Victory

Monday, May 4,2026

Good morning, Lord

Father in Heaven, I seek You first-the knowledge of Your kingdom and Your righteousness. Fill my consciousness constantly and complete Your joy in me as I take up my cross and follow...In Jesus' name…

Memory verse: Joshua 1:9

9 “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

Verse of the day- 2 Chronicles 7:14

14 “if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”

Today’s reading: 1 Kings 16-18 Luke 22:47-71

Victory

As much as the young man fought and worked and studied...as much as he tried as hard as he could, he could not get his team to win the title. This was years ago, not now. This is a scenario that has repeated itself over and over.

In Shakespeare's 'Julius Caesar', Caesar said, "Beware the ides of March. (Julius Caesar Act I), ... Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look; he thinks too much: such men are dangerous."

Such men might have been dangerous to Caesar but I have thought of that lean and hungry look many times since I first read it some 50-odd years ago. Having a lean and hungry heart is not a bad thing if the heart hungers for the right thing.

Matthew 5:6- Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

Hunger and thirst crosses all age and sociology-economic boundaries; it crosses all oceans and land masses. The world hungers and thirsts and seems to have no direction.

Isaiah 55:1 "Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost.

John 4:14 -"but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst".

Do you hunger and thirst for the perfect things of God in Christ? The more time we spend with God, the more we will want.

He is waiting. Tell Him you want more.

...because He loves you, He will do it...

Father in Heaven,

 Your name is high above all others. I long to know more of Your kingdom. I do not hunger the way the scripture says. I want to want more and more of Your righteousness. Lead me away from the negative.

Patient and kind God,

In the name of Christ Jesus,

Amen