Good morning, world. Things are looking pretty good from the front porch of my farm in Virginia today. I woke up long before sunrise and I spent my time with my Best Friend in a warm kitchen with my Bible and a good cup of coffee. I rarely follow news about the weather so each new daybreak is like a surprise to me. I like watching God unfold His plans for the day and I plan accordingly. Sometimes I need an umbrella and sometimes I need a warm coat – but no matter what steps I take to prepare for the outward, the Inward Plans are the most important of all. If everything is “well with my soul” I’ll be Strong and Ready for whatever comes my way… but if I fail to do my Part on the Inward, I’ll be like a ship lost at sea with no Direction whatsoever. Isn’t that the way you approach the Journey of Life too?

If not for the fact that it’s sad, watching the world watch the world would be entertaining. I see passion like I’ve never seen it before, and I wonder sometimes what the world would look like if the passion was directed toward the King of all Kings instead of the President of the United States. I see stadiums being filled up to support the candidate most in line with our political beliefs, and I wonder sometimes what the world would like if that passion was directed toward supporting our Belief in the Word of God instead of the words of man. I see attempts to share “the truth” from one end of the world to another, and sometimes I wonder what the world would like like if THE Truth of Jesus Christ was spread at record speed like that instead of just the opinion of man splattered everywhere. The passion is impressive, but it’s misguided…like ships lost at sea the world has lost its Direction…and its peace. All it takes to “win” is a focus on the Inward instead of the outward…that will make the Biggest Difference of all.

It remains to be seen who will sit in the White House to lead the United States for the next four years, but I have a Personal Relationship with the One Who sits on the Throne to Rule the entire world. He’s been there since the Beginning of Time and He’ll be there through all Eternity whether He gets your Support or not. He doesn’t get “elected” into office…HE IS the “office” and no matter how the world votes, He will NEVER be replaced. I am confident that He is the One to “ordain the leaders” so no matter how passionate we are about this one or that one, God will have His Way. I’m a citizen of the United States of America and I’m passionate about it too – but I know I’m just passing through and my Citizenship is in Heaven where the King is. With that in mind, I can’t afford to get caught up in the confusion of this dark world; instead, I focus on the Inward to be sure that I AM ready to take MY place in my Forever Home. Ready or not, the King is coming.

You’ll see a passionate crowd like you’ve never seen before One Day and it won’t just fill up a stadium to overflowing…it will fill up the entire earth. One day “every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that JESUS CHRIST IS LORD.” Until then, this is all child’s play with a “hidden agenda” to get our eyes and ears a whole lot more focused on the things of this dark world than we are on the One who Rules the Earth. It’s time to spread the Only Truth that ever really matters and it’s time for contagious Passion for the King of all Kings and the Lord of all Lords. That’s what you’ll find me talking about from sun up to sun down for all the days of my Life. The King IS coming, and I’ll be Ready.

How about you?

“Do not fear, I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; YOU ARE MINE” – Isaiah 43:1