(R) Adam Davidson

Can’t show favoritism. If we do, we’re missing the point of the gospel — Jesus invites everybody to Himself, not just the people He happens to like. We are called to do the same. Watch today: how do you treat others? Is it consistent with the gospel?

We have too many options and too much stuff, and it’s turned us all into self-focused consumers who spend more time trying to figure out which of the million doors to open for our own happiness rather than the genuine needs of the world around us. God reminds us that our riches put us at a disadvantage. Wanna change? Turn your heart toward Jesus, the most generous and gracious One who walked among us and calls us to faith in Him as the ultimate fulfillment. This will naturally result in our seeing the world with different eyes.

You need wisdom to carry out the day. We go into it with incomplete perspective, foolish plans, and insufficient power. God calls us to ask *Him* for wisdom because He sees it all, knows how it will work, and can get it done through you.
Wavy in the soul? Measure — am I relying on myself?

James reminds us that our place isn’t determined by the values of this world. We are citizens of the Kingdom of God, where riches are irrelevant to our eternal position — we either know the word that saves us or we don’t. It all fades.

Please. God isn’t tempting us. We don’t even need it — it’s our own evil desires and the prince of darkness hard at work, enticing and deceiving us by making a donut look nutritious. This is our battle until the end. Yet, the God-Man, Jesus, is victorious and shares victory with us who believe.

Easy life? Not on this side of heaven. But we have something better — the presence and promise of God. Pure joy.

We live to please ourselves, the people around us, or God. Living for ourselves puts the focus on me and me alone; living solely to please others is an endless loop of trying to keep unhappy people happy with us. But… living to please God… that’s the way to do it. Why? Because living to please God pulls us upward toward Him and outward toward others.
Our misery is largely determined by who we’re ultimately trying to keep happy.

[RadCast] This Kind… (Mark 9:29)

Praying is like marinating in God’s presence which, like a good steak, is best done *before* the moment hits. His disciples, already successful in the works of the Lord, encounter failure. When they asked the Rabbi why it didn’t work, He tells them…

have the mind of Christ as you do… whatever you do today.