Oh man...

It is right in the middle of difficult times where we find ourselves facing what is confusing.

My value gets mocked by the things that don't seem to line up.

The enemy's voice pops up when and wherever it wants to.

The voice doesn't knock and it doesn't get all dressed up to meet you; it comes how it is.

And it's not like I am a weak individual with a lack-of-purpose and inability...

I just am a human. And humans are subject to doubt.

Can I say that I've outgrown it at all through these years of ministry? Ya know, I don't feel like I can answer that like we would want.

What I do know is that I am always the center of Christ's affection and in turn, my desire is to make Him mine.

That happens by choosing those things that exist to make Him worthy and not the doubts.

I've been choosing to follow God, walk in a lot of trust, and move when He says so and this is when the enemy tries to come in and make God's word dead to my spirit. His one job as our adversary is to silence God's voice and sometimes, he wins.

And I can't just let that happen. As much as it feels comfortable to cry and panic or even give up, that's not the plan for us.

We are called to live out God's word to us and not let those words go extinct. You see, when our hearts become fully aware of how important His words are to us, they become words of distinction. When something is distinct it is recognizably different in nature from something else of a similar type. Is God's word recognizable amongst what is currently resounding within me? If it's not than we need to reevaluate the priority that God has in our lives.

At the end of the day, you and I are the only ones who can make His word strong in us, no one else can fly our flag. We have to choose to seek Him for who He is and abound in hope for what He can do in us. We will not be the people who let God's word go extinct in our lives, but we will be a people who make the distinction in the midst of it all.