Some days come at the end of long weeks or hard seasons and the temptation looms to throw in the towel and quit. Today it’s quit writing. Stop blogging. Just give up on the goal and the dream. Go back to bed, don’t show up.

Some days are blah.

But what if these are the very days that help point us back to Him? What if they’re the ones that reveal our need for Bread of Life and Living Water?

Yes, He gives the Bread of Adversity, Water of Affliction. But how much more does He supply Bread of Life and provide Living Water?

It’s days like these where I see my eyes are fixed inward instead of on Jesus. It’s here where I realize my focus has gotten off the One who matters most. The One who holds the whole world (including me) in His hand. The One who is the Bread of Life and Living Water my soul and spirit long for.

It can be easy to forget, and hard to remember. In the middle of the mess, in the struggle and the stress.

My thoughts can be hard to quiet. It’s a challenge to hear the whispers of truth over the lies that shout. The lies may seem louder, but they don’t have authority anymore.

And I can choose to ignore them.

The truth has the power – not the lies. I will adhere to truth, I will uphold truth, I will replay truth.

We have to interrupt the soundtrack of lies with the truth – through the Word, worship, and prayer. We must spend our time connecting with God, not entertaining the enemy.

It’s not easy. I get that. As I write these words, my mindset is shifting but my reality hasn’t. My surroundings don’t look any different. My circumstances haven’t changed.

This is the crossroads, where faith intersects my weary soul.

Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see (Hebrews 11:1).

It takes faith to fix our eyes on the unseen/eternal instead of the seen/temporary (2 Corinthians 4:18).

We have to decide to walk and live by faith, not by sight (2 Corinthians 5:7).

This is the place where I set my gaze on Jesus once again, the author and perfecter, the beginner and finisher of my faith (Hebrews 12:2).

This is where I direct my heart to Him who is in Heaven, where my mind attends to things above and not on earthly things (Colossians 3:1-2).

And it’s where we feast on Bread of Life and drink deep Living Water.

Living by sight is natural, our flesh’s go-to response on hard days.

Living by faith is supernatural, and it begins and ends in Jesus.

Faith is a gift that we get to receive by grace and unpack with Him, one day at a time.

❤

This week’s songs:

• See A Victory by Elevation Worship
• Miracle by Mosaic MSC
• Lift High by Fee