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, May 18, 2026

A Break and Then a Purpose

by David Brenneman

After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses...in the

desert...Then the Lord said to him, "...Now come, I will send

you back to Egypt." (Acts 7:30, 33-34)

Often the Lord calls us aside from our work for a season and asks us us to be still and learn before we go out again to minister. And the hours spent waiting are not lost time.

An ancient knight once realized, as he was fleeing from his enemies, that his horse needed a shoe replaced. The prudent course of action seemed to be to hurry on without delay. Yet higher wisdom told him to stop for a few minutes at the blacksmith's along the road. Although he heard the galloping hooves of the enemies' horses close behind, he waited until his steed was reshod before continuing his escape. Just as the enemy

appeared, only a hundred yards away, he jumped into the saddle and dashed away with the swiftness of the wind. Then he knew his stopping had actually hastened his escape.

Quite often God will ask us to wait before we go, so we may fully recover from our last mission before entering the next stage of our journey and work. (from Days of Heaven upon Earth.)

Waiting! Yes, patiently waiting!

Till next steps made plain will be;

To hear, with the inner hearing,

The Voice that will call for me.

Waiting! Yes, hopefully waiting!

With hope that need not grow dim;

The Master is pledged to guide me,

And my eyes are unto Him.

Waiting! Expectantly waiting!

Perhaps it may be today

The Master will quickly open

The gate to my future way.

Waiting! Yes, waiting! still waiting!

I know, though I've waited long,

That, while He withholds His purpose,

His waiting cannot be wrong.

Waiting! Yes, waiting! still waiting!

The Master will not be late:

Since He knows that I am waiting

For Him to unlatch the gate.

J. Danson Smith

-Streams in the Desert

In reading this last night I was given to look back over the 10 months of unemployment that I had been through...and realized this was it. I put a copy of it in my journal as well.

Waiting in the Lord isn't a bad thing nor should it be an anxious or nervous thing. Ours is to make our requests known unto God and trust that He knows what's best to do with them. Ours also is to keep on keeping on in our obedience regardless of the size of what He brings us to be doing next. I can recall telling many people that while I can apply to this place or that place, I can only go through the door that the Lord says is mine to go through. He holds all the keys to everyone's future.

Stop and think about that. We shouldn't really be deciding what our future should fully be without going to our Father in Heaven, our Savior Jesus Christ and only in the power of the Spirit of God.

We will be surprised by what it is that He has in mind. I am at times overwhelmed by the blessings that they've brought our way. Certainly my God has brought more than we ever could have asked for or thought possible. Someone once said that God gives His best to those who leave the choice to Him.

We, if we're truly embracing it...believing it...trusting in it...are His workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works that we might walk in them. That may be things we're familiar with and it may not. It's on us to obey and do those things that we were created in Christ Jesus to be doing.

Ours is to be a life modeled after our Savior and Lord Jesus Christ. Living, thinking, doing,speaking in the character of Christ.

We are to see less of us and more of Jesus. We should see our wants and desires shift towards those things that are important to our God.

This world is not our home, we're only passing through. We're being transformed into the character of Christ as we walk with Jesus.

We really do become more like whomever we spend the most time with in life.

You and I are to look for whatever opportunities that the Spirit presents us to participate in. We would do well to think of this world as temporary until we set foot into our home in Heaven.

Our times of suffering and distress won't last forever and as the devotional points out...our times of serving might get broken up in order to prepare us for something greater.

What we went through wouldn't have been possible had we not been brought through lesser things by our Savior and Lord Jesus 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.

In this isn't a promise of full understanding. Just a call to trust in the Lord and what He says He will do when we do.

So who do you spend the most of your time with? A person? A phone or computer? Jesus?

Are you prepared for the Spirit to change your direction and to obey in what you're called to be doing?

Do you see your desires being changed to what your Savior and Lord desires? If not, start by getting on your knees in prayer to ask what does He need you to change.

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Sunday, May 17, 2026

Praying for Crumbs?

by David Brenneman

"Whatever you ask in My name, that will I do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it. If you love Me, you will keep My commandments." John 14:13-15.

"What is the source of quarrels and conflicts among you? Is not the source your pleasures that wage war in your members? You lust and do not have; so you commit murder. You are envious and cannot obtain; so you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures. 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. Or do you think that the Scripture speaks to no purpose: “He jealously desires the Spirit which He has made to dwell in us”? But He gives a greater grace. Therefore it says, “God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” 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. Be miserable and mourn and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you." James 4:1-10

"Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen." Ephesians 3:20-21

It's rather interesting what our Bible says about asking God about things in our lives and the lives of people He deems to cross paths with us.

It really hit me this past week how often I was merely praying for a good day. How often that I was only praying for the bare minimum to get by or for someone to get through what they're experiencing.

Prayer is our God-given grace inspired, grace filled opportunity to talk with our Savior, Lord, most intimate friend of our lives...and we get all guilty about asking for the real and try to sound like we're ok with the generic answer if it's not too much trouble.

We then are asking for crumbs and not the dinner!

After having 10 months of reminders of the goodness of Jesus my Savior brought to mind in both my then present situation as well as being reminded over and over of past times He answered not in crumbs but in the whole...it brought me nearly to tears.

My current job certainly is one that has been beyond anything I could have asked for or considered possible. This opportunity isn't just to get paid or even paid well. On my first day and throughout the last 5 weeks...the Spirit has shown me that this is my mission field.

Do the job to the best of my ability as unto the Lord and keep my spiritual ears open and spiritual eyes looking for opportunities to be Jesus to those around me.

That is why I was so blessed to be brought there...not by my strength nor by my ability but by the work of God in Christ Jesus in me to reach others.

As the most excellent book "90 Minutes in Heaven" by Don Piper showed...God often orchestrates our lives and has allowed particular adversities in our lives...to prepare us to minister to unique individuals who will be touched no other way.

My life, your life in Christ, isn't for us to get every comfort our hearts desire. Life in Christ is imparted to us to be a witness to our personal Jerusalem, our personal Judea and our path to the uttermost parts of the world.

Our prayers should align with the work of God that He invites us to participate in. Pray small get small answers. Pray big with our mission in mind and be ready for big results.

I am overwhelmed at times by God's blessings. There's been days when they've almost been too much.

Yet these and more are awaiting our prayers for them in Christ Jesus if we're praying with right priorities and right motives.

There's no way to exhaust the warehouses of Heaven. Yet we live at times like we think they will or that we're unworthy to ask.

Jesus desires to see Himself in us and His workmanship in us is to achieve that.

I am learning to pray for great days not just good days. Learning to pray for His provision for bigger in life rather than to just not and be self-defeated before ever seeing if His answer might be yes.

As someone once said, sometimes our prayers require us to pick up a shovel before His answer will come.

Yesterday I worked on laying out railroad ties in preparation for what I am praying for. I don't know where the money will come from I only know that my God never runs out and He can make my request happen. He has already proven that time and time again.

What are you who are among the saved in Christ Jesus refusing to pray for because you deem yourself unworthy to ask? Why are you answering no to something before you ever see what His answer will be?

Do you ask for crumbs from your Master's table rather that take the seat He's offered you at His table to feast with Him?

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Saturday, May 16, 2026

To Be Revealed in Us

by David Brenneman

"For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to perfect the author of their salvation through sufferings." Hebrews 2:10 NASB1995.

Pastor Alistair Begg's notes 2:10 "Perfect through sufferings." Christ could not be a perfect sympathizer unless he bore our suffering. He did not look at sin from the distance of heaven, but he walked and lived in the midst of it. He knows all shapes of suffering: disease, sickness, poverty, need, friendlessness, hopelessness, desertion. You cannot cast human suffering into any shape that is new to Christ. In Him there is every pang that tears the heart, every grief that forces tears from the eyes. Everything that is inevitable to flesh and blood, to hearts that break, and spirits that are depressed, Jesus knows."

We are going to go through sufferings since Jesus did. We're not going to be transformed, as Paul wrote of in Romans at the Spirit’s direction, without going through the valley of sufferings.

No human body that undergoes surgery ever does so without the ramifications of an invasive procedure, the body doesn't care to be cut into, poked, etc.

Yet our desire of our hearts still ought to be what God wants for us...to become more like Jesus Christ.

Nobody just puts on a number and wins a triathlon just because it was there to do without intense preparation.

No untrained person just walks off the street into a recruiting office and then goes out the back door all ready for combat.

Nobody just gets into a car without any training and becomes a successful judge.

We have times in which we go through colleges, universities, community colleges, technical institutions in order to learn to be more than we were in order to become more than we used to be. It's a strenuous process. Loss of sleep, hard work, much sacrifice in order to get that diploma or accreditation. Then we reap what we sowed much more than we sowed and hopefully more than we sowed in doing so. We suffered through it.

So how much more will we go through in the school lead by the Spirit of God to become conformed to the image of Jesus Christ?

There's many lessons that we might get a grasp on what it is that the Spirit is teaching. Other times we just have to trust the promise and process that He's taking us through.

We can see much of that process in the Gospels concerning Jesus's life on the Earth. Can we really be foolish enough to not expect trials and tribulations, sufferings, to not be a part of our lives until either He calls us home or the Rapture of the Church occurs?

If we are not going through such things we ought to be concerned.

Great and mighty trees only get to be that way by weathering the storms that made them.

"But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the surpassing greatness of the power will be of God and not from ourselves; we are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying about in the body the dying of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body. For we who live are constantly being delivered over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. So death works in us, but life in you." 2 Corinthians 4:7-12.

"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," Philippians 3:12-13.

And "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." Romans 8:18.

We can and should expect to go through some rough patches in life if our desire is what He desires for us...to become more like Jesus Christ.

We can and should expect many battles in our minds over what path to take to lead a righteous life that God desires for us.

We should also note what exactly the schemes of the devil are and strive to avoid them.

We can't know what we need to know without being in prayer and the Word of God daily.

The Spirit of God is our teacher bringing to remembrance all that Jesus commanded and taught.

It's on us to submit to His plans and purpose for us, not for us to dictate what we want our lives to look like.

Nobody enters Heaven's gates without traveling the road of suffering to get there.

"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 5:3-5.

"Therefore I am well content with weaknesses, with insults, with distresses, with persecutions, with difficulties, for Christ’s sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong." 2 Corinthians 12:10.

"Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I do my share on behalf of His body, which is the church, in filling up what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions." Colossians 1:24.

We cannot see what Jesus sees is becoming of us by His hands as they do their work in us. For we are His workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works that we might walk in them.

Makes you look at that great hymn "Trust and Obey" a little bit differently doesn't it?

A student must trust their teacher if they're going to be taught.

We must travel this same road that our Savior and Lord traveled if we're going to reach the same destination.

"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." Romans 8:18.

Think hard about this passage since it in fact applies or should apply to us.

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Friday, May 15, 2026

Be One He Loves

by David Brenneman

"The way of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, But He loves one who pursues righteousness." Proverbs 15:9.

Paul spoke of running the race set before him. Here we read of pursuing righteousness. Paul spoke of running in such a way as to win the prize. Here's the prize.

The chief lesson to remember about the schemes of the devil is that he will try everything he's allowed in order to cause us to stumble or to fall.

To pursue righteousness is something pleasing to God. As we have been exhorted in the Word of God so should we be encouraged in the Lord to get in the game and run with the aim of Godly success in this.

Most don't recognize the schemes of the devil due to being so busy with worldly things. Pursuing success as the world defines it. Pursuing peace, love, joy, as the world defines it. Pursuing money because of thinking that's a badge of success. Spending on a whim rather that being satisfied with what one has. Not being organized enough to prepare for what comes in life. We have not because we ask with wrong intentions only planning to spend it on ourselves. We lack the spiritual eyes to see the work of God in Christ Jesus in ourselves and those He put in our lives. We lack the spiritual vision of His purpose for us and those whom we were meant to minister to.

Do you pursue righteousness? Do you rather pursue things of the world?

Where your treasure is there your heart will be also. If you're working towards worldly values you're going to miss Godly values.

What we do in Christ is what will survive the fires of His Truth on the day we stand before Jesus to give an account of our lives.

Yes this is a repeated subject and with good reason. Look even back at the early Church. Much was written in our Bibles of being found ready for the return of Jesus Christ for His Church.

I've never met, nor even seen in television or movies, where anyone was truly overjoyed at being caught unawares when someone important came to not visit but to evaluate their lives.

At the point of the Rapture of the Church...the first to be raptured will be the dead in Christ. Those who have already physically died. They have nothing to be immediately surprised about concerning this taking place. Those who are alive and remain will be right in the middle of life. Right in the middle of work, of driving vehicles, of relationship issues, of medical treatments, of everything happening right now in the world. Some will certainly be caught flat-footed.

Will you be found to be running the race set before you or will you be caught on the bench, on the ground, on anything but running the race to reach for righteousness?

Will you be found with the mind of Christ because you lived a life putting whatever the Spirit taught you as first place in your life? Will you be found in a shameful situation?

The word of God says that we do not know the day nor the hour of Jesus's return. We ARE to seriously consider that if the owner of the house had known what time he was going to be robbed that he would have prepared for the robber.

Lesson being that we should always be prepared for that moment we step into eternity.

Be "Rapture Ready" and while being that, being on our spiritual feet running the race set before us. Pleasing the Lord that we are pursuing righteousness found only in Christ Jesus.

It's never going to matter what accolades we achieve in this world in light of eternity.

It's never going to matter what places we went to, spending thousands to go see and experience.

It's not going to matter what famous people we met if those people aren't going to be an encouragement in Christ to us and others.

It's not going to matter how nice a house, how nice a car or anything we can accumulate.

It's not going to matter how much we sacrificed for our kids to give them everything except the teaching to pursue the Lord with their everything.

Pursue righteousness. Pursue what pleases our Lord Jesus Christ. Bring Him joy in our pursuit of what pleases Him.

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Thursday, May 14, 2026

The Checks and Balances of the Christian Life

by David Brenneman

"In the early morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house, and went away to a secluded place, and was praying there." Mark 1:35.

Intimacy with God is one of the most essential elements of the

Christian life. A profound, abiding relationship with Him is the key to a lifelong journey filled with joy contentment, significance, and fruitfulness. Of course, learning to love the Lord takes time, diligence, and willingness This is why Jesus

demonstrated the importance of being alone with the Father by consistently rising early and going to a solitary place where He could pray without interruption.

Do you need a place where you can find refuge, hope, strength,

and a greater love than anything this world has to offer? If so, your soul is longing for God's presence. Thankfully, He is always available to you. He gives you profound wisdom, unfailing strength, and unshakable hope for even the toughest situations,

But as complicated as your life is, how do you start-especially

if you've never scheduled regular time to be alone with God? Begin

this very minute, close your eyes and sit for a moment without

saying anything. Simply focus your heart on the Lord and the fact

that He loves you unconditionally. Then pray, asking Him for the desire to know Him better. That's a prayer He loves to answer.

Jesus, teach me to draw closer to You in every way. Amen.

- Trusting God with Today. Dr. Charles Stanley.

How personal is your relationship with Jesus?

Your answer and mine is THE answer in the checks and balances of our lives.

Not to lift "Trusting God with Today" too high on a pedestal, but there's just some days the short devotional seems to be written with me in mind. So much so that I have bought copies for my Mom and 2 friends.

In our society we measure things in order to determine gains or losses. We measure to determine repeatability. We measure to determine health. We measure to determine duration of time. Measure, measure, measure.

A thing that is certainly different about a life in Christ is what is shown to be important to measure and what all the Bible says to stop measuring. We are to examine, aka measure, ourselves to see if we are in Christ. We are to examine, measure, our hearts to see if there be any hurtful way in them. We are to be looking to see if we are indeed growing in Christ or if we've deceived ourselves and have been backsliding...again through measuring.

I have countless ways to measure physical things. Innumerable rulers, gages, tape measures, yard sticks, folding rulers, calipers. Yet the only standard of measurement for the heart is Christ Himself. The only set of standards to follow are Christ Himself and what He did, what He said, and what He's done.

We start down the path of Intimacy with God by the very measuring stick of the Scriptures...Jesus. Scripture says that He is the Way, the Truth and the Life. We'll start with Truth.

We must be truthful with Jesus in order to start an intimate relationship with Jesus. There can be no falsehoods, no egos, nothing but the truth. An we must listen to Him in truth. He's not going to lie to us. He WILL tell us, show us, lead us, through what appears to be difficult, different, hard, complicated, times in our lives.

It's on us to "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.

It's on us to pray for ourselves to be more like Jesus Christ. An for us to look, aka measure, our lives to see if we're making choices that uplift that path.

If we're uplifting anyone or anything else, the measurement is off.

We begin with honesty and truth. We stay in that. We then must make the choice to do what must be thought, said and done that is right in God's eyes, according to God's Word. Only then will the results show a path of righteousness that aligns with Jesus Christ.

Where is your intimacy with Jesus these days? Do you 'find time' to read, to pray, to think about God's Word or are you intentional about meeting with Him as with your most intimate friend?

Do you neglect to do any of these things? If so then for sure your measurements are going to be off.

You will not measure up to your calling in Christ Jesus.

You can make appointments to watch television or streaming or video games.

You can make appointments to be places and meet with people.

An you then and only then try to squeeze in a few moments with the One who saved you?

See how those priorities are wholly backwards?

Check your priorities.

Realign your ways.

Start measuring with Godly measurements...the Word of God, which: "All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work." 2 Timothy 3:16-17.

And think about "Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you serve. For he who does wrong will receive the consequences of the wrong which he has done, and that without partiality." Colossians 3:23-25.

Because remember: “Behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to render to every man according to what he has done. [13] I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.” Revelation 22:12-13.

How intimate, how close are you with Jesus?

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Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Get into It

by David Brenneman

"How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, Nor stand in the path of sinners, Nor sit in the seat of scoffers! But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And in His law he meditates day and night. He will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water, Which yields its fruit in its season And its leaf does not wither; And in whatever he does, he prospers." Psalms 1:1-3.

How often do really consider the ramifications of your actions in light of God's calling for you and your purpose in His plan for mankind? My Dear Reader, if indeed you are saved, you are on the clock concerning your part in God's plan for humanity. You were gifted with a gift or more from the Spirit of God upon coming to Christ for salvation. Do you take whatever you're called to be and do seriously?

The small phrase "meditates night and day" only appears twice in the NASB Bible. Here and in Joshua chapter 1.

It's going to mean not doing other things in order to create a new, good, wholesome, habit of being in the Word of God daily.

It's also our privilege to do so!

He who called you has not left you alone to figure it out or to fight the good fight by yourself. There's to be your desire to live a life pleasing, approved, of by God in Christ Jesus.

Our world puts every effort into trying to get people to put selfish desires first and foremost in life.

To put off perceived 'unpleasant' things. Especially to make spending time in your Bible as something either for those 'closer to God' or for when you can 'squeeze it in'.

Our happiness, our joy, should be found in Christ. Should be in doing what pleased Him to give to us to be doing.

We're not going to know if we're not in His Word to find out are we?

Do you not want to live a life pleasing to Jesus who bled and died for you? His obedience to His Father meant our salvation, so should we not make every effort to live in Christ in a way that shows it?

It may mean not pursuing certain things and in turn pursuing something we never considered. It may mean choices we never thought we would make. It's not about our personal comfort.

Sanctification is what our lives are rooted in.

Doing everything necessary to become fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ.

Doing everything in such a way that people see our good works and glorify our Father in Heaven.

The light of Jesus Christ in us should never be hidden or silenced.

Are you giving your best effort towards living for Jesus or have you been trying to skate by because you don't want to give up something or someone? Be very careful about what you hold on too tightly to. Sooner or later it will turn to ashes. If it's in the way of your life in Christ as He intended, it ought to go.

7 plus years and I am daily amazed at what God's doing with this blog. I pray over it, He does the global distribution. Remaining faithful is when we see the power of God in even the little things.

Are you like Isaiah and are eagerly wanting to serve and be who you are to be in Christ or are you going with a mistaken notion that if you don't raise your hand that maybe God won't notice you and volunteer you for anything? All who are in Christ are going to have things to go through in life in order to grow in Christ. It's never going to be all sunshine and rainbows.

Start with a set time, daily-not skipping days-and a set place. A chapter a day is a good pace. Be consistent. Pray before you start that the Spirit would talk to you about it. You have to start somewhere.

Personally I was afraid to read it at first many decades ago. An one day came where I realized that there would indeed be a day to stand before Jesus to give an account of my life and how was I going to explain never having read my Bible?

Today, I can't recall how many times I have read my entire Bible. Every time something new pops up from a page.

You need to start somewhere. Do YOU really want to explain your lack of being in your Bible?

Start today.

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Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Obedience Starts with a Single Step

by David Brenneman

"Then his servants came near and spoke to him and said, “My father, had the prophet told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more then, when he says to you, ‘Wash, and be clean’?” 2 Kings 5:13.

Sometimes our greatest acts of faith will come through small steps of obedience. This was certainly true for the highly respected captain of the Syrian army named Naaman. He traveled to Israel and sought the prophet Elisha to be cured of his leprosy. However, Naaman felt insulted when Elisha sent a lowly servant to

instruct him to wash in the Jordan seven times.

Naaman was so outraged that he refused to perform the one act

that would save him from his very painful disease. Thankfully, his

servants confronted him in his pride and pointed out that the Lord had promised healing through that small step of faith. Naaman

realized that if he refused to humble himself before God, it could cost him his life. So he obeyed, and his flesh was made whole.

You may not pay attention to the little things God calls you to

do because they seem insignificant. However, you don't know the amazing way He may want to work through your obedience. Say yes to the Lord regardless of how small, mundane, dull, or inferior the task seems He will reward your humble steps of faith.

Jesus, whatever You command is great and worthy of my obedience, I will do as You ask, Amen.

Trusting God with Today. Dr. Charles Stanley.

Many, many...many times in life we go forward in perseverance only by the taking of a single step.

We don't know what that single step will accomplish but when that step is for us to do because the Spirit says to take it...then you take it.

I can tell you all about what the day looked like when I was outside of my last employer. What's more important was that step outside was a step towards something not away from something. A step towards what was to be a time of growth in Christ that couldn't come any other way.

We can and will get confused by some of or maybe most of the steps that the Spirit directs us to take.

I can tell you most emphatically...do the right thing and respond with a heart of obedience to God regardless of how it appears to the world.

For many months leading up to that step into an unknown future, the passage that the Spirit brought time and time again was "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.

Each day after June 12th was a day of just asking God what was there for me to be doing. Whether or not I had an earthly employer or not all my work was to be done as unto the Lord. Colossians 3:23-24.

For you my Dear Reader it's never for you nor I to stand still in our walk with Jesus. Re-read Psalms 23. He leads, we follow. Where He says to rest, we rest. When He says it's time to move, we move.

We are to walk by faith and not by sight. Trusting God with all your heart. Not trusting what we perceive of our circumstances. There's no circumstances we can be in that God was ever unaware of.

We can choose to either trust Him and take whatever steps He's directing us to take or we choose to live with the consequences.

There's always consequences for obedience and consequences for disobedience. We reap what we sow more than we sow and much later than we sow. We either reap the benefits of God in our obedience or more lessons from God until we do.

The size of the step makes no difference. Just trust and obey.

Just do and be thankful.

My Dear Reader you're going to go through even a solid life in Christ and yet will spend eternity having what was really happening with you and others explained to you. In this here this now we can't comprehend it.

I found myself either just doing housework or fixing things. Found myself cleaning and organizing. Found myself working for people. Found myself resting. Found myself in various circumstances that otherwise I never would have had the chance to be in had I been employed. Found myself strengthening relationships. Found myself starting a few new ones. Found joy in just doing little things for strangers when out and about the city.

God's not going to lead you in some way that's not going to be in your best interests. He allows many things in order to grow us in Christ. Storms, not fairweather days, cause deep roots for a tree.

It's the storms that turn a man into a sailor and not just someone who can steer a ship. It's the battlefield that makes all the training given make sense to the soldier.

Listen and obey the Spirit of God when He tells you or takes you in the way you should go. Trust in the Lord with all your heart. Walking by faith and not by sight.

Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness and all these things will be added to you.

Listen and obey. Don't let your feelings get in the way. Truth is your feelings are responsible for many a failure of living out what Jesus wants for you. Look at the Disciples and how often they missed out because they let their feelings dictate their actions.

Pray, listen, obey. Repeat.

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