Today reading has the first wisdom challenge: 1- Identify: reflect on an area of your life where you need Gods clarity and guidance. I just automatically laughed out loud of maybe more like a loud chuckle. I don’t know about anyone else but I NEED Gods clarity and guidance in all areas of my life. It’s when I believe more in others or myself and push Gods wisdom aside that I find myself off track, anxious, tired, and wondering what I am doing.

Today I read Proverbs 25 and verse 21 stood out to me it says “If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; And if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, And the LORD shall reward thee.” To me this speaks of the times that we are in. I feel the Lord is calling us into uncommon places to bring the fear of God back into the United States. Martin Luther King Jr overcame evil with good. As we press forward in the Lord’s call I pray we are all unshaken by the powers of evil that come against us and stand firm speaking the truth to all who would hear. And in the face of our enemy prepare for them food to eat because greater is He who is in me than he who is in the world.

As I read this wisdom in the word and reflect what Sean says on page 214 I am once again amazed at our God. God was the only one who truly understood the depths of Hannah’s feelings and ultimately her joy. He also is the only one who truly knows our thoughts and motivations, good and bad. As I reflect med this morning on the day before and the struggles I had, I am reminded that he is the one who put me here to do what I am doing. So it has to work out one way or another.

Wow I have to confess that this hit home in my heart. I have boasted of my own success, I have justified it by saying I’m just sharing with friends. I have been humbled by God so that I can realize these evil thoughts in my heart and still need to work on them. Realizing that it most likely comes from my own insecurities. I am praying that God continues to help me see these thought patterns and cuts them out of my heart. Today’s challenge in 12x is to recognize these moments,commit to humility and let other notice without drawing attention to myself. And praise someone else. My wife and I got The Purpose Driven Life and I remember the first few pages hit me. It’s not about you! Today’s prayer is that I live for Gods glory and not my own.

This talks about trusting myself and my own understanding and how it leads to folly. I have to admit to God that part of my heart needs to be turned over in leaving this job. I still have thoughts that are prideful that they will miss me or did not value me. I need to focus on the path God has me now and the value I get to instill into the next generation of trades people and not feed into the thoughts that bring me to folly only take me further away from Gods favor. My prayers need to be that I keep on pursuing Gods wisdom that will keep me from folly and pridefull thinking