Proverbs 28:5 (NLT)
“Evil people don’t understand justice, but those who follow the LORD understand completely.”

The Fog of Justification

There is a direct connection between your behavior and your discernment. Those who willingly choose to walk outside of God’s will eventually find it impossible to understand Justice. Why? Because when you make a disobedient or deviant choice, your ego forces you to invent a “viable reason” to make that choice acceptable.
This self-justification perverts your perspective. You begin to wonder why you are suffering consequences, failing to see that your “incorrect behavior” is simply a function of your “incorrect beliefs.” You’ve traded God’s Truth for your own “opinion.” However, the moment you obey—the moment you do exactly what He directs—the fog lifts. You begin to clearly see the supernatural relationship between following the Word and walking in the Win.

The Practice:

Getting Off the Bench

1. The “All In” Mandate

If you want the “All,” you have to give the “All.” You will never reap the full, miraculous benefits of the Kingdom until you step out into the deep water and stay there. How long? Until He either saves you or you perish. Miracles don’t happen in the “shallows” of convenience; they happen in the “depths” of commitment.
2. Stop Stipulating God
We put conditions on the Creator that we don’t even put on our car’s brakes! We trust the news, we trust our families, yet we give God a list of “stipulations” before we’ll move. You will never see your Red Sea part because you refuse to even hold out the staff! (Exodus 14:16). If you won’t take the first step of faith, don’t ask God why the waters haven’t moved.
3. The Wake-Up Call
Your view is perverted if you think you can be blessed while remaining benched. Your church needs your help, your hands, and your “grind,” yet you are sitting on the sidelines while asking God to step outside of His own plan to fix yours. God said He is coming back for His Church. Period. If you aren’t working in, on, and for His Church, you aren’t doing the work. It’s time to trade your “observation” for “occupation.”

Today’s Declaration:

“I am clearing the fog of my own excuses. I refuse to justify my disobedience any longer. I am going ‘All In’ today—no conditions, no stipulations, and no sidelines. I choose to follow the Lord completely so that I may understand His Justice clearly. I am getting off the bench and back into the work of the Kingdom!”

You can’t understand the Master’s Plan if you’re refusing to do the Master’s Work. Today is a great day to make a Fresh Start!
God bless,
+Pastor Kris