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From Preservation to Promise: Held by Jehovah

I have been spending time in the book of Micah and found it significant that the name Micah is derived from Micaiah, meaning, “Who is like the Lord?” Micah ends his prophetic utterance with a watchful question: “Who is a God like unto You…?” Which other El—God, Mighty One, Strength—is like You? Which other can be compared to You? No other god is like You. There is no God like You. Where is the god who can compare with You? Is there any god like You?

Micah answers his own question by bearing witness to God’s steadfast love, His compassion, and His faithfulness to covenant. David and the other psalmists continue this testimony, declaring how God—Jehovah, our Adonai—is distinct from all other gods. As I woke this morning, the phrase “The Lord is…” rose in my spirit, followed by memories of three psalms learned early in life: Psalms 23, 27, and 121. I returned to those psalms with a watchful heart, listening for what the Spirit of the Lord desired to speak to my spirit today.

I was reminded of the personal relationship God desires with His people. I was reminded that this God—our God—is actively committed to my preservation; He wants me to LIVE. He has made Himself my Shepherd, overseeing my journey through life. As I walk as a pilgrim, submitting to being His sheep—knowing, hearing, and following only His voice—He feeds me, guides me, and shields me (Psalm 23). He becomes my provider, leader, protector, and companion. He is Jehovah Raah—the Lord my Shepherd.

God has also made Himself my light—the One who illuminates and causes me to see, both physically and spiritually, as I move forward. His light governs my steps. His light supplies instruction, truth, and discernment for my decisions. If I remain oriented toward His light, He causes me to see clearly. The Lord is my light—Jehovah Ori—the One who enables sight, guidance, and truth, revealing the right path and furnishing what is needed for the journey.

This great God has also made Himself my salvation—the One who rescues, delivers, and saves in moments of distress, danger, trouble, and sin. When opposition rises and targets my life, God reveals Himself as my strength—my stronghold, fortress, refuge, strong tower, and rock. He delivers when deliverance is required and defends when shielding is needed. He is Jehovah Yasha—my Savior, Deliverer, and Rescuer. He is also Jehovah Maoz—the Lord my strength and fortified place. In Him, I find both deliverance and defense. He becomes my safe harbor and my stronghold, my rock of protection and my place of refuge.

This is why Psalm 27 declares there is no need to fear—no need to be afraid—regardless of the size of the enemy or the intensity of the assault. Because God is omnipotent, fear has no rightful place. My response, then, is to seek His face—not merely with lips or words, but with my heart—because the Lord is my light and my salvation and has become the strength of my life (Psalm 27).

Finally, this great God has made Himself my ezer—the One who runs toward me with strength to help—and my samar—the One who stands watch as my personal guard. He guards me from evil, preserves my life (soul), and watches over my movements and activities. I have a God who comes to my aid in moments of vulnerability and threat. David calls Him “my help.” He is not only my help, but also my keeper and preserver—the One who preserves me from all evil and watches over my going out and my coming in. His protection is intentional, personal, and attentive. He is Jehovah Ezer and Jehovah Samar—the Lord my Help and the Lord my Keeper (Psalm 121).

Together, these three psalms form a faithful witness to what God’s presence has been in my life throughout 2025. In times of trouble—whether self-inflicted or encountered while walking in obedience—He has revealed Himself as Shepherd, Light, Salvation, Strength, Help, and Keeper. This awareness anchors my soul and fills me with expectancy as I look toward what He will accomplish through and with me in 2026.

As I look ahead, I am reminded of the words from I Know Who Holds Tomorrow by Ira F. Stanphill (1950):

Many things about tomorrow,

I don’t seem to understand;

But I know who holds tomorrow,

And I know who holds my hand.

I know who holds my hand—the God to whom no one can be compared. The God of whom it is rightly said: there is no one like Him. As you enter 2026, do so watchfully—holding His hand—and endeavor to maintain that grip throughout the year.

My prayer for us in 2026 is that we would receive a deeper revelation of this God—Jehovah, our Help and Keeper.

Happy and Jehovah-filled 2026!

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Divine Navigation: The Grace of Rerouting

Have you ever noticed how a GPS doesn’t get angry when you miss a turn?

It doesn’t shut down or scold you, it simply says, “Recalculating route.”

That, to me, is one of the clearest pictures of the mercy of God.

God is the ultimate Navigator. He knows the end before the beginning, and even when we veer off course, He is committed to bringing us back into alignment with what He originally wrote in our book.

The same God who authored your destiny also built in a system of redirection, rerouting, and restoration, grace in motion, always leading you back to purpose.

1. The Blueprint Doesn’t Change; The Route Might

Psalm 139:16 tells us that our days were written in God’s book before one of them came to be. That means our destiny is already established; the destination is fixed.

But how do we get there? That’s the part that unfolds through partnership and obedience.

Our choices, maturity, and willingness to listen determine the route. When we miss a turn through disobedience, distraction, or delay, the Holy Spirit doesn’t throw away the map. He simply recalculates. Repentance, then, is how Heaven reroutes us. It’s not just saying sorry; it’s allowing God to reset our direction.

2. Rerouting Through Repentance

Jonah’s story always amazes me. God said, “Go to Nineveh.” Jonah said, “No.”

Yet after running away, being swallowed, and repenting, the Bible says,

“And the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time, saying, Arise, go unto Nineveh…” (Jonah 3:1-2, KJV)

Same instruction.

Same destination.

Different route.

That’s divine navigation.

God’s GPS didn’t change the assignment; it just recalculated the journey.

When we repent, the Spirit redirects us back toward the coordinates written in Heaven. not in anger, but in love. Grace reroutes us to purpose.

3. Our Inner Navigator

Jesus told His disciples,

“But, when He, the Spirit of truth, is come, He will guide you into all truth.” (John 16:13, NIV)

The word guide here is crucial. It means to lead someone through unfamiliar terrain. The Holy Spirit isn’t just our Comforter; He’s our Navigator, whispering Heaven’s directions into our hearts.

When we’re off course, He doesn’t shout condemnation. He speaks correction.

When we’re stuck, He reveals the next step.

When we’ve fallen, He shows the path of restoration.

But we must stay sensitive. If our spiritual “signal” is weak, clouded by pride, guilt, or noise, we miss His gentle promptings. That’s why renewing our minds (Romans 12:2) is so vital. It clears the interference so we can hear, “This is the way, walk in it.” (Isaiah 30:21)

4. Restoration: When God Brings You Back on Course

Divine navigation isn’t just about direction; it’s about restoration.

Peter denied Jesus three times, yet Jesus didn’t discard him. He restored him by asking three questions of love: “Do you love Me?” Each response reestablished Peter’s calling: “Feed My sheep.”

When we turn back to God, He not only forgives; He restores the mission. He rebuilds our capacity to carry what’s been delayed and reignites the vision we thought we forfeited. Even the broken paths become part of the story. God doesn’t erase the journey. He redeems it.

Romans 8:28 reminds us, “All things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose.”

Even the detours. Even the delays. Even the roads we wish we’d never taken.

5. Trusting the Process

Every driver knows: the GPS can only reroute if the vehicle is still moving.

You can’t stay parked in regret and expect new directions.

Sometimes we wait for God to reveal the entire map, but navigation happens step by step. Each act of obedience activates the next instruction.

Faith is not seeing the whole route; it’s trusting the Navigator. 

The beauty of divine navigation is this:

The Author of your story is also your Navigator.

Even when you take the wrong turn, the destination hasn’t changed. Grace recalculates. Mercy redirects. And love ensures you still arrive. God doesn’t cancel the journey; He reroutes it.

Would you receive God’s grace of rerouting today?

Prayer for Divine Realignment

Lord, thank You that You never give up on me. When I drift, You reroute. When I fall, You restore. When I repent, You recalculate my path with mercy.

Tune my ear to hear Your voice again. Remove the static of fear, guilt, and pride so I can follow Your leading.

Let my steps come back into rhythm with the blueprint You wrote for me. I surrender my will to Yours. Lead me in the everlasting way. Amen.

Reflection Questions

  1. Are there areas in my life where I sense the Holy Spirit saying, “Recalculating route”?
  2. What has repentance opened back up for me that I once thought was lost?
  3. How can I strengthen my sensitivity to the Holy Spirit’s guidance day by day?
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Living From the Script God Wrote

Have you ever wondered what’s written about you in Heaven? 

Did you know that there’s a book in Heaven with your name on it? 

Did you know that before you took your first breath, God already authored your story, a perfect script woven with purpose and promise?

This is a mystery woven through Scripture that has always captured my attention — the Books of Heaven, including my book. The psalmist David said,

“Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed.

And in Your book they all were written,

The days fashioned for me,

When as yet there were none of them.” 

(Psalm 139:16, NKJV)

That verse has always stirred me. It reveals that before my beginning, God had already seen my end. My life, its purpose, design, and unfolding, is not random. It was authored. There is a script written by the hand of God that contains His intent for my existence.

The Ongoing Writing — A Partnership Between Heaven and Earth

But as I began to meditate on this truth, I realized something profound; the mystery of divine partnership, the intersection of God’s sovereignty  and human will. 

This mystery has caused me to ponder. God wrote a book about me. The book He has written contains His perfect plan and will for my life, how He has designed my life to unfold and the journey I would take. It’s almost as if He wrote the movie script of my life based on His will and purpose for my existence.

So I ask, “If God knew the end before my beginning (Isaiah 46:10-11), if He has written His perfect will for my life, then where does my will fit into that? Is it that God’s book has His intent but my will either follows His script or mine?”

I’ve come to understand that there is God’s script, and then there is my stewardship of that script. God’s book reveals His intent, but my will determines whether my story aligns with His plan or diverges from it.

So, yes! God writes the plan, but I write the story through my responses. God gave me a will because He wanted my partnership, not programming. My will determines whether I live from the authored intent or from an alternate draft of self-direction. 

Deuteronomy 30:19 (NKJV) – “… I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live;”

Isaiah 1:19 (NKJV) – “If you are willing and obedient, You shall eat the good of the land;”

Our choices don’t rewrite God’s eternal purpose, but they do decide how much of it is manifested through us. The divine script remains intact in heaven; the earthly story is co-written through surrender. Heaven then records how much of His intent we have fulfilled. (The books of records – Revelation 20:12)

The Realignment

Salvation reconnects us to the Author. Through Christ, we are re-attached to the original manuscript that sin once blurred. It reinstates our access to the book written before time. 

Renewing our minds is the divine strategy to be able to decode the script. 

And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. (Romans 12:2, NKJV)

Prayer aligns our conversation with heaven’s counsel.

Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and [a]mighty things, which you do not know. (Jeremiah 33:3, NKJV)

Fasting quiets the noise of self-will so that God’s will can surface. (Isaiah 58)

The Holy Spirit is the resident interpreter of the divine manuscript.

Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God. (1 Corinthians 2:12, NKJV)

Together, these spiritual disciplines open access to what God has already deposited in our spirit. They awaken the “eternity” God has set in the human heart (Ecclesiastes 3:11); the hidden knowledge of our pre-written purpose. 

When we walk in fellowship with Him, Heaven begins to release pages of understanding, glimpses of what was written long before we ever began to live it out.

Living from the Script

To live from the Book then means I no longer live reactively but prophetically, not just responding to life as it happens, but aligning with what God already authored.

It changes the way I see seasons of delay or redirection. They are not interruptions; they are divine edits. God never abandons His storyline; He patiently waits for my agreement so that Heaven’s record can reflect Heaven’s intent.

Every time I say “yes” to God, I step deeper into the chapter He wrote for me before the foundation of the world.

Reflection Questions

  1. Are there chapters of my life where I need to realign with Heaven’s original script?
  2. How aware am I of the fact that Heaven has a book with my name in it?
  3. In what ways am I partnering with the Holy Spirit to discern what has been written about me?

Prayer of Alignment:

Father, thank You that my life is not an accident; it is authored. Teach me to live from the script You wrote for me before I took my first breath. Help me to partner with Heaven’s intention so that my days on earth reflect what You have already written in Heaven. Let my story be a faithful echo of Your book. Amen.

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Because I know Him!

“… but the people that do know their God shall be strong and do exploits” (Daniel 11:32b, KJV()

Yesterday my son John and I were in Walmart Supercenter when the phone rang. I looked at the caller ID on my phone and saw that it was my husband, his father. Before answering the call, I said to John, “He is in the store and is calling to ask which aisle we are on.”

Then, I answered the phone and, sure enough, that was what he asked.

When I hung up the phone, John looked at me in wonder and asked, “How did you know?”

My response to him was, “Because I know Him.”

As I sat on my bed this morning, that exchange came back to my mind and the statement, “Because I know Him” hit my spirit followed by a strong desire to really know the Lord God. I thought, “O how I desire to get to that place in God where I can know Him like that; where

  1. I can predict life’s happenings, God’s movements, not because I am “a prophet” or am “prophetic” but Because I know Him.
  2. I can be convinced of the outcome, Because I know Him.
  3. I can truly rest and be at peace, Because I know Him.
  4. I can smile in the midst of the storm (not as a cliché saying or as a façade, but), Because I know Him.

I WANT TO KNOW HIM LIKE THAT! Don’t you?

Dear Holy Spirit, hear the cry of our hearts today and cause us to draw closer to You so we can grow in our relationship with You. May our hearts yearn to know You until we are moved to that place. In Jesus’ name, Amen