“If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me. I will be found by you, says the LORD..” -Jeremiah 29:13-14.
Seeking is an effort. It is a voluntary and deliberate push. It involves your time, mind, heart, and focus. God is inviting us to seek Him, to find Him. As if He seems to be hiding in a place not easily accessible. A dimension new to us. A dimension special, powerful, glorious and is of God and His kingdom. Something that you’ll be in awe of. Your seeking should pause heavens and unveil this dimension of God where God dwells.
When you’ve got it, You know that you’ve got it. It’s valuable, inexhaustable, precious, and the treasure of life. When you find God, you’ll always be joyful of finding Him. You’ll carry it all along wherever you go. It’s in you. It’s with you. You talk about it, live it, love it. The obsession is evident. You can’t walk out of it. You don’t have to be conscious about it. It is so intense that it carries you away from the world and keeps you in here. The glitterings of the world now look dim. The deliciousness and delightfulness of the world tastes pale and bitter. The finding is so wonderful that you’d sell everything you have to own it. The secrets of such things is given only to men.
Remember, when you truly find Him. You can’t contain the joy. You’ll carry that Joy with you everywhere!!
“I have set the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.” — Psalm 16:8
In today’s fast-paced world, there seem to be more moments of anxiety, worry, and sadness than of joy and peace. We’re constantly bombarded with bad news, demands, comparisons, and the pressures of performance. No wonder our hearts feel heavy and our minds are restless!
Why does this happen?
Because our hearts are anchored to what our eyes continually behold. What you see every day — whether it’s screens, stress, struggle, or self — shapes your soul. Subtly, but surely, it begins to define your reality. And where your gaze rests, your heart soon follows.
Let’s look at Jesus: Jesus lived differently. He was not taken away by the chaos of the world around Him. Why? Because He always saw the Father.
“The Son can do nothing of Himself; He can do only what He sees His Father doing.”(John 5:19)
It was a deep, abiding connection — an intentional focus. Jesus had trained His inner eyes to stay fixed on His Father… every day, every moment, every breath.
So here’s the question for you today: What are you seeing the most? What is capturing the gaze of your heart?
Are you constantly looking at your busy schedule, financial stress, relational tensions, and life’s hardships? Or… Are your eyes fixed on Jesus — the Way, the Truth, the Life, and the Light?
If your eyes are truly on Jesus, and your heart and mind will be anchored unto Him. Storms may come, but you will not be moved. Disaster may shake the world, but it will not shake your peace. Because hope is born and sustained in the One your eyes behold.
“…So now it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me…” — Romans 7:17
Apostle Paul crushed the Bride of Jesus Christ, persecuting and sending waves of fear that dismantled and scattered the early believers. He stood against the advancing Kingdom of God with passion and fury. He abhorred Christ’s death and worked rigorously to nullify the work of the finished cross.
If there’s any man who had the audacity to mess up with God, it was Saul. He dangerously stood against God and unknowingly challenged Him.
Jesus appeared to him and said: “Saul, Saul — why are you persecuting Me?”
Not “My church” or “My people.”
He said “Me.”
Saul was really, really hurting God.
He was zealous for God but completely on the wrong side. He thought he was right but was disastrously wrong. His mission to uproot churches was a terrible misjudgment—eliminating the good seeds, thinking it was weeds. He was rightfully so wrong.
Saul had become a tool in the enemy’s hand, deceived by lies. The church was wounded and bleeding. But what makes this story incredible is what came after.
Do you ever find yourself in Saul’s shoes?
You did what you thought was right… but you were wrong.
You tried—but on the wrong side.
Sometimes, you even knew it was wrong—selfish, wicked—but you still did it.
You moved. You touched. You spoke.
And in the process, you hurt someone deeply—maybe someone you love, your family, a friend, or a colleague.
And now, the truth has dawned on you. You feel the weight. If you love God and are sensitive to His Spirit, guilt hits hard. Regret sets in. And this is when the enemy steps in to crush you.
Every memory begins flashing before your eyes.
Every failure echoing in your ears:
You’re not good enough. You’re a hypocrite. You’re full of shame. You’re hopeless.
Let me tell you—that is the enemy talking.
If anyone could be crushed by guilt, it was Paul. But the same man who once tore churches apart became the man who built Churches more than anyone else.
Imagine the hurt when Paul realized that the one he thought he was serving was the One he was hurting. A man with such passion for God should’ve gone into crushing guilt and shame.
But instead, Paul received a revelation that changed everything:
“It is no longer I who do it, but the sin that dwells within me.”
That revelation freed him!
Paul understood that his mistakes were not birthed from his identity in Christ, but from the sin that had deceived him. With that revelation, he cast off guilt, shame, and condemnation—and put it back on the enemy where it belonged.
Do you realise you are God’s child and no evil dwells in you?
If something terrible came from your life, it was sin—not you.
Satan’s game is deception.
He wants you to believe you’re the villain.
That your past defines you.
That you must carry shame.
That you’re disqualified.
But the truth sets free!
Have you been lately weighed down by something?
Guilt, shame, regret?
Something you did and deeply regret?
Something you don’t even want to talk about?
This is for you!
Wake up from the deception.
It was not you. It was sin.
You are a child of God, destined for greatness and glory.
Throw off everything that has held you—regret, guilt, and pain.
Once Paul realized this truth, he was free from every wreckage he caused to the Church. He rose up to work again, to reset, refill, and become one of the most powerful voices of the New Testament.
He outran even the disciples who walked with Jesus.
I’ve known the dark, tasted its pain, hit rock bottom, and landed almost among impossibilities! I was left with nothing. Every rope I held onto gave away. Every land I stood upon gave in. The sun stopped rising, the moon stood still, and the stars faded out. Dreams remained just dreams. Every reality turned into a fantasy, and darkness seemed to have taken over. Everything I lived for, loved, trusted, and hoped in let me down.
The only thing that remained was the old rugged cross. I looked at it, stared at it, and asked myself—How did my life come to this dead end? Everything ended here!
Israel’s story was nothing short of this. The promises and prophecies of old, passed down for centuries, came alive when the long-awaited Messiah was sent to us. Hopes arose, and anticipation filled the air. Everything pointed to Jesus as the Savior of the world. Israel was preparing for the day of redemption. The streets were lit with lanterns of hope. Shouts and praises echoed through Jerusalem. Women sang songs of freedom while children played with joy. Jerusalem had declared Jesus as King. But just when it was about the time for the lights to shine, everything took a turn.
The Promised Messiah walked into custody instead of onto the throne. All hopes shattered as Jesus was condemned to death. The hope of Israel was crushed. A new chapter in Israel’s history faded away too soon. Here was Jesus, crucified on the cross. Every passing minute was unbearable. All the so-called prophecies, promises, and hopes foretold for generations suddenly seemed like a myth—just a grand, spectacular story that went horribly wrong. The scorecards were raised, the verdict declared. The hope of the world lay in a tomb. People went back to their daily routines, carrying their hopelessness and misery, accepting life as it came. They left—lost, shattered, and defeated.
I stood there, resonating with these events, seeing them reflected in my own life. Everything that was declared to shine and manifest had given in and faded. I saw the tomb sealed, the chapter closed. I stood there and heard the sound of defeat. I could relate. All my dreams, goals, promises, and hopes were laid in that tomb. His story and mine seemed the same.
But as I was still watching—out of the dark, the dead, the sealed—came life! The Son of God arose, His light driving away the darkness of all ages! No chains, no power of darkness could hold Him down. He broke free from the clutches of death and rose victoriously in power, might, and strength! The sight was glorious to behold!
I held myself there; I didn’t want to move. I paused. I saw myself in that dark tomb. I placed myself inside it and replayed the moment over and over again. I longed to experience the same power of resurrection. I was dying—that’s all I knew. I replayed it hundreds of times and told myself, This is how I will rise! I will rise from the ashes. I will walk out victoriously. I will shine again. Once again, there will be light. The stars will return. There will be laughter, rain, rainbows, and joy echoing through the valley of dry bones. Let them hear too, and rise along!
Once again, there will be a season of refreshing. I know it will come, and I will wait for it. My hope will not be cut off. I will join the singing with the restored. My heart will rejoice and proclaim His goodness.
As I was prophesying in my mind, I saw myself rising. The chains fell off. The darkness vanished. The tomb opened by itself. A voice called out—Arise and shine, for the glory of the Lord has risen upon you! A power from on high took over me. Light shone brightly from within me, reaching the ends of the earth. My hope was restored, just as Israel’s. Jesus triumphed victoriously and is alive forever. I felt the same resurrection power within me. I saw Him living in me. He came into my story and made HIS story mine.
Every time I feel defeated, hopeless, or discouraged, I come back to the old rugged cross and remind myself of this story. I replay it over and over again until I emerge strong, bold, and powerful. The cross has always been the sign of victory. It tells the story that changed the course of history—for Israel and for the entire world—illuminating hope, joy, peace, restoration, and life in Jesus for all who believe in Him!
The place where everything seemed to come to an end became the place where everything began!
“I hereby put you in charge of the whole land of Egypt.” Gen 41:41
It didn’t matter.
Pit, Prison, or Palace, Joseph excelled. As if the stairs of success seemed to grab hold of him regardless of where he was. “God was with Joseph” is one word that best described him even by the heathen. Joseph was irresistibly successful even in the prison. The forsaking of his brothers didn’t change him. Pit couldn’t hold him down there. Prison couldn’t turn him hard. None of the situations changed him. God with Joseph manifested – in pit, at potiphar’s house, in prison, and in palace. Place, location, geography, vasthu or constellations (Horoscope) did not matter. All that mattered was God with Joseph. That, took him from pit to palace. To being forsaken to be the most sought person in the world. The Lord with him re-aligned everything and brought exaltation and lifting.
No matter where you are today, if God is with you, His Holy Spirit is in you, you will shine, walk in success, and manifest excellence. Even when you walk through the valley of darkness with Jesus, your path will turn into a valley of light. You might be in a wrong place today, stuck in a situation, caged in a wilderness, experiencing a set back in life and wondering where and how did you end up there. Know this one thing: if God is with you, you will float amidst the most hard pressed situation and will emerge out victorious. At times God takes you to the challenging places to keep you there as a blessing. Your very presence will shift everything and will turn it into a place of hope, a paradise of heaven. YOU ARE that Change that God will bring in a place, people, and nations.
You are where God wants you to be. Press forward, keep your lamp high and let your radiance shine. No matter where you are, If God is with you, You will float-up and rise high.
I wonder, as I sit at the window of a hustle bustle bus tossing me up and down. The roller coaster bus ride, the noise of the vehicle honking aloud, the dust of the road swirled by the passing vehicles, so much a chaos in and around. I tried to wade through them but invain. None of them seemed to give any heed.
I closed my eyes and calmed me down for while. I tried being still inside. I opened my eyes and far from the window, I glanced and gazed: A lovely and beautiful green grass hurling and dancing along with the wind. The sight of this was so mesmerising. Nothing seemed beautiful to me. Nothing really mattered. The plight of it captured me. Besides, I was still in the chaos, still on the rough roads, roller coaster ride, the dust and noise around. Nothing changed and yet nothing bothered me now. I was still inside. Calm and peaceful; captivated by the wonderful beauty far beyond. I was here and yet I was there.
How often we are lost in the business of life’s role and responsibilities. They keep us joggling restlessly. We’re taught to deal with it, handle it and ride over it. We spend our lives driving these disturbances away and lose sight of important things in life.
Apostle Paul writes in Hebrew 12:2: ”we do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith. Because of the joy awaiting him, he endured the cross, disregarding it’s shame. Now he is seated in the place of honour beside God’s throne”
He meant: I fix my gaze upon Christ Jesus. I detach myself from everything around me, I let go of my past; I’m insensitive to my surroundings, I’ve stopped trying to work out things with my strength. I have put them all behind me. And my gaze is set upon Jesus!
Jesus himself endured the cross, disregarded shame, bore all the insults, took all the betrayals because of the Joy that was set before him. He set His eyes on the Father. Infact, so much more that He never took his eyes off from father. His gaze was set on the Father!
Jesus said: “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does.” John 5:19.
And because Jesus set his eyes on the father, He could walk Holy, righteous, blameless and past all the hurdles, challenges, insults and accomplish the absolute will of God in obedience. Notice He didn’t do anything of His own. He saw His Father doing and did exactly that. You gotta be firm and fixed not to miss a move!
The key to walk in the ways of God is fixing your gaze on God. The key to walk with Jesus is fixing your eyes on Jesus. You’ll walk into holiness, righteousness and a wonderful life that God has for you. Your struggle only comes when you’re eyes are not on God.
Amidst the busy chaos and chorus of life, I train my mind and heart to calm down, step aside, pause everything around and look unto Jesus. For beholding him is the most wonderful thing. Oh how often I would want to stop by and gaze at him. The more I gaze, the more I know him; the more I know Him, the more I understand Him, I know His nature, Character, heart, and His mind. I fall in love with him again and again.
Where’s your gaze today? Lost in the world? It’s time to pause everything and fix your gaze firmly upon Jesus. Stay right there. He is absolutely wonderful to behold! There is peace, Joy, love, calmness, and life in this gaze!
Psalm 16:8 says, “I have set the LORD always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken“
Since the fall of man at the garden of Eden, man has always been prone to make mistakes and the consequences of it has made him pay for life. But not until the coming of Christ Jesus. He paid a ransom for all our sins. And with Him came the era of God’s goodness and grace. An unlimited display of God’s love to experience, that covers a multitude of our mistakes and has the power to change them into something better, unimaginable.
Let’s see how God’s goodness and love sees our mistakes: In the dictionary of God there’s nothing called ‘mistake’. It is a terminology limited to man. A term that has consequences attached to it. but in the kingdom of God you will be amazed to know that this term doesn’t exist. God is sovereign, all powerful, all mighty, all wise, all glorious and full of life. Nothing is a surprise, mistake or disaster for him. The Life in him curves every disaster and turns them into a glorious blessing.
“Is there anything too hard for me” ? Says the Lord. Jer 32:17
All the pain, agony, hurt, disappointment, mistake, discouragement is limited to us. God is off this grid. A mistake in the sight of man is an opportunity in the sight of God. His goodness is full of heaven in such quantum that it can practically wipe every sin and it’s consequences of the entire world from all generations. He keeps a part of the consequence for our learning and strengthening. When His goodness rests, there’s not a stain left.His newness will simply cover all the scars of life, while His grace will pick us up and make us stand again; this time, in the strength of the Lord.
For all the biggest and miserable mistakes I keep doing in my life due to my weakness, there’s more; much more to what God’s goodness can do with it. And that’s why I celebrate even when I fall. I sing aloud when I trip, I even boast of all my weakness because I get to taste and see God’s goodness better than others in the safe zone.
God’s hand is magical, powerful. With just one swing over your life He can turn everything new and beautiful. Great and deep your sorrow and pain may be for the night, but by morning the sun is up, and His goodness covers you like the mist that lays on every grass. Everything is changed and is made new. The old is gone, and the new is here, as if it was a dream. If goodness has a signature, it is the ‘New’!
No matter whatever the enemy brings into my life to destroy me, my life is anchored to my Lord and on the knowledge of His goodness. Oh His goodness! This is the era of God’s goodness, if it’s not for me then who else would that be for?
Guilt and shame is not for you, get off that mind; get ready for God’s goodness; one sweep of His goodness will surpass every mistake brought together for eternity.
Moses wished he would see God’s glory, and God let Him see a portion of His goodness. But He did preserve all of His goodness just for you and me. Moses could only see it, but it is kept for us to walk into it and experience it.
Tell me then, are we not more blessed than Moses?
This must be our confidence, this must be our song: “I’m confident of this, that I will see the goodness of God in the land of the living“ Psalms 27:13
“…What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived”— the things God has prepared for those who love him— these are the things God has revealed to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.” 1 Corinthians 2:9-10 NIV
The God in our lives is pictured and perceived by what we have seen, felt and experienced. While there is yet more to know, there’s so much more than that, to know with what we can’t see, can’t feel or touch. Realms that we haven’t entered or have not even known. Things that can be understood only by the spirit; for which we have too little time and too far from it.
So, we have defined God only with what we know, and that is why there is so little of God in and around us. The God of our understanding is merely a disfigured entity. Something this generation has absolutely messed up with!
If only we know God in all His fullness, we would give away anything, and give up everything we are holding onto – all our earthly pursuits, dreams and desires, and hold on to Him. When we find Him, He’s the loveliest of everything we have ever known. Our souls will cling to Him, and our hearts firmly bonded to Him and there’s no turning back.
“….that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him,” Ephesians 1:17
There is a great need of understanding and knowing God today than any other time of the centuries gone by. There’s so much of fear, so much of uncertainty, so much of anxiety, worries, and stress because we haven’t understood God. We have no faith because we have not known Him. We have no trust because we know not His ways. There’s crying and weeping out of hopelessness because we have not truly known our God.
Apostle Paul went around everything and finally understood one simple thing: it all goes around this – knowing God. Knowing His son Jesus! And that’s all he was determined to do. It’s not the ministry, works, deeds, achievements, goals and so on. All these are nothing compared to the knowledge of the God who loves us!
The God of Israel is great and mighty, strong and powerful; He is merciful, and compassionate. He can’t withhold His love from us . He can’t be silent to the sufferings of His children. He is our helper. He is our refuge and our Joy. He is simply too wonderful beyond any description available!
“The people who know their God shall be strong and do mighty exploits” – Daniel 11:32
Oh how we have fallen behind in our knowledge about Him. Oh how we have misinterpreted in our understanding of Him. A dillusioned, vague, diluted image of God!
There’s a strong and high call to reinstate the image, understanding and knowledge of God. We have been doing everything around to get better except dealing with the root cause. We have been trying to see life with the disfigured goggles. No matter how much we clean, it will not work. It is not with life that is a problem but rather it is the goggles with which we see and perceive. ‘That’, has to be changed entirely; only then we will see life in all it’s beauty.
Oh the crisis, how it is everywhere. The need of sitting in the presence of God and unlearning things that have pre-occupied and built in our minds from years and decades about God.
It is high time we seek God and learn His ways, His patterns, His mind, His heart and every dimension of His being. To capture God just as He is. To see Him in every angle, every way; in every side. To know Him as He really is. Like the purest waters – absolutely clean, transparent and glittering. And to paint Him in our hearts too wonderfully as our Holy Spirit unveils Him.
This knowledge of God perceived, recieved and observed right from heaven will change your life forever! This is all you need; this is your call. This is God’s purpose for you. This is true life; THIS is EVERYTHING!
“Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.” – John 17:3
“And David remained in the strongholds in the wilderness, in the hill country of the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God did not give him into his hand.” – 1 Samuel 23:14
It wasn’t one day, a week or a month. For years David had been on a constant run. From the raising of the sun until the setting down, and at night both, David had to be on guard at all times – 24*7.
Imagine the fear and restlessness. The entire kingdom belonged to Saul. He had been vigorously searching and seeking after David’s life. Search warrant issued in every city, streets and houses. Luring eyes everywhere. A tempting reward hung over his head. Enemies and friends both in the same sheep’s clothing.
This is a man who loved God, and whom God loved so much. A man so close to God, and yet so far from goodness. No freedom, no support, no space to be himself, no own house, no locatable dwelling place; can’t attend the worships, can’t enter the temple of God openly, can’t make out for any occasions, functions, and feasts; no trustworthy people and worst of all, rumours that spread all across the land.
Can you pause for a moment, place yourself in David’s shoes? You might begin to wonder – a man so ordained, anointed and honoured by God has been running for his life for years? Can this be the king? Truly??
If he’s anointed, where is the anointing? Where is God in the life of this clueless man? Anointed and yet scared to death, running for his life? What was God doing?
Why didn’t God give David a clean slate victory? Why couldn’t it be an easy take over? Has not God chosen David?
Besides, David at this point was blameless and spotless!
But, look at David. He never complained God. Never took things in his hand or tried to finish it by himself. Though God delivered Saul into his hands, he didn’t dare strike him. He allowed God to deal his life. He allowed God to work out his process. He allowed God to be the Lord over everything of his life, and simply trusted Him.
While running he learnt by trusting God every day, and at every season. He learnt to depend on God than any-other time before. In his helplessness he learnt humility and dependability until it became his habit to sought God’s strength by default.
In all those years of running, David learnt the art of pausing and waiting on God, enquiring him, reaching out to him, and developing a life of total dependency on God. God was with David, silently teaching and training him and protecting him through all these!
You see, just because you’re a child of God, it doesn’t mean your life will be always be an easy, flourishing, happy, calm and all nice. There’s a process of training and bending, before actually becoming a God’s General.There’s a phase of turbulence in the life of HIS chosen allowed to bring out certain traits, character and stability required for your calling.
I’m talking to God’s elect, God’s generals, and Ambassadors of Heaven.
If God has chosen you and has called you. Get ready to experience roller coaster life. Don’t take short cuts and wonder why all these are happening with you.
Whatever you are going through, at all times, learn to run to God, until the season has pushed you there with God, and HE has become your dwelling place. In all those years of homelessness and restlessness David pitched his dwelling with God and found rest here! It took David nearly fourteen long years before he got to the throne.
Don’t worry about your future, time and consequences. God’s got you. Just sustain the season, learn all the best you can to fix your gaze upon Jesus until it turns a habit for life and the only picture you can see at all seasons is Jesus before you; and suddenly one day your lifting will come like the wings of eagles – swift and strong – ready to carry you off to the places of your destiny.
The throne will require a king who would sit and rule under every possible pressures of the kingdom, and so, a king who has learnt the art of depending on God while keeping his character and integrity in all seasons of high and low would alone fit the throne. And David became the most notable and wonderful king Isreal ever could have in its history.
And David was called the man after God’s own heart.
When Jacob saw the dream of a ladder connecting heaven and earth, the Angels ascending and descending, he was seeing a prophetic picture of a great channel of access God was about to establish on earth.
Centuries later, this ladder came down for us as the only son of God, Jesus Christ, the only way, truth and the life. Through him kingdom of Heaven was brought upon the earth, and that access to Heaven was made possible.
He came to give us back the lost dominion, authority and Identity we once had. But along with it, He gave us something else also.
“And that’s not all. You will have complete and free access to God’s kingdom, keys to open any and every door: no more barriers between heaven and earth, earth and heaven. A yes on earth is yes in heaven. A no on earth is no in heaven.” – Matthew 16:19 MSG
This is Grace. Grace is not some pass mark or some filler to push us cross some line. Grace is Jesus giving us the keys of Heaven.
That means, everything in heaven – all of the riches, honour, blessings, goodness of God, mercy, favor, healing, deliverance, fullness of Joy, peace and abundance of Life – all is yours at your command.
All the full potential of God’s life could simply be yours. Every goodness of God in heaven is yours at one word. The entire treasure house of resources is kept for you. The ministering Angels stand and await for our command for a full fledge transaction of life and everything therein, of heaven, from the kingdom of Heaven unto the kingdom of Earth.
Jacob only saw the dream. He saw the future. We see it happen and we are living in it. We’re far more blessed than Jacob. He raised an altar and worshipped God. We stand only to operate, command and unleash heaven’s power; the best and wonderful things heavens has in store for you!
You’ve got the laddder, you’ve got the authority, you’ve got the key. You are the heir. Now go get everything of heaven!
Don’t wait until you get to heaven; you don’t have to die to get to heaven. Jesus died to get heaven to you. It is here and it is yours!
Raising Beyond 