heard a lady say her friend told her “i called you because you were the only person in my life talking about God and i was looking for God…”
note to self: keep talking about him., you don’t know who might encounter him through you.
There is no version of Christianity that permits you to continue living however you want simply because “God loves you”.
True love inspires true obedience.
So I opened my Bible this morning like I always do. No bookmark. No theme. No plan. Just opened it and started reading.
And I about fell out of my chair.
My eyes landed on a verse I have read before but clearly never felt.
Isaiah 45:3
“I will give you the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that you may know that I, the Lord, who call you by your name, am the God of Israel.”
Treasures.
Of darkness.
That stopped me.
There are things you learn in grief you will never learn in comfort. There is authority forged in suffering that cannot be manufactured on a stage. There is intimacy with God that only grows when everything else has been stripped away.
Hidden riches.
Not obvious blessings. Not flashy miracles.
Hidden.
There is depth being built in you that applause could not sustain.
The darkness is not your grave.
It is your treasury.
And when God brings you out, you will not just be relieved.
You will be refined. You will be stronger. You will know Him in a way you never could have if the lights had stayed on.
I thought I was randomly opening my Bible this morning.
But Heaven had an appointment.
And if you needed this today, maybe it was not random for you either💗
I confess Jesus Christ of Nazareth as: the only begotten Son of God; the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the ending; the first begotten of the dead; the Truth, the Way, and the Life; King of Kings, Lord of Lords; Creator of Heaven and Earth; and my Lord and Savior.
You’re going to see more and more people give their lives to Jesus Christ. The lie that you have to jump through hoops is being exposed. This was never about religion, it’s about a relationship, and every single person is worthy. Right where you sit, you can give your heart and your life to Jesus Christ. No hoops to jump through, no perfection required, just surrender. That’s what makes the devil tremble.
As the world’s highest IQ record holder, I firmly believe this: Human beings are born to know God. That’s why I rightly know God through Jesus Christ because Jesus Christ is the final and perfect revelation of God.