1 Samuel 8:19-20 But the people refused to listen to Samuel’s warning. “Even so, we still want a king,” they said. “We want to be like the nations around us. Our king will judge us and lead us into battle.”
And so my children….you always want to be like everyone else. Yet, you are not like everyone else. You are my chosen children. You have chosen to believe in me, you have chosen to follow me, and so you have chosen to be different from the rest of the world. Why do you look to the world for advice, for examples, for guidance? Why do you want to fit in? Why do you want the world’s admiration, the world’s attention? You have the best advice available- my Spirit living inside of you. You have the best example of all time – my Son. You have the best guidance – my Word. You do fit in – where it matters – you are my children, my family. You do have the admiration that counts – the admiration of those who also love and follow me. You do have the only attention that matters – mine. Why do you seek anything else? Do you not see that nothing else satisfies? Do you not see that, while any or all of what you seek from the world may satisfy for a moment, that it is only for a moment? Do you not yet understand what is important – what is lasting – what is eternal? (2022)
Amanuensis 