Friday, April 18, 2025

APRIL 18, 2025

   “It is a denial of the divinity within us to doubt our potential and our possibilities.” 

1 SAMUEL 25-26

21Then Saul said, “I have sinned. Come back, David my son. Because you considered my life precious today, I will not try to harm you again. Surely I have acted like a fool and have been terribly wrong.”
22“Here is the king’s spear,” David answered. “Let one of your young men come over and get it. 23The Lord rewards everyone for their righteousness and faithfulness. The Lord delivered you into my hands today, but I would not lay a hand on the Lord’s anointed. 24As surely as I valued your life today, so may the Lord value my life and deliver me from all trouble.”
25Then Saul said to David, “May you be blessed, David my son; you will do great things and surely triumph.” So David went on his way, and Saul returned home.(25:17-25)

LUKE 16:19-31

19“There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day.20At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores 21and longing to eat what fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.
22“The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried. 23In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side. 24So he called to him, ‘Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.’
25“But Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony. 26And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been set in place, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.’
27“He answered, ‘Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my family, 28for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.’
29“Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.’
30“ ‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’
31“He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’ ”

JOURNAL 

There’s so much here, I feel like I could reflect on it for days. David’s story offers such a raw, honest glimpse into the chaos of life. He makes some serious mistakes—he creates messes of his own, and he’s caught up in Saul’s as well. And yet, through it all, David keeps pursuing God. Even when he strays, he returns to obedience, to humility. He’s far from perfect, but it’s that very humility that God uses—not just to shape David, but to draw others, ultimately leading him to become Israel’s greatest king.

What makes a life truly great isn’t the absence of trouble or the perfection of our circumstances. It’s our heart. It’s humility. It’s obedience to God. He takes the messes we make and, somehow, crafts something beautiful and meaningful out of them. What we see as broken or shameful, He sees as full of potential and beauty.

Maybe that’s why scripture warns us not to fear, and why timidity is so strongly cautioned against. It can look like humility on the surface, but at its core, it’s often a refusal to trust God. God is no stranger to mistakes—He works through them all the time. But timidity is different. It withholds. It pulls back. It disengages. And in doing so, it limits what God can do through us.

Every morning I wake up, God is affirming my life. He’s trusting me with another day—another chance to live, to represent Him, and to reflect His heart to the world. And honestly, too often I overlook that. Too often I take it for granted or hold back instead of giving my best.

Father, thank You for another day. Thank You for believing in me, for trusting me to carry Your name in this world. Help me live like it’s the honor it truly is.


I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth. 

REVELATION 3:15-16

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