Self-Examination

Earlier in my faith walk I thought God’s peace and joy would appear instantly and automatically. I had no idea that Christians could have UNDIGESTED SADNESS that prevents them from fully realizing the amazing power and peace of walking with God. Back then I asked myself this question many times: “Why Am I Still Sad?” […]

Christians everywhere are fighting a force most of us cannot see. It is a two-headed challenge we all face: Living with spiritual INTENTION—focused commitment–and not have it be derailed by our worldly INATTENTION.    Beating back the world’s distractions and committing to an intentional focus on Christ is one tough job.    It’s a silly

I have no idea why the notion of MISSING THE BUS consumed me with my first breath this morning and then shot forward like a rocket when a jolt of java delivered its brewed energy. Perhaps MISSING THE BUS came from the busload of youngsters—masked but still giddy—I saw on the way to this one-room

Are you still feeling ADEQUATE? Are you still wanting to be the BOSS of your life? Are you still thinking it IS possible to be partially connected to God? If the answer to any of those questions is YES or MAYBE, please join ME and you’ll be in the right spot. Here’s why…    We’re

Early in my faith walk I had no idea how DAMAGING it was to get MY OWN horses ready for the battles of life and think it was not only sufficient, but “the best way to go.” Recognizing my INADEQUACY without God wasn’t even a seed that could grow. It did not exist in me.

We all have bosses.   The two-year-old who tests the boundaries set by well-meaning parents. The teenager managing his online profiles the way HE thinks is the best. The head-strong CEO who thinks he is boss of EVERYTHING—not just the business, but his entire life (ME early in my faith walk). Playing boss creeps into the life

Failing to recognize our INADEQUACY without God is the first step on the road to naming ourselves “BOSS.” But what goes through the mind of a Christian before rejecting God and embracing the lie that they can be the boss of their life?    They play the NEVER song over and over in their mind:

RECOGNIZING OUR INADEQUACY without God is not a “one and done” exercise. We must work on it EVERY DAY. I learned that lesson the hard way early in my faith walk. It was a time that had me searching for an EASY way to fire myself as boss and promote God to be the CEO

It hit my early this morning during my quiet time that the spiritual imperative of RECOGNIZING OUR INADEQUACY without God is a FIGHT that I want to be “the good fight” Paul talks about in 2 Timothy.    “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” 2

By now you can see that this month’s spiritual imperative–RECOGNIZING OUR INADEQUACY without God–is mostly about not trying to be the boss of our life. About trusting God. About embracing HIS WILL over our own. That’s the neat and tidy summary. But it understates, if not ignores, the reality that trusting GOD’S WILL can be