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What Will Change?

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The Bible is the greatest book ever written. Its truths are timeless, always relevant in any age or circumstance (Isaiah 40:8; Matthew 24:35). It has been my goal to model the writings here to honor God’s Word. I want to expound the truths of scripture in ways that will be as relevant today as they will be a hundred years from now. Because God’s truth is timeless, I seek to never tether that truth to a specific moment in time.

Man pondering what will change and how to respond in humility without fear and with a focus on discipleship to God's Kingdom in light of this cultural moment of the assassination and martyrdom of Charlie Kirk.

This proves difficult when momentous cultural events or tragedies occur. My heart desires to help bring the clarity and peace of God’s Word to bear to help people cope with difficult moments and keep our focus on God’s bigger and perfect plan. With that in mind, the question we all must ask ourselves in a potential seminal moment is, “What will change?”

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Nothing and Nobody

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You must determine to become nothing and nobody if you ever want to be the person God intends you to be. A slave of Christ can hold no possessions in this world (Luke 14:33). You might live in a house, drive a car, and even make use of a few niceties, but none of them are yours because they must all be meaningless to you. Nothing in this world compares to the greatest treasure of them all — the treasure of knowing and serving Jesus (Philippians 3:8).

A man showing humility praying with his hands open toward Chris, expressing his commitment to surrender to God's will in light of eternity.

We must give up everything to follow Him, and we do it with joy because there is nothing worth anything to us except for Jesus (Matthew 13:44-46). It is our duty to follow wherever He leads, and do whatever He commands (John 12:26). We are nothing because He is everything (Colossians 3:11).

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Unsung Hero

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Joseph, the husband of Jesus’s mother, is a true unsung hero in the Bible. We don’t know much about him, and he’s easy to overlook when considering the heroes of the faith. But I submit Joseph was a model of obedience to God. Four times God gave Joseph faith-stretching, difficult, and even dangerous assignments, and all four times he not only obeyed, but did so without hesitation or question.

An older man, an unsung hero, praying expressing humility, faith, and obedience to God.

How many times does God’s Word compel us to do something challenging, and we come up with a myriad of excuses while doing everything we can to delay action? We can learn a lot from the faith and obedience of Joseph.

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The Problem of Pride

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Pride is the original sin, and it’s the one that still gives us all the most problems. In the annals of history, pride remains undefeated in every life. It seems we can never get over ourselves. Every day we spend our time looking out for our pleasure, our reputation, and our well-being. We fill our thoughts with what we want to accomplish, where we need to go, and what we need to get done.

A self-important man pointing to himself and showing the problem of pride, the result of sin and a lack of humility which robs him of God's blessings.

If only we gave so much thought to what we could do for Christ! Let me disappoint you before you continue reading. You will not find a magic three-step plan to eliminate pride from your life here. I struggle with this like everyone else, but there are Biblical principles we can employ to at least affect some changes in our lives.

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Everything Good Comes from God

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We should praise and give glory to God for every blessing in our lives because everything good comes from God. He alone is the author of all beauty and goodness (Genesis 1:31). The sin within us taints everything our minds conceive and our hands create. Therefore, any good that comes out of our lives is because God chose to perfect our imperfections and to purify that which is unclean.

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We could never do that on our own. We could spend our entire lives striving to be good and never achieve it for a second. Things we do might appear to be good, but under the covers, we are still as imperfect and sinful as always. There is no goodness apart from Christ.

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