Stop Striving Start Reigning
The gospel of Jesus Christ didn’t just relocate us from earth to heaven — it transformed us from the inside out. Through the gospel, God gave us a righteous identity, resurrection power, and a mission of restoration...
October 19, 2025
From Survival to Reigning
The gospel of Jesus Christ didn’t just relocate us from earth to heaven — it transformed us from the inside out. Through the gospel, God gave us a righteous identity, resurrection power, and a mission of restoration.
Righteousness is not something we work toward; it’s something we receive in Christ. It means standing before God without fear, guilt, or shame — being able to look Him in the eyes as a beloved child.
“For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.” – 2 Corinthians 5:21
Wholeness: The Best Gift You Can Give
We often think the best gift we can give others is time, presence, or affection. But the truth is — the greatest gift you can give to anyone you love is to be whole and healthy.
When you’re emotionally and spiritually healthy, your relationships thrive. But when you carry brokenness, it spills into your relationships. Just like Adam after the fall — he went from declaring “bone of my bone” to blaming his wife. Brokenness distorted love.
God’s love, however, is perfect because He has no insecurity or sin. Only when you allow His love to fill your void can you love others from overflow, not emptiness.
Don’t look for someone to fill your cup — let Jesus fill it first. Two empty glasses don’t fill each other; only an overflowing heart can pour into another.
Only Jesus Can Satisfy
No relationship, career, or pleasure can fill the void inside you. You can replace it with work, entertainment, or even ministry — but nothing will satisfy like God’s presence.
“Whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” – John 4:14
Health and wholeness come from knowing that through Jesus, you are righteous, loved, and complete.
Knowing God Is the Only Pursuit Worth Pursuing
The devil can steal your money, your promotion, or your possessions — but he can’t steal your relationship with God.
Make knowing God your life’s highest pursuit.
“Now this is eternal life: that they know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.” – John 17:3
Every other pursuit fades, but the joy of knowing God grows deeper every day.
From Hiding to Healing
When Adam sinned, he hid from God.
“I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid.” – Genesis 3:10
The first sign of sin is hiding.
But healing begins when you come into the light.
In Leviticus 13, a leper who was fully covered in leprosy was called “clean” because nothing was hidden.
The same is true spiritually — the sin that’s hidden cannot be healed, but the sin that’s exposed can be.
“If we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus cleanses us from all sin.” – 1 John 1:7
Don’t pretend all is well — exposure brings healing. God cannot heal what we refuse to reveal.
Maturity Is Practicing Righteousness
“For everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child.” – Hebrews 5:13
Spiritual maturity is not just knowing you’re forgiven; it’s learning to live from that reality daily.
Faith isn’t pretending your problems don’t exist — it’s acknowledging them and confronting them through the lens of the gospel.
You’re not the sickness, the insecurity, or the fear — you are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus.
Let His truth define you, not your weakness.
Healing Comes Through Forgiveness
Sometimes the biggest breakthroughs come when you allow the Holy Spirit to expose long-buried wounds. Forgiveness releases the power of healing.
When you let go of past hurts, God restores relationships, peace, and identity faster than years of striving ever could.
The Father Who Restores
Like the prodigal son, we often run away in shame. Yet the moment he decided to return, “the father saw him from afar, ran to him, and embraced him.”
The Father didn’t wait for him to clean up — He kissed him in his filth.
That’s what God does. He meets you in your mess and covers you with His love. He replaces your shame with a robe of righteousness, your fear with peace, and your striving with rest.
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