Today's thought - 26 February 2026

 

I think this verse comes at a time when we all carry our burdens and the very world around us seems to have gone crazy. Jesus plainly says that you will have difficulty and you will have sorrow, but take heart (be of good cheer), because He has overcome (succeed in dealing with, defeat) this world and its ruler. Jesus clearly says in verse 24 “Ask, using my name, and you will receive, and you will have abundant joy”. 

Now we know that God works in His time and in His will and we often feel weak and lost and as if we need help, but I tell you this, we have more than help, we have an almighty God with us and Jesus called Him the helper “It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you.” The Holy Spirit is the one who gives you guidance, shows you truth and prepares you for what is to come. 

He is the one who stays with you even in your darkest moments and He is the one who prays for you when you just can’t. He is the one we walk with every day, and He is the one who we should desperately seek and work to have a close relationship with. That is why God says, He who is in you is greater than He who is in the world and if God is for you who can be against you. 

My dear friend, I know your battles are tough but God is tougher, I know your mountains are high but God is higher, I know your storms are great but Jesus calms them, I know you have pain but Jesus heals more than pain, He heals the soul. That is why Jesus said, I told you this so that you can have peace. 

My friend I pray that the peace of our Lord will fill you and give you rest and that all your pain, sorrows, storms and mountains will become void in His light. 

Have an awesome day.

In a world of offence

We all live in a world that we know is broken and dark. It has been like that since the fall of Adam and Eve when sin entered. As much as we think we understand how things were then I do not think we will ever fully comprehend what pushed God to flood the entire world. If you look at the world today, we miss that Jesus said before His second coming the world will be as in the days of Noah (Matthew 24:37-39).

So, yes, the world around us is slowly decaying into what it once was, and we see more and more the darkness of man as their sins are exposed by people. Even in our day-to-day lives we are often offended by people and by circumstances. Some of these turn into bitterness that most live with all their lives and end up dying with.

People gossip and people judge. I honestly think you would never understand how it feels to be falsely accused and judged until you stand in a position where people lie and gossip over you. It is one thing if the gossip has any substance but if you are accused falsely and ridiculed out of hatred or pure selfish desire then the picture is a different story.

Joseph’s life portrays a very similar and harsh reality that many face today and if he came out of it with a vengeful heart, he would have destroyed the twelfth tribes of Isreal including Judah, from which Jesus was born.

He was captured by his brothers (people close to him) and sold into slavery. Instead of being bitter and filled with hatred he worked and obeyed his master to the extent that he was promoted to oversee the entire household of Potifar. Potifar’s wife tried to take advantage of him and instead of submitting to the temptation, he fled from it.

He was hen falsely accused of rape and ended up in an Egyptian prison which by all standards was a place you are send to, to die. Instead of being offended and bitter he chose to stay true to God and was finally released and because of his obedience was put in charge of Egypt.

This position offered him the ability to punish those who hurt him so much, yet he chose to forgive and to bless them instead.

Sometimes the very one we place in prison is not the one who offended us, but ourselves. Hatred and bitterness are the very chains we put on ourselves that end up destroying us and keep us from entering heaven. Jesus said it so plainly in Matthew 5 “Your ancestors have also been taught. Love your neighbors and hate the one who hates you. However, I say to you, love your enemy, bless the one who curses you, do something wonderful for the one who hates you, and respond to the very ones who persecute you by praying for them. For that will reveal your identity as children of your heavenly Father. He is kind to all by bringing the sunrise to warm and rainfall to refresh whether a person does what is good or evil. What reward do you deserve if you only love the loveable? Don’t even the tax collectors do that? How are you any different from others if you limit your kindness only to your friends? Don’t even the ungodly do that? Since you are children of a perfect Father in heaven, become perfect like him.”

As hard as it is, it is in essence complete freedom. If you can love and pray for the very one that hates you and seeks your destruction, you not only show and live the very example Jesus taught and lived, but you free your soul from bitterness and unnecessary torment.

I know it is hard but the moment you step into prayer with a broken and repenting heart desperately seeking Jesus and His grace, He will lovingly heal your soul and remove all offence and give you peace that surpasses all understanding.

The only one that will bring back this hurt is you and once you have handed it over and allowed Jesus to replace it with His love and grace and you step into your new heart and new person, this stronghold will be no more. He will release it from you and give you the strength and courage to overcome it all.

Then you will truly be free and you will truly find peace and rest and life in abundance.

Do not allow the lies of the enemy and the hatred of people to determine or alter your identity but remain steadfast in Jesus and who He says you are. He sees your heart and He knows what you are going through, just step into faith and hand it over.

“I waited patiently for the Lord; And He inclined to me and heard my cry. He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my steps. He has put a new song in my mouth - Praise to our God; Many will see it and fear and will trust in the Lord.”

Today's thought - 24 February 2026

 

The yoke of sin consumes the world around us. How many of our fellow colleagues or friends are trapped in sin and we can see the devastating effect it has on their lives and their outlook on the world. We have spoken before on the images we as people have. The perceived image as how the world sees us, the projected image as how we want the world to see us and then there is the actual image, and this is the very one that will stand before God on judgement.

 Many will be professing Christians but, in their hearts, they lived a selfish, vindictive and even abusive life and as God said before. Everything will be revealed on that day, and we will basically stand exposed as Adam and Eve was when they ate the forbidden fruit. It is interesting to think that they (Adam and Eve) literally walked in the presence of God and still was deceived by the serpent. How many people today are still deceived by the same serpent living a life that they argue as acceptable to the word, yet it completely contradicts that what Jesus taught. I guess that is why God places this scripture in my heart to tell me not to fear man (afraid you will offend someone) but to fear God. 

So, if we wish to boast then let us boast as Paul did in everything we do we live as followers of Jesus not as knowables (my word for today) of Jesus. To know that God demonstrated unfailing love and brings justice and righteousness to the world. Some will see God’s judgement on their lives here on earth and some will see it on the day Jesus returns. So, do not be afraid to stand for what is right as God puts it in your heart but out of love fight for those around you so that their judgement will not be when it is too late. 

Speak truth and life over other and remind people of the things they do wrong and if you offend someone, well Jesus said if your eye makes you sin, then remove it for it is better to go through life with one eye then to end op in the pit of fire for eternity. 

Have an awesome day, my friend.

Today's thought - 23 February 2026

I wrote to you earlier that God sees the heart of man and knows our ways, thoughts, desires, intentions and everything we do and speak. He keeps pressing it on my heart and this morning I think I am writing to myself again, well I think most mornings I am writing to myself. God is pressing it on my heart that what we do for Him must be from a pure and humble heart seeking to glorify Him and never for our own self or for the place or position or attention we might receive. 

That is why it is so important to me that I share what the Holy Spirit puts in my heart more than my own ideas or thoughts. I am humble before an amazing and wonderful God who continues to do more in my life than what I think I deserve. To have you as my friend or family is more than a gift but a privilege and to be able to share God’s Word with you is more than a gift but something I value a lot and are honestly so grateful to be able to do. 

Therefore, I urge you and myself to be obedient to God even when it hurts and mostly without seeking a benefit. Sometimes it is to be kind to a bad person or forgiving someone you still hold a grudge against or just accepting someone with their flaws and faults regardless of who or what they are. Jesus did not come for the great and wonderful leaders of the church, He came for the broken and hurt and lost and we should have the same mindset even if they are the very ones who hurt us. 

So, beware of hypocrisy and stand firm on the Word of God for it is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. I pray that the Lord will keep you, guide you and bless you in everything you do today. 

Have an awesome day, my friend.

Today's thought - 22 February 2026

 

I want to remind you today that we can truly move mountains in faith. Paul writes in Hebrews 11 “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Faith provides the substance (Greek: hupostasis - realism, essence, or assurance) to things that are currently only hoped for. It acts as the evidence (or proof) for things that are not visible in the natural world. Therefore, the emphasis lies in trust and trust in what we ask and pray for. 

That is why Jesus simply said it is due to your lack (firmly relying on or trust) that they could not cast out the demon. It is as Jesus explained in Mark 11 “Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.” It is in this childlike faith that we can possess the mountain and move the mountain. The enemy as we know walks around like a roaring lion ready to devour everything. He literally walks around looking and seeking ways to destroy your faith. 

When there is but a mere crack in your defence, he will jump on it and take whatever he can. So, do not give him the opportunity but remind him that his place is under your feat as you are given the authority to trample snakes and scorpions. Jesus requires a mustard seed faith from us and in that all He needs is your trust and hope and faith in what He is doing and going to do. See it, believe it and let Him move your mountains. I pray that the Holy Spirit will fill you by “giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases God” and to stand firm in your faith. 

Have an awesome day, my friend.

Today's thought - 21 February 2026

 

I woke up this morning, and my mind is running with questions and ideas and I guess answers. I have written to you a few times about the fear of the Lord and the reverence with which we should approach Him. I know there will always be that moment of “why” and “how” that slips into our minds and we are confronted with doubts. 

Maybe doubts in the systems or people or ourselves or even in God. I guess frustration and irritation sets in and we are easily offended or annoyed. On the one side I am reading Ezekiel 24 where Tyre is destroyed due to their pride and on the other hand God reminds me in Proverbs 5 that He sees and knows everything we do and think. “God sees everything you do and His eyes are wide open as He observes every single habit you have”. 

I think what He wants me to see is that pride is often the downfall of man and in our pride, we think God does not see our thoughts an even our actions derived by our thoughts. Wickedness robs us of our destiny and honestly, I do not want to miss the mark and not finish the race. Yes, we will fall, fail, lose, win, lose, suffer, defeat, lose, win, cry out, be confused, want to quit, try again, fail again, question… and so on it will go. In the end Paul writes in 2 Timothy 4 “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, and I have remained faithful. 

And now the prize awaits me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me on the day of his return. And the prize is not just for me but for all who eagerly look forward to his appearing.” So, in the end the race (journey) will be hard and at times you would want to give up, but please, my dear friend. Please keep fighting. 

Have an awesome day.

Today's thought - 20 February 2026

 

I think you all know this scripture, and it is important that I just share something with you. I know we have questions and as I wrote yesterday, we often do not understand why things happen or do not happen and why God seems distant at times. I think what I would want to emphasize is written here in Psalm 37:34 “Wait on the Lord, and keep His way, And He shall exalt you to inherit the land”. 

I wrote to you about the promise land how we go through the wilderness to reach it. Once there we are faced with fortified cities and giants. Paul writes that when he was a child, he saw things as a child, but once he grew up (matured in faith), he saw it differently. As we grow in our faith we also grow in our relationship with God and in drawing nearer to Him, He reveals His plans and our future to us. 

And yes, we see but a faint reflection of what is really happening, and we have a worldly perspective many times where we miss the picture. And our understanding is far from complete but one day it will all make sense and we will see and understand all. The faint picture will become a canvas of understanding and revelation above all else. It is vital that you have a vision and dream big. God is bigger than your imagination so dream big dreams. Have a massive vision for God is the God of the impossible. 

And remember having the dream is not getting the dream, we need to get of our rear happy place and take a step of faith in the direction of our vision. Then we trust God and in due time He will exalt you and you will inherit the land He promised. 

Have an awesome day, my friend, and remember James 2:26 “For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.”

Today's thought - 19 February 2026

I took this scripture from the Passion translation which sometimes just has an awesome way to bring life into the Word. Read it, maybe read it again. The Bible says in Psalm 139 “How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot be numbered! I can’t even count them; they outnumber the grains of sand! And when I wake up, you are still with me!” 

I know your challenges are bigger than what I can understand and that you battle with them daily. You may think that God is not listening or He is not interested in your problems. You condemn yourself thinking that maybe you are not that important and that your life is not worth saving. You may even consider that there is no hope and that you are worthless. Sometimes in your car or wherever you find yourself alone you break into pieces and you are angry. You feel your questions seem to have no answers and above all those close to you feels so far. 

You begin to question. Is this season or this wilderness ever going to stop. Did God abandon me. And you begin to stand in agreement that just maybe you are not good enough or loved enough or even important enough and that the words you read are for other people. My friend, this morning the God who gave His only Son for you so that your past, your mistakes, you faults and your hurt can be removed, is calling you by your name. He is saying to you that His love is deeper and more far reaching than we can comprehend. 

Endless and beyond measurement that surpasses our own understanding. This morning, I pray that this amazing and extravagant love will pour into you and overflow in you with the fullness of God. So, that the peace of our Lord Jesus will remove all fear, all pain, all worry, all guilt, all lies, all mistakes and all that burdens you. 

As you seek more of our Lord, I pray that He will reveal to you the plans He has for you and that you will be reminded that this life is just a moment. It is the life after this that we so desire and even if it means going through unthinkable pain, that you will remain strong and courageous seeking Him above all else. I pray this in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. 

Have an awesome day.

Today's thought - 18 February 2026

 

I am a little in awe this morning as God just opens His thoughts. He says that we should not faint at our tribulation but instead with boldness and confidence step into our purpose for the Holy Spirit will strengthen our inner man (spirit) and fill us with His fullness for He is about to do abundantly, exceedingly above all we can think or ask. 

My dear friend, I am just in awe of the wonderful and magnificent God we worship and how wonderful and vast His mercy and grace are. Truly His grace is enough, and He will open for us the way before us as we continue to step into faith, waiting patiently on the Lord as He will move our mountains and restore that which is taken from us and what we have lost. 

I speak life over you today and life in abundance by the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. I speak strength and love and fullness of God over you so that your dry lands will spring forth with steams of life and that there will be a path through your wilderness. I pray that God will anoint you with new oil so that your cup will run over and that goodness and mercy will be with you every step of the way. I pray that you will not hear the lies of the enemy but instead stand firm and grounded on the Word of God. 

Have an awesome day.

Today's thought - 17 February 2026

 

Balance. The Lord takes me back to Psalm 127 today with the emphasis on work life balance. We have a massive project that lies before us and the time frame that we must complete it is challenging to the extent that I do not think we have enough time for the work and the complexity of it. So, as per my human self, I will grind it and put everything else aside and focus on making it work. 

God wants me to take a different approach and trust His guidance and help throughout the process not neglecting what He wants me to do but to remain obedient and continue to seek Him diligently. In other words, God want me to trust Him completely in all my challenges as He takes me through my wilderness into my promised land. 

My dear friend, to live a balanced life may seem a bit difficult at times but when we put God in the center of everything, we will realize that, that balance is more rewarding than the time, effort and stress. That is why Jesus said come to me all who are tired and heavily burdened and I will give you rest. 

Just as the Israelites needed to step into faith and possess that which God has given them regardless of the giants and the mountains in the land. In the same way we must take on our mountains and possess the land God has already prepared for us. 

Have an awesome day, my friend.