Shattering Rock

Thursday, November 12, 2026

Good morning, Lord

Father in Heaven, open my heart and mind, Holy Spirit. Fill my consciousness and complete Your joy in me as I take up my cross and follow...In Jesus' name…

Memory verse: John 16:13

13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.

Verse of the day: Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For everything in the world — the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does — comes not from the Father but from the world.—1 John 2:15-16

Today’s reading: Jeremiah 51-52 Hebrews 9 

Handle With Care

Jeremiah 23:29 “Is not My word like fire?” says Adonai,

“or like a hammer that shatters rock?

Do you dare? Do you dare to take God at His word? His word is like fire...like a hammer that shatters rock.

How many of us take this seriously enough to know that while we can wield God's word with His loving kindness around the most tender child that God's power can shatter mountains?(See 1 Kings 19:11-13)

After all this display of God's power, the scripture says,

13 When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave.

Then a voice said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

God has given us His word. He has given us all His power.

What are we doing here?

It is time to put down all our pretensions and all the lies and excuses and humble ourselves and go out of the cave we are in and answer God and tell Him with complete honesty what we are doing right where we are.

Then, confess and tell God you want to desire what He wants.

All of us have work to do before His throne...

...because He loves us...

Father in Heaven,

I confess, I have wasted Your time over and over. Give me the desire to be completely honest and to listen and obey Your every powerful word.

In the name of my Lord Jesus Christ,

Amen