Our world has us trained to think God's will is only and always for our happiness.  But discerning God's will is contingent on our willingness to lay down our lives, rights, and pursuits and replace them with Jesus.  Only then will God's will become clear.

One of the realities that we don't often think of with missions is God's mission from the perspective of its ever increasingly conclusion.  Jesus promised to return, and His delay is not without warrant.  God's is presently exercising His patience with us.

When we think of worship, do we consider it an essential part of our lives?  Has our Christian culture taught us that worship is only something that happens when we sing, or at church?  In order to fully know God's will, we must understand that worship is something we do with our entire life.

In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.

Wisdom is quite undervalued in our world today.  There was a time when experience was a driving motivator for wisdom, but in today's world people seek new experiences simply for the thrills.  The book of Ecclesiastes is filled with wisdom, the question is, are we seeking after it?

It is a difficult thing to go through life by only relying on your own abilities.  Too often we deceive ourselves into thinking that we can make it on our own.  However, the very best thing we can do is learn to lean on Jesus and allow Him to measure-out our successes and accomplishments.

What is it that you are leaving behind; what will be your legacy? For many, there is a vain striving with inheritances that ultimately leaves our children with just more stuff - and we can rarely transfer the work and effort that it took to amass such possessions.  What if there was something else we could invest in?

The allure of riches to bring purpose, fulfillment and satisfaction is ultimately vacuous.  Earthly riches never deliver what they promise.  But why do we keep striving after them?

The effort that man gives in pursuit of his own pleasures is a never-ending black hole of frustration that cannot ultimately satisfy.  The only source of true satisfaction is found by submitting your desires onto the Lord and allowing Him to reframe and remake your desires according to His will.  Ultimate satisfaction is found only in Jesus.

A world without God, is a world without justice.  Every evil deed will have been left unpunished and for untold many, justice will never be served.