different than mine. Please don’t spend your time feeling guilty over your gift, and I won’t waste mine comparing to yours. Whatever is good and perfect today is a gift, let’s receive it, be grateful for it, and enjoy exactly what we have been given.

The enemy doesn’t get to attach his guilt to my gift. Make sure you’re protecting your gift too my sister. No guilt in the goodness you have received. We’re happy for you!

Whatever you have, I’m so happy for you. Now enjoy it with no guilt. Send up your praises to the giver of that gift. Remember, your praise is his throne. It’s where he sits and dwells. Don’t take that from him!

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How do you get from where you are to where you want to be, when the journey there is so dang hard? How do you overcome everything that has happened? How do you get through what you’re going through right now?

The answer is simple, and the answer is the same for each of us regardless of what it is we are going through. JESUS. You get through this with Jesus. You overcome this with Jesus. You move forward with Jesus.

Without him, you will always struggle to find the strength, the wisdom, and the grace for your next step. If you’re struggling, wouldn’t it be good to pause and ask if maybe you’ve been trying to do some of this without Jesus?

Anytime things aren’t working in my life, I check to see if I’ve been trying to do it without Jesus. The key is, if I’m doing this thing without him, I have no peace and everything feels scary, overwhelming and potentially disastrous. But when I’m doing this with Jesus, even when it’s not working the way I want it to, I feel peace. Peace that doesn’t make sense. Peace that seems totally out of place given the circumstances.

That’s what Jesus does for his people … he makes things work, and when it’s not yet time for things to work, then he gives us ridiculous peace knowing somehow, someway, it will work.

This is how Jesus gets us through things we never imaged we could go through.

He is the gate. The gate, the entry into the impossible. Without the gate, you don’t get through. With the gate, a way has been made to the other side.

Jesus said in John 10:9 “Yes, I am the gate. Those who come in through me will be saved. They will come and go freely and will find good pastures.”

When you’re standing in front of a large fence enclosure, you must look for the gate to gain entry. The gate allows access to that which is otherwise closed off to you. And we know Jesus is the gate to our eternal entrance into Heaven. He is the opening making it possible to gain access to paradise after this life. It was impossible for us to live a life worthy of God’s presence, so Jesus came as a sacrifice to make it possible for each of us.

This gate makes the impossible possible for us. He is how we get through.

But not only how we get through to heaven. Of course that’s the ultimate access he gives us, but there’s so much more. This gate is here for today on this side of eternity too. He is the gate to the life we were created to live here on Earth. He is the impossible made possible for this lifetime, for this year, this month, this week, this day. You have access available to you today to step into what only Jesus could do for you.

Life is freaking hard. Just in my small circle of people I’m connected with, I know of a woman who just lost her husband, a family with a 5 year old little boy just diagnosed with Leukemia, a young woman struggling with serious health issues and now unable to work, a mother who watched her 16 year old daughter die, a father who has lost his job, a wife who discovered her husband has been unfaithful, a beautiful little family who has lost their baby girl, families facing impossible situations with little hope being offered. It’s real y’all. This is life, and if life hasn’t come knocking on your door yet, one day it will. One day you will face impossible situations that make you feel like you can’t get out of bed and face reality.

But there is a gate. This gate is what allows you to get through.

My sister, for this, you have Jesus.

He is here to guide you through this. He is here to show you the way through your hardest of times and lead you into peace that won’t make sense until you’re standing in the middle of it.

Have you ever been there? Standing in the middle of peace when it makes absolutely zero sense to have peace? Yip, that’s Jesus!

Philippians 4: 7 “Because you belong to Christ Jesus, God will bless you with peace that no one can completely understand. And this peace will control the way you think and feel.”

Peace that controls the way you think and feel. That’s how you’re going to get through this! How do you gain access to that kind of peace? The gate that is Jesus.

Have you ever been caught outside in a wild storm? You’re worried about the soaking rain hitting your face so hard you can’t see. You’re concerned about lightening hitting you. You’re even wondering if those winds are going to blow you away. But the second you get inside to shelter, your thoughts change. You’re not worried about the rain in your face because you are covered. You’re not feeling the wind because you made it inside. The lightening won’t hurt you in here, so you feel safe.

This is what Jesus offers us in the storms of life. He doesn’t keep the storms from coming, but he offers you shelter in the storm. He makes it possible to get through it. Here, in the shelter of Jesus, you receive peace that controls the way you think and feel. And anytime your thoughts start running wild and your feelings drift off to those dark corners of hopelessness, then girl you better get yourself back into the arms of Jesus!

Yes, he is the gate. He is the way to get through this. He is the only way through this honey. He is the source of peace when absolutely nothing makes sense. He is the only way to control your thoughts and feelings when crap like this happens.

Jesus, I’m looking to you to get through this. And Jesus says “I am the gate, come in through me. Receive my peace.”

He has made a way for you, my troubled sister. He has made the impossible possible, worried one. He is offering peace here, broken one. He will strengthen you here, weary one. He will guide you now, lost one. Just look for the gate.

He doesn’t always make it all go away, but he makes a way through it. The gate. That’s Jesus, the way through. He is the gate, the entry into the impossible. Without the gate, you don’t get through. With the gate, a way has been made to the other side.

Aren’t you glad you have Jesus for this? You can’t get through it without him.

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Sometimes it feels like we don’t have enough. There’s not enough time. Not enough money. Not enough help. Sometimes we feel like we’re not enough. We’re not good enough. Not smart enough. Not pretty enough. Not anything enough.

So, we walk around looking at our life as if nothing is enough. We’re always lacking. Always in need. Always coming up short. Always feeling if we had more of this or more of that we would be better and do better, but we don’t.

So we don’t.

God designed your entire life around a relationship with him. If you have an abundance of everything, guess what … you no longer need the Almighty. Your daily need actually creates a daily relationship with your Creator. Your need and his faithful provision forms a level of trust you wouldn’t know otherwise.

Remember when the Israelites were in the desert, starving because they had run out of food? Do you remember how God provided for them? A miraculous dewy substance covered the ground each morning. When they worked it, it was like a dough for bread to bake. They called it manna from Heaven. That’s how God provided. The key was, it was just for that day.

Exodus 16: 4-5 “I will rain down bread from heaven for you. The people are to go out each day and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test them and see whether they will follow my instructions. On the sixth day they are to prepare what they bring in, and that is to be twice as much as they gather on the other days.”

Yes, God gave them enough for the day only. Enough. Just for one day. Why? To build their trust and test their faith.

Maybe that’s where you are today. You have enough, but it’s only enough for today. You have no idea how you’re going to make it through tomorrow. You don’t see tomorrow’s provisions here today. And what are you going to do next month? How the heck is this going to work next year? What you have certainly doesn’t look like enough and the truth is you’re freaking out a little. But maybe, just maybe, in this season God is building your trust and testing your faith.

Will you trust his provision is here for today and see that it is enough? Will you have faith he will do the same for you tomorrow too?

What happened when the Israelites didn’t trust for God’s provision the next day and gathered extra manna just in case? Verse 19, “Moses told them, ‘Do not keep any of it until morning.’ But some of them didn’t listen and kept some of it until morning. But by then it was full of maggots and had a terrible smell. Moses was very angry with them.”

This break in trust and lack of faith created a rot in their provision. It went bad. And sister, the same exact thing happens to us now. When we start thinking God is not trustworthy for our tomorrow, we create a rot in what we do have. Things go rotten for us.

What has grown rotten in your life? What has gone bad? Could it be because you tried to do this thing on your own? Could it be because deep down, you really didn’t trust God was going to show up and do anything for you? Could it be because you needed to know exactly what you would have tomorrow, and this need for security and certainty just turned everything bad?

God wants us to depend on him daily. Honey if you have this whole thing figured out with your fool proof 10 year plan, why would you need God? Eventually you would stop seeking his hand because your hands are already full. So, he fills your hands, but he fills them with only enough for today.

And that is enough. Yes, this is enough. Say it … I HAVE ENOUGH.

Why does God work this way? So you keep coming back tomorrow. A daily relationship. A daily trust. A daily connection.

I may not be comfortable with the unknown. I may not see how in the world this is going to work out. I may not understand how God is going to show up tomorrow, next week, next month and next year. But, I know today he has given me enough. I have enough. So do you.

The Israelites soon became ungrateful for their daily supply of enough and started grumbling and complaining. Whining and wallowing. As a result, they sacrificed where God was leading them and settled in the desert for the rest of their lives. Their potential was unmet. Their Promise Land was unattained. All because what was enough for the day was not enough for their happiness.

Read that again. What was enough for the day was not enough for their happiness.

Oh sis, don’t let that be us. Don’t let us be spoiled brats complaining over the miraculous provision of God each day.

Don’t let us complain over the job we hate while we’re not doing a darn thing to change it.

Don’t let us worry over the stresses of tomorrow when tomorrow hasn’t even shown up yet and today is going unlived.

Don’t let us waste what we have been given today with an arrogant assumption there will always be more. More time, more opportunities, more blessings. What we have is for today. You can’t save this time for tomorrow.

You can’t hold back these opportunities for when you feel more ready. You can’t store up these blessings and hope to pull them out in the future. It’s here for today.

Girl you have enough. Enough for today. Receive it with gratitude, don’t waste it, and trust that tomorrow will come with tomorrow’s provision. Enough.

This is enough. It is enough for me to be happy. It is enough for me to be grateful. It is enough for me to work with. It is enough for me to trust God.

This is a test. A test of trusting God on the daily. How are you doing with that test?

Now, are you ready for a little spin on this to really spark that fire inside you? If you trust God enough to believe he is enough, will you dare to believe he has made you enough? Really, if God is your Creator, and he made you, equipped you, and now dwells within you, doesn’t that make you enough?

This is enough. You are enough.

God will never put you in a situation he will not make you enough for. You may not currently be equipped for the future, but girl when you get there God will have equipped you for it, trained you up, prepared you properly, and you will be made enough by him.

Because of your God, YOU ARE ENOUGH. He is enough, he has given you enough, and he has made you enough.

So, ENOUGH.

Enough of that worrying. Enough of that complaining. Enough of that negative role play you’ve got going on in your mind telling stories of future failure and misery. Enough of that waste. Enough! That ends now.

Look around, God has given you everything you need for today. You have enough. You are enough. Now gather up what God has given you and use it today because this stuff can’t be saved for tomorrow!

You’ve got some living to do here and you have just enough to live today!

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If you’re willing to be uncomfortable, you get to see what you’re capable of. If you’re willing to be faithful, you get to see what God is capable of.

Everything you think you can’t do, everything you think it’s too late for, everything you’ve assumed is out of your reach, everything you’ve written off as too hard, is within the realm of possibility when you and God are partners.

Jesus said in Matthew 19:26 “With God all things are possible.”

What have you dismissed as impossible? What have you given up on? Who have you given up on? God wants you to know it’s still possible because he’s still working.

Two things are needed here in your partnership with God: Your willingness to be uncomfortable and your continued faith.

If all you’re seeking is ease and comfort, you will miss what God has given you the power to do. Just how much of God’s awesome plans for your life are you willing to miss while you seek immediate gratification?

What if the plan is for you to have and be, and go and do all those things you dream of, but you won’t be healthy enough because you can’t give up the freaking potato chips and Dr. Pepper?

You won’t hear the promptings of God to guide you in the next step to get there because you won’t give him 5 minutes of your day to just be still and listen.

\You will miss the connection with the person God has aligned to open those doors for you because you were too afraid they might reject you.

What are you missing in your comfort? Sure you’re avoiding rejection, but could you also be avoiding your breakthrough?

Sure you’re always entertained with the noise and the scrolling, but could it be so loud you’re missing that still small voice of the Almighty?

Sure you’re satisfied in the moment eating according to your cravings, but could the cravings of your soul be starved in the process?

You are dismissing yourself from the very life available to you. Girl, you have no idea what you’re truly capable of because you’ve never pushed yourself to get there.

Comfortable living builds tall walls for comfort zones. Yes, those walls keep out everything that may be uncomfortable, isolating you from immediate threats, but they also keep you from ever experiencing anything greater, isolating you from all God has available for you. You were created for a BIG Life, but have you settled for a little life? Comfort is not your friend, it is a tremendous threat to your potential.

Here’s a truth bomb: God created you for more than you’re comfortable with.

Are you seeking his plan, or are you seeking what comes easy today? If you could only see what is within the realm of possibility for you, I couldn’t hold you back from taking the next step. If you only understood the Almighty has made a way and he just needs 5 minutes of your day to show you the way, your phone wouldn’t stand a chance in the competition for your attention.

Today, an invitation into a life changing partnership is being offered. Will you partner with God? Because WITH God, ALL things are possible. Without him, not so much.

Right here, if you’re willing to be faithful, you get to see what God is capable of.

You’ve been giving up on him. You’ve been turning away before he’s done. You’ve been quitting before he’s done. You’ve backed out when it got tough. Your faithfulness is required now to see God’s unlimited power here.

Remember the story in John 11 of Lazarus being sick and Jesus showing up late? By the time Jesus showed up, he was already dead. It was too late. Jesus meets with Lazarus’ sisters as they are mourning and he says “Your brother will rise again.”

Martha answered, “I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?”

“Yes, Lord,” she replied, “I believe …”

Lazarus’ sisters were faithful. They believed even in the midst of impossible that it was possible if Jesus said it would be. Now, because of their faith, they were able to see what God was capable of. Their brother Lazarus who had been dead for 4 days was given life again!

What is it too late for in your life? What is too far gone? Who is beyond hope? What have you given up on? What if your faith in God’s resurrection power is all that is needed here?

Can God do it … you bet your butt he can!!!!!

Will he … I don’t know. But I know this, he will do what is best. His plans are better than my plans. His ways are higher than my ways. I just know I want to get out of his way and clear the path of any of my unbelief so I get to see what he’s truly capable of in my life.

Continue to be faithful here. Yes, in the face of all that has gone wrong. In the midst of this colossal mess. Be faithful here. This is how you will see what God is capable of.

He can make right now the perfect time for doors that closed a long time ago. He can bring back that which was already too far gone. He can change things that could never be changed in the past.

WITH GOD, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.

With him.

This is a partnership. Your willingness to be uncomfortable and your continued faithfulness are required here.

So whatcha say? Are you in?

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