Month: December 2025

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Just hold your peace 

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The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace. [ Exodus 14:14 KJV ]

It is almost impossible for a person who is accustomed to constant activity to do nothing. For such people, movement becomes identity. Productivity becomes proof of worth. To them, doing nothing means irresponsibility. So even when help is offered, they resist it. They have been trained to believe that accepting help is weakness, that dependence makes them less authentic, less capable, less valuable. But Scripture and life teach us a different truth: accepting help is not weakness—it is wisdom. No one has it all together. We were not created to carry everything alone. We were made to pour out our strength and, in due time, to be replenished. And often, replenishment comes through help we did not produce ourselves. Consider the Israelites. Their story up to that point had been one of constant movement—marching out of Egypt, journeying toward a land they had never seen, surviving by obedience and motion. Then suddenly, they were trapped. The Red Sea before them. Pharaoh’s army behind them. The desert hemming them in on both sides. Logic demanded action. Strategy demanded effort. Survival seemed to depend on doing something—anything. And yet, in that moment, God gave them an instruction that cut against every instinct they had: “Stand still. Hold your peace. The Lord will fight for you.” What a strange command. To be still when danger is advancing. To be silent when fear is shouting. To do nothing when everything in you is screaming to act. But when they obeyed—deliverance came. So if you find yourself boxed in today, pressed on every side, perhaps the call is not to fight harder but to trust deeper. Maybe this is not the moment for you to win the battle, but for God to fight it. Perhaps your assignment is not action, but faith. Not striving, but surrender. Let God do the fighting—while you do the believing.

Prayer_Bead: Father, thank you for the privilege to trust you as you fight for me. 

Wisdom_Quote: Often, the best time to hold your peace is when your situation is dictating to you. 

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Remember Adam’s wife

[The Glory Unveiled]

So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate. [ Genesis 3:6 NIV ]

Adam and his wife, Eve, had always walked in the perfect harmony of the Garden of Eden. They knew its every corner, every tree, every animal, every sound. Life was complete and filled with God’s presence. Yet, there came a day when Eve’s heart would be tested, a day that would reveal the deepest desires of her soul—and the choices she would make would echo across all of humanity. On that day, she saw something she had never noticed before. Her eyes were opened—not to truth, but to illusion. She was deceived into believing that something good could emerge from a path where God was absent. And yet, God had clearly spoken: “Do not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.” He was not part of that act, and where God is absent, nothing good can ever come. Consider Nathaniel, who once asked, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” (John 1:46). The answer came not from human logic, but from divine orchestration: the Messiah indeed come from there, because God was at work. But when God is removed from a plan or a choice, destruction follows. That is exactly what happened to Adam and Eve—and by extension, to the human race. Eve saw the tree and desired it: it was pleasing to the eye, it seemed good for food, it promised wisdom. And she ate. But how did she know this? Not from God, but from the tempter, the deceiver. She embraced a counterfeit knowledge, one that contradicted God’s original instruction. So I ask you, what knowledge are you accepting today that contradicts God’s word? What voices are shaping your desires away from the truth you once knew? Before you believe a lie masquerading as wisdom, remember Eve—the woman whose inner longings were exposed by deception, and whose choice became the gateway for humanity’s fall. Guard your heart. Test every message. Seek only the wisdom that comes from God Himself.

Prayer_Bead: Almighty Father, thank you for your instructions which are guiding my path and my ways.  

Wisdom_Quote: The heart’s contents are always exposed by external things.  

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Led by God. 

[The Glory Unveiled]

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. [ Romans 8:14 KJV ]

Our free will as humans often gives us the feeling of complete autonomy. Yet from the beginning, free will was never meant to stand alone. It was designed to function within the life and nature of God. It was given to us not to exalt our independence, but to be willingly surrendered back to Him. Think of it like a parent who gives a child biscuits. Later, while the child is eating, the parent asks for one. In most cases, when the child gives it freely, the parent returns the biscuits—sometimes with even more. But there are children who refuse to give what was first given to them. That simple picture reflects our relationship with God. He gave us free will so that we could live fully in His likeness and nature, yet many of us choose to exercise that will outside the boundaries of who He is. When free will steps outside of God’s nature, it becomes destructive. At that point, we are no longer being led by His Spirit. And Scripture is clear: if we are not led by the Spirit, then we are not living as God’s children. The only way God is truly revealed is when a life is led by God Himself. This is why no one has ever revealed God more perfectly than His Son, Jesus Christ. Jesus did not lack a will of His own; He had one. But He consistently submitted it to the Father. He lived fully yielded, fully led by the Spirit. That is the pattern God desires for us—not a life driven by independence, but one flowing from relationship. God is calling us to live from communion, not self-direction. When we walk with Him in such a way that He takes the lead in every area of our lives, we begin to be absorbed into His nature and His life. So the question remains: are you being led by the Spirit of God, or by your senses?

Prayer_Bead: Gracious Father, thank you for leading me by your Spirit. 

Wisdom_Quote: The Spirit of God tracks the children of God.

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Remember Lot’s wife

[The Glory Unveiled]

But Lot’s wife, behind him, looked back, and she became a pillar of salt. [ Genesis 19:26 NIV ]

Even though Scripture teaches that a husband and wife become one in marriage, God still engages with each partner individually in their personal relationship with Him. Some spouses take comfort in the devotion of their significant other to God, yet they themselves remain distant from that divine connection. But, as we saw yesterday, the fires of life—whether literal or figurative—have a way of exposing what lies hidden beneath the surface of pretense and hypocrisy. Note that, when given the opportunity to choose while journeying with Abraham, Lot selected the land that was well-watered and seemingly prosperous (Genesis 13:10-11). This choice reveals his inclination toward comfort and the finer things of life. Over time, Lot accumulated wealth and possessions in Sodom—not inherently wrong, but the problem was that he lived and acquired these things for himself. He forgot a simple truth: he was not the owner, only a steward. And then there is Lot’s wife. For much of the record, we hear little about her, but when the moment of testing came, her heart was revealed. The Scripture tells us she “looked back”—she lagged behind, unable to let go of the possessions and comforts that were being destroyed by the fire. Her attachment, her lust for what was passing, blinded her to God’s command. In the end, she perished alongside the very things she could not part with. Let Lot’s wife serve as a warning. When our hearts cling to possessions, comforts, or desires more than we cling to God, the fire of life will reveal the truth. And what we cannot release may very well be what destroys us.

Prayer_Bead: Father and Lord, thank you for daily satisfying me with your word and presence. Help me to be content with you always. 

Wisdom_Quote: The fire of God reveals everything hiding in the blind side of our hearts. 

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Remember Job’s wife 

[The Glory Unveiled]

Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die.” [ Job 2:9 NIV ]

Often, we carry carefully formed opinions about who we are—until life puts us on trial. It is in the furnace of experience that the truth about us is revealed. The specialist who administers such tests answers to many names, but in this line of work he is best known as the Accuser of the Brethren—Satan himself. In the opening chapter of Job, Scripture tells us that Satan was roaming to and fro upon the earth (Job 1:7). When Job’s name was brought before him, Satan challenged the integrity of the man God had commended. He sought permission to test Job, not to refine him, but to invalidate God’s testimony concerning him. Permission was granted, and the testing began. What followed were trials so fierce and relentless that few would have survived them. Yet when the fires had done their work, Satan found no fault in Job. Just as Jesus declared, “the prince of this world is coming, and he has nothing in Me” (John 14:30), so it was with Job—Satan found nothing of himself in him. No hidden allegiance. No compromised loyalty. But while Job stood firm in the flames, someone else was exposed. The fire that failed to consume Job revealed what lay buried in the heart of his wife. The pressure uncovered her true attachment—not to God, but to the things that had been lost. In much the same way, when Paul gathered sticks and laid them upon the fire on the island of Malta, the heat did not invent the serpent—it exposed it (Acts 28:3). The flames always reveal what was hiding beneath the surface. So we must ask ourselves: What would the fire expose in us?

What is that thing—comfort, status, security, relationships—that could rob us of our integrity? What might tempt us to trade faithfulness for relief, or devotion for preservation? That very thing may be what costs us fellowship with God, just as it did Job’s wife. The fire is not sent to destroy the faithful—but it will always reveal where our hearts truly rest.

Prayer_Bead: Father, thank you for the grace to continue to have a working relationship with you. Help me not to trade my integrity on the bed of material things. In Jesus name. 

Wisdom_Quote: The value of your integrity is determined in the day of adversity. 

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Creation’s habitat

[The Glory Unveiled]

for in Him we live and move and have our being, as also some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also His offspring.’ [ Acts 17:28 NIV ]

God is the environment of existence itself, the great ecosystem in which all creation lives, moves, and has its being. He sustains all things. And that is how we understand that the Garden of Eden was more than a geographical location. It was the circumference of God. It was not merely a place God visited; it was a revelation of who God is. The garden portrayed the content of God, expressing different dimensions of His life and nature. That is why within the garden stood the Tree of Life—and later, in the fullness of time, Jesus would declare Himself the Bread of Life. There was also the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, alongside many other reflections of the varied expressions of God’s being. Adam and Eve were not merely placed near God; they were living in God, dwelling within His boundaries. This is also why, when they were driven out of the garden, cherubim and seraphim were stationed to guard the way. They were not simply guarding land; they were guarding access to divine life. God Himself is the solid Rock upon which we stand. Every other ground, every other promise, every other “opportunity” is sinking sand. We are who we are, and we are sustained as we are, because we dwell within the borders of the person of God. Outside those borders there is only emptiness and void. It was so in the beginning of creation. Outside God, darkness and chaos covered everything. But the Spirit of God hovered over the deep, mapping the chaos, and then God spoke Himself into it. His Word swallowed the void, introduced order, and released light. From that moment until forevermore, this has been the reality: in Him we live, and move, and have our being. All creation, the entire universe, is God’s offspring. He is the source of all that is and all that ever shall be.

Prayer_Bead: Creator and Father, thank you for being my ecosystem so that in you I live and move and have my being. 

Wisdom_Quote: There is absolutely nothing outside of God. 

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Jesus behind the door

[The Glory Unveiled]

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.[ Revelation 3:20 NIV ]

Our hearts are doors to our souls. At every door, Jesus stands and knocks. He knocks so that He may enter and reveal great and wondrous things we do not yet know, things only His presence can unveil. The striking thing, however, is that Jesus is not only kept outside the hearts of unbelievers; He is often shut out of the hearts of believers as well. Many confess Him as Lord—Owner, Master—yet quietly send Him out of the center of their lives. They claim His name, but rule their own hearts. They speak of surrender, yet sit on the throne themselves. To such hearts, Jesus still knocks. Patiently. Waiting to be admitted again. And the tragedy is that: we lock Jesus outside the door of our hearts and still have the audacity to ask Him to act on our behalf. We want His power without His rule, His blessings without His authority, His help without His lordship. So let us ask ourselves honestly: Is Jesus standing at the door of your heart, knocking and waiting for your invitation? Have you told Him, politely but firmly, that now is not a good time? Have you refused to let Him reign as King over your heart, your choices, your relationships, your ambitions? Is there something you are still holding back from Him? That very thing you withhold is what limits His influence and power in your life. Let Jesus be Lord—not only at the moment of salvation, but every day that follows. Open the door fully. Step off the throne. Let the rightful King reign in your heart and in all your affairs.

Prayer_Bead: Father and Saviour, thank you for saving me through the power of your Son. Come into my heart and reign as Lord and King. 

Wisdom_Quote: What you withhold from Jesus is the very thing that limits His influence and power in your life. 

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Faithful stewards of a living Gospel

[The Glory Unveiled]

and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also. [ 2 Timothy 2:2 NIV ]

The gospel is not a dead message or a static idea; it is living, active, and on the move. It is a locomotive, carrying truth from one life to another, pressing forward with the expectation that those who hear it will begin to look like what they have heard. The gospel is meant to be transferred, embodied, and reproduced. When the apostle Paul instructs Timothy, he tells him to pass on the message he heard from Paul to others. But Paul is careful to qualify the kind of people who should carry this sacred trust. He says they must be faithful. Not merely gifted. Not merely articulate. Faithful. This aligns with the clear demand of Scripture: “Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful” (1 Corinthians 4:2). In the economy of God, faithfulness is not optional; it is essential. It is not enough to know the Word of the Lord well. The gospel must be entrusted to people who are committed enough to carry it carefully and courageous enough to pass it on faithfully to others. But here is the truth: you can only give what you truly have. You cannot distribute what has not first become your inheritance. You cannot pour out what has not first been poured into you. To be qualified to teach the Word to others, the Word must first live in you—not merely as information in your head, but as life in your spirit and light in your soul. Unless the Word of God is shut up in your bones and marrow, it will never flow with power from your lips. Head knowledge may impress, but only lived truth transforms. Before we go out to tell others about Jesus, we must first know Jesus for ourselves. And then, from the depth of that encounter and the richness of that relationship, we give to others—not secondhand truth, but living testimony. What flows out of us will always be shaped by what has first taken root within us. 

Prayer_Bead: Father, thank you for your word in me as light and life. 

Wisdom_Quote: One can only give what they have. 

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The price to following Jesus

[The Glory Unveiled]

And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. [ Luke 9:23 NIV ]

God does not bar the door against anyone who desires to come to Him. The invitation is open, but it is not cheap. Whoever chooses to follow Jesus must understand this truth from the onset: discipleship comes at a cost. To follow Christ is to place your very life on the altar. It demands the surrender of what you cherish most, of the things that have defined you, secured you, and given you a sense of worth. When Jesus called Peter, He did not simply add faith to his schedule—Peter had to release his nets. When Matthew was called, he did not negotiate a transition plan—he rose from the tax booth and left it behind. In every call of Christ, there was always a cost. Following Jesus has never been free. It will cost you your life. Jesus makes the verdict unmistakably clear: If anyone would come after Me, let him deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow Me. The first step is denial of self—not self-hatred, but self-surrender. It is the deliberate abandonment of whatever defines us apart from Christ, the release of the idols we cling to for identity, value, and control. Then comes the cross. The cross is not a symbol of convenience; it is a symbol of death. It represents the weight that restrains our desires, subdues our pride, and brings our arrogance under the lordship of Christ. To take up the cross daily is to submit ourselves fully to the direction of Jesus, to yield in obedience to the leadership of God even when it is costly. Only then do we follow. And here is the holy paradox: when self is denied and the cross is embraced, following Jesus no longer feels forced. It becomes natural. Our lives begin to resemble His. Our desires are reshaped, our character is transformed, and His nature is revealed through us. Obedience flows, not from pressure, but from alignment. When we truly die to ourselves, following Jesus becomes the truest expression of who we now are.

Prayer_Bead: Father, thank you for helping me identify the price to following your Son Jesus Christ and the grace to pay. 

Wisdom_Quote: Everything valuable comes at a cost. 

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The Father’s Love 

[The Glory Unveiled]

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. [ 1 John 2:15 NIV ]

We live in this world, but we are not meant to operate by the protocols of this world. What we love matters deeply, because the things we love quietly steer the direction of our lives. We are ambassadors of another Kingdom—representatives of our true home. And as sojourners traveling toward that home, we will pass through many places that tempt our eyes and tug at our affections. If we are not watchful, the things we encounter along the way can distract us from the path that leads us home. But Scripture gives us a clear verdict: if, for any reason, the world ensnares our hearts with its lust, its pride, and its glittering illusions, then the love of the Father—the love of our true homeland—is not ruling within us. The Father’s love is meant to be our shield against the seduction of the world. We simply cannot love Him and love the world at the same time. One will always rise, and the other will always fall. We can cling to one, but only by letting go of the other. Where there is love, there is allegiance. Where there is affection, there is commitment. So when our hearts begin to love the world and the things in it, our allegiance drifts, our commitment shifts, and our steps begin to wander. This is why the call comes to us with such force: Do not love the world, nor the things in the world. Why? Because the love of the Father has been poured out—abundantly—into our hearts through Christ Jesus. His love is enough to satisfy us. His love is enough to anchor us. His love is enough to keep us on the road home.

Prayer_Bead: Father, thank you for your love that protects me against the love of the world and the things in it. 

Wisdom_Quote: The father’s love protects generously. 

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