Lord, show me how i can lead today. I could spend the rest of my life pursuing that place of leadership where i finally realize i am a leader, but i do not need to wait. There are opportunities are all around if i were to only make use of them. open my eyes to them Lord, that i may lead as your will directs.

the lord will never deny me because i am a sinner. If he did, no one would ever be able to meet with him. But because his son died for me, He will never deny me, his anger will never keep me from meeting with him. By Jesus Christ's sacrifice, i will never be separated from God. Even when i feel like He is not listening, like i cannot find him, He is there and wants to meet with me. And maybe for a short while the way he meets with me is changed, but He never forgets me, he never casts me into the darkness completely.

knowing that they intended to come and make him king

Jesus feeds the five thousand:
John 6:14-15
14After the people saw the miraculous sign that Jesus did, they began to say, "Surely this is the Prophet who is to come into the world." 15Jesus, knowing that they intended to come and make him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by himself.


ummm..... my mind is still reeling at the implications of this verse. ive read John who knows how many times, and been told the story of the 5000 countless more times, yet somehow that bolded part of the verse above has been missed everytime. i dont even know what to think. I know He is the true King of the world, but what if He had been made king the first time he came? instead of being crucified, what if he was honored like he deserved? What if jesus had been reigning as king for 2000 years already, today?