MANNA IN THE MORNING

Some assignments from God feel heavier than others. Jehu was anointed king—and immediately told to wipe out an entire family line. Necessary, yes. But easy? No. It got me thinking about the hard roles we’re asked to carry today—divorce battles, police work, military service, even surgeries or counseling sessions. What happens when obedience asks us to step into something that changes us forever? And how do we return home whole?

When obedience looks like loss, remember—nothing surrendered to God is ever truly lost.

Proximity to power, holiness, or anointing doesn’t exempt us from temptation. The flesh always whispers, “Just this once… nobody will know.” But sin always takes us further than we wanted to go, and costs more than we ever planned to pay.

Naaman’s leprosy should have ruined him, but it became the very thing that led him to the one true God. Pain has a way of shifting our perspective—moving us from asking “Why?” to asking “What are You doing in this, Lord?” This is the gift hidden inside the pain.

“If God can use four outcasts with leprosy to bring life-saving news to an entire city, He can use anyone—including me, including you.”

When her world fell apart, the Shunammite woman refused to let her words align with despair. Her story is a prophetic call to guard our words, cling to God’s presence, and believe for resurrection life.

Let me ask you too, what if instead of fear, we leaned into expectation? What if our first thought wasn’t “we’re doomed,” but “okay Lord, I can’t wait to see what You’re about to do with this”?

The Lord is wanting to take our "not enough," whatever that may be...lay it at His feet and watch Him turn it in to immeasurably MORE!