Bread Alone

"But He answered and said, "It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.'"" ~ Matthew 4:4

Today's scripture proves that our lives are not just physical. We don't just have a physical body, but we have a soul and spirit that needs to be fed too. So if you're living your life only focused on the physical world around you, you are missing out on a huge piece of life that God has waiting for you. 

Live life to the fullest today by remembering life is about more than what you can see.

God bless,

J.W.

Power Source

"...I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst." ~ John 6:35

Have you ever been out and about and notice your cell phone running out of battery power? You then scramble around trying to find a source to which you can connect and restore your phone to its optimal state. If you're like me, you may have worn your cell phone out so much that you're constantly looking for a plug or outlet wherever you go.

The same thing can happen to us spiritually.

We're so busy nowadays that we often run out of fuel and go searching for replenishment, i.e. some power source that will fill us back up. For some, they run to drugs. For others, it’s alcohol. For some, it’s people (spouses, boyfriends, girlfriends, friends with benefits, etc.). For others, it's things (materialism, clothes, cars, houses, jewelry, etc.).

But you can never meet a spiritual need with a physical source. Physical connections address physical needs, but will never address a spiritual issue.

The fact is, we all have a God-sized hole in our heart that can only be filled by the One for whom it was made. Dr. Dhanus Daniels says that our hearts are a throne, not a couch. We can't have multiple people or things on the thrones of our heart. There’s only room for one. And we were built to be forever connected to the Ultimate Power Source.

So, who (or what) do you have on the throne of your heart? Is there something you run to instead of running to God? If so, I guarantee you, it'll leave you eternally empty. Connect to the Ultimate Power Source and be forever filled.

God bless,
J.W.

Spiritual Lenses

"For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places." ~ Ephesians 6:12

Often times, as Christians, we forget about the spiritual nature of the world we live in.

We fall into the trap of thinking that every struggle that we have, every tribulation we encounter, every emotion that we feel, and every enemy we face is because either someone doesn’t like us, we don’t have enough money, or things just aren’t working out our way. We often blame some natural cause.

But the fact is that the things that happen to us in the physical realm often have a spiritual cause. At the end of the day, we are soldiers in a spiritual war between God and Satan. If we are truly children of God, the enemy will constantly seek to attack us. So, we must be prepared to look at things that happen to us through a larger, spiritual lens. Everything negative that happens to us is not just because of bad luck or happenstance. It’s because we have an enemy who hates us and doesn’t want to see us succeed. Likewise, every person who stands in your way isn’t necessarily acting on his or her own accord.

There’s always something larger at work. So, if you claim God and represent Christ, expect attack. Put on your spiritual lenses and see things for what they really are.

God bless,
J.W.