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When God Reveals It Spiritually, Don’t Handle It Carnally…..

While having my morning tea, I began to ponder the difference between discernment and wisdom. As I sat quietly before the Lord, I realized something that humbled me deeply. I already “knew” the definitions of both, but I had unknowingly been mixing and matching them — both biblically and secularly.

God, in His sovereignty, will often allow me to discern something spiritually or biblically. He opens my eyes to see what is beneath the surface. He reveals motives, dangers, patterns, or truths that cannot be understood by flesh alone. That is discernment.

But where I have sometimes failed is this: after receiving biblical discernment from God, I would respond with human wisdom instead of godly wisdom. I would recognize something spiritually, but then handle it emotionally, intellectually, or even ego-driven rather than prayerfully and biblically.

The Lord showed me that discernment and wisdom absolutely go together — but they must both come from Him.

“For the Lord gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.” — Proverbs 2:6 (NKJV)

Discernment helps us see correctly.
Wisdom helps us respond correctly.

But if the response is rooted in pride, hurt, control, fear, or worldly thinking, then our flesh has hijacked what God intended for His glory.

Too often we use spiritual eyes to identify something, then use secular methods to manage it. That mixture can create confusion, division, and unnecessary pain. If God reveals something spiritually, then we should seek Him spiritually on how to walk it out.

This was a reminder to me that not every revelation requires a reaction from the flesh. Sometimes the most powerful response is prayer, patience, humility, and obedience.

James 3:17 says:
“But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.”

That verse alone exposes the difference between wisdom from Heaven and wisdom from ego.

I’ll do another post later breaking down the deeper differences between discernment and wisdom, but for now, I simply want to encourage you with this:

When God allows you to see something spiritually, make sure you also handle it spiritually.

Do not let ego guide what only the Holy Spirit should govern.

Only God is Sovereign.

Ponder This… Two Things That Don’t Go Together… Actually Do.

Palm Trees & Mountains

You don’t usually see them together.

Palm trees belong to warmth, breeze, and coastline.
Mountains belong to elevation, weight, and endurance.

Two different environments.
Two distinct expressions of beauty.

Yet… in places like LA, they stand in the same frame.

And for a moment—you realize something deeper:

What looks separate… was never meant to be divided.

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Now Ponder This…

There are two realities many Christians keep in separate categories:

God’s Love
God’s Justice (Wrath)

We embrace one…
and quietly avoid the other.

We celebrate His love—
but grow uncomfortable with His holiness.

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But Scripture refuses to separate them.

“The Lord is righteous in all His ways, gracious in all His works.” — Psalm 145:17

“God is love.” — 1 John 4:8

“Our God is a consuming fire.” — Hebrews 12:29

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Here’s the truth most overlook:

God’s Holiness demands Justice.
And His Justice is not separate from His Love.

It is because He loves what is good…
that He must judge what is evil.

It is because He is holy…
that sin cannot stand in His presence.

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We tend to say: “God is love.”

And that is true.

But we must also understand:

God’s love is not soft.
It is sovereign.
It is holy.
It is just.

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The Cross is where both stand together.

At the cross:

* God’s Love was fully displayed
* God’s Wrath was fully satisfied

Not divided.
Not competing.

Perfectly united under the Sovereignty of God.

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So before you move on… Ponder This:

Have you reduced God to what feels comfortable…
or do you worship Him for who He truly is?

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Final Word

Palm trees and mountains…
Love and justice…

They don’t cancel each other out.

They reveal the fullness of God.

“Mercy and truth have met together; righteousness and peace have kissed.” — Psalm 85:10

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Thank God for His Mercy.
Stand in awe of His Holiness.
Rest in His Sovereignty.

PONDER THIS: Saving a Life Could Mean Saving a Soul

What if the moment you stepped in to save a life…
was actually a moment God had already written—
not just to preserve breath,
but to pursue a soul?

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This trip to Los Angeles wasn’t just another visit.
It was a return—but not to who I was.

It was my first time back since God pulled me out of the darkness of the music business and the p**n industry…
since redemption…
since the sanctifying work began.

And when God changes you,
you don’t just see life differently—
you discern it differently.

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I was there to support someone that I love and her son—
a 24-year-old young man who has been giving blood since high school—
now stepping into something even greater:
donating bone marrow to save the life of a 3-month-old baby.

Let that sit with you.

A young man…
a baby…
a match made before either of them ever took their first breath.

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Scripture says:

“The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked…”
— Jeremiah 17:9

Yet somehow…
God, in His sovereignty, gives people the desire to give life to others.

That’s not human nature.
That’s divine intervention.

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And then it hit me…

God already knew.

Before this young man was born…
Before that baby entered the world…
Before any diagnosis, any hospital room, any decision—

God had already ordained this moment.

“Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written…”
— Psalm 139:16

A 24-year gap…
bridged by the sovereign hand of God.

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So here’s the deeper question:

What if saving a physical life…
is part of God’s greater plan to save a soul?

What if this act of giving—this sacrifice—
becomes a testimony, a turning point,
a divine encounter years down the road?

“And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God…”
— Romans 8:28

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This wasn’t random.
This wasn’t coincidence.
This was God’s sovereignty on display.

A young man moved to give.
A baby positioned to receive.
A story being written for God’s glory.

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Ponder this:

When God uses you to save a life…
you may be stepping into something far greater than you can see.

You might not just be preserving breath—
you might be participating in eternity.

Because in the hands of a sovereign God…

Saving a life could mean saving a soul.

Convicted Until Convicted

Ponder this:

What if the discomfort in your soul is not punishment, but mercy?
What if the weight you feel is God, in His sovereignty, refusing to leave you where sin has left you?

Scripture says, “There is none righteous, no, not one” and “There is no fear of God before their eyes” (Romans 3:10, 18, NKJV). Before we are transformed, we stand convicted by sin before a holy God.

But the sovereign God who exposes our condition is the same God who, by His Spirit, convicts us unto change. He does not merely reveal what is wrong. He calls us higher. He reshapes the heart. He renews the mind. He teaches us to “abhor what is evil” and “cling to what is good” (Romans 12:9, NKJV).

So here is the thought:
We are convicted by sin until we are convicted by the Holy Spirit.

And when God truly does that work in us, the evidence begins to show. Love changes. Desires change. Conduct changes. Peace matters. Humility grows. Prayer deepens. The life that once resisted God begins, by His grace, to reflect Him. “If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men” (Romans 12:18, NKJV).

Ponder that today.
The conviction of the Holy Spirit is not meant to destroy you. It is one of the mercies of a sovereign God drawing you closer to Christ.

Sermon link: https://youtu.be/SZKs0eVMPcc?si=BymXzGvo_ZWvqWL0

Jerry Dale Convicted until Convicted

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Relevance or Reverence

The Church must answer a hard question: are we pursuing relevance or are we walking in reverence?

I remember when I was young, going to church meant something. We wore our Sunday best. We carried ourselves with honor. We were taught to respect God, the pastor, the saints, the church building, and the Word of God. There was an understanding that when you came before the Lord, you did not come casually. You came consciously.

Why? Because God is sovereign, holy, and set apart.

When God spoke to Moses, He said, “Do not draw near this place. Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground” (Exodus 3:5, NKJV). That was not just about dirt and geography. That was about the majesty of God. His presence makes the ordinary holy, and His holiness demands reverence.

From the Pentateuch, God made it clear who He is and how His people are to approach Him. He is not common. He is not casual. He is not to be handled like culture handles everything else. “For I am the Lord your God. You shall therefore consecrate yourselves, and you shall be holy; for I am holy” (Leviticus 11:44, NKJV).

Let us be clear: a holy God does not adjust Himself to the spirit of the age. The sovereign God calls His people to adjust to Him.

Then God, in His mercy, sent Jesus Christ to atone for our sins. The cross was not casual. Calvary was not common. The blood of Jesus was not spilled so the Church could become entertainment-driven, man-centered, and obsessed with fitting in. It was shed to reconcile sinful man to a holy God. “Therefore let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear. For our God is a consuming fire” (Hebrews 12:28–29, NKJV).

And yet today, too many pastors, too many professing Christians, and too many churches seem more committed to relevance than reverence. We have traded awe for applause. We have traded holiness for comfort. We have traded the fear of the Lord for the approval of people.

That is not leadership. That is compromise.

When preachers in the 90s said, “Come as you are,” the message was never, “Stay casual before a holy God.” It meant that no matter your pain, your sin, your struggle, or your brokenness, you could come to Christ and be received by grace. It did not mean that the Church should stop honoring the sacredness of approaching God.

Yes, come as you are. But come with humility. Come with honor. Come with the understanding that you are not approaching a celebrity, a brand, or a stage. You are approaching the sovereign Lord of glory.

“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom” (Proverbs 9:10, NKJV).

The Church has a choice to make: impress people or honor God.
I choose reverence.
I choose holiness.
I choose the fear of the Lord.
Because no trend, no culture shift, and no attempt at relevance will ever outrank the sovereignty of God.

Only God is sovereign.

One Heartbeat from Forever

Every person will step into eternity. The question is not if you will live forever somewhere. The question is where.

God is sovereign. He does whatever He pleases, and He is not confused, compromised, or unjust. He did not send His Son to be crushed for sin so that sinners could casually ignore Christ and still expect Heaven. No. The Lord has made it clear: you must repent and believe the gospel.

And not the empty kind of belief that sits in your head while your life remains chained to this world. Not casual agreement. Not religious talk. Not church language. True belief moves you. True belief bows. True belief turns. True belief follows Christ.

Scripture is clear that even demons believe—and tremble (James 2:19). So head knowledge alone will not save you.

Jesus made it plain that the road to destruction is broad and many are on it, while the way to life is narrow and few find it (Matthew 7:13–14). That should shake every soul pretending tomorrow is promised.

Some of you are living under a false assurance, but Jesus already exposed this darkness: “He who is of God hears God’s words” (John 8:44–47). If your heart constantly resists truth, loves sin, and hates the voice of God, you should not be comforted—you should repent.

If God is calling you and you keep delaying...If conviction has come and you keep silencing it...If you think you have more time...You are gambling with a heartbeat.

You are one breath away from eternity.One heartbeat away from Heaven or Hell.

Repent.Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ.Turn while there is still time.

Because eternity is not a metaphor.It is not a scare tactic.It is not far away.

It is coming.

Ponder this: Mountains.

For the first time, I truly spent time in the mountains of New Mexico, and this visit landed differently.

I had been to Albuquerque before, back in the 90s. I was there with family doing the tourist things—the balloon festival, the tram, the sights. I also spent time there later while working for Sony Music, since Albuquerque was part of my territory. But even then, I had not really considered the mountain. I had seen it, traveled near it, even rode on it—but I had not paused long enough to reflect on what it was preaching.

This time was different.

I was there with my person, and we had recently just finished reading through Exodus, reflecting on Moses, Aaron, and the children of Israel. We were thinking about those weighty moments when Moses went up the mountain to hear from God. At times Aaron could come part of the way, and at times Moses alone was summoned higher. Meanwhile, the people remained below, waiting for a word from the man who had been with God.

Standing there, my heart was arrested by one overwhelming truth: God is not merely present in creation—He is absolutely sovereign over it.

The mountain is not majestic because it is high. The mountain is majestic because the God who made it is higher.

It made me think: the same God who called Moses upward is the God who cleared the path before him. The same God who formed the rocks beneath his feet also ruled the wind around him, the creatures near him, and the very boundaries of that holy ascent. Nothing on that mountain moved outside the permission of Almighty God. No loose stone, no wild beast, no shifting weather, no hidden danger could overrule the purpose of God.

That is the sovereignty of God.

When Moses went up, he did not go by luck. He went by divine summons.
When he stood, he did not stand by human strength. He stood by divine preservation.
When he heard from God, he did not hear because he found the way. He heard because God made the way.

And now in the present day, seeing how people live in the mountains, build in the mountains, travel through the mountains, and admire the mountains, I am reminded that man may dwell among them, but only God rules over them.

The mountain teaches perspective.
It reminds us how small we are, how dependent we are, and how great God is.

Scripture says, “Your righteousness is like the great mountains” (Psalm 36:6, NKJV).

The psalmist also declared, “I will lift up my eyes to the hills—from whence comes my help? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth” (Psalm 121:1–2).

And in Exodus, we see that “the Lord descended upon it in fire” on Mount Sinai (Exodus 19:18), revealing that even the mountain itself becomes a pulpit when God chooses to display His glory.

So as I stood there, I was not just looking at elevation.
I was looking at evidence.

Evidence that God is above us.
Evidence that God goes before us.
Evidence that God governs what we fear.
Evidence that access to Him is never seized by man, but granted by grace.

The mountain did not make me think more highly of nature.
It made me think more highly of God.

And maybe that is the point.

Not to worship the mountain.
Not to idolize the view.
Not to romanticize the climb.

But to stand in awe of the One who made the mountain, sustains the mountain, and uses even the mountain to remind us that He alone is sovereign.

Being Saved From God

Many talk about being saved by God…
But fewer understand we are also being saved from God.

Saved from His righteous wrath against sin.

Because God is sovereign, He is not only love—He is also perfectly just.
And His justice demands that sin be punished.

That means apart from Christ, we stand guilty before a holy God.

But here is the good news:
The same God who executes justice… provided the way of escape.

Through Jesus Christ, God satisfied His own wrath—
so that those who believe would not have to bear it.

This is not случай. This is not luck.
This is the sovereign mercy of God.

Scripture:
• “And be saved from wrath through Him.” — Romans 5:9 (NKJV)
• “For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven…” — Romans 1:18 (NKJV)
• “He who believes in the Son has everlasting life… the wrath of God abides on him.” — John 3:36 (NKJV)

So yes—
We are saved by God…
through God…
and ultimately, from God’s wrath.

All by His sovereign will.

When you see every new day, your work, and even your daily needs as gifts from God’s hand—and learn to receive whatever He allows with trust—you begin to live in real abundance. True abundant life is not about having more stuff, more clout, or more comfort; it is about being rooted in God, grateful in every season, and content under His sovereign care.