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There was a time when kindness was considered a basic virtue. It wasn't something you had to announce, defend, or perform. It was simply how decent people tried to live. It showed up in everyday interactions, in how neighbors spoke to one another, how disagreements were handled, and how people tried, imperfectly, to leave the world better than they found it. Today, kindness often feels optional. We live in a culture fueled by outrage, where anger spreads faster than understanding and conflict attracts more attention than compassion. Social media amplifies the loudest voices, while gentleness is easily overlooked.
From the first chapter of Genesis to the closing moments of Revelation, God never once positioned humanity as passive, powerless, or peripheral. He created sons and daughters, not spectators. He formed rulers, not victims. He established partners, not observers. The entire Kingdom model is built on a divine pattern: God empowers, and His people activate. God reveals, and His people respond. Beneath all of this – beneath the authority, the dominion, the assignments is a more profound truth.
The Bible teaches us that it's God's will for us to help hurting people. In John 13:34-35, Jesus says, "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another" (NIV). Matthew 22:37-39 says, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself."
Our heart's desire is to be in the center of God's perfect will, and that is to preach His word with signs following—to heal the sick, to see blind eyes opened, to raise the dead, to see legs grow out. Jesus said that even greater things than these you will do because I go unto My Father. When you experience the flow of His spirit, you don't want to settle for less in this mundane life. You feel that there is nothing in it for you, but this is where the Lord purges the dross, conforming us into His image, honing our character, working on the pride, patience, etc., developing the fruit of His spirit in us.
There is a voice that has been speaking to you all year long. You know exactly the one I mean. It is not the voice of your boss or your family or the culture telling you what you should want. It is softer than all of that. It is the voice that waits for you when the world finally lets you be still. The one that whispers, "This is not right for me. I need something different. Pay attention to this." It is the inner nudge you have probably been brushing aside. Most of us are experts at this. We push it away because it asks for something our thinking mind is not prepared to say yes to.
Devaluing and dehumanizing words and actions have built a cultural edifice one brick at a time. It is now in our power to dismantle that structure of injustice one validating blow at a time. The journey of everyday justice begins internally before it is lived externally. If words create thoughts, which are manifested in actions, we can rewrite our internal narrative as we confront every thought that would lessen the value of a human being in any way. Once we align our beliefs with justice—power used for good—it will become our automatic pattern of thought. This new way of thinking will be revealed by all that we do and with everyone that we meet. What can this look like?
There is a story in the book of Numbers when the Lord told Moses to send twelve men, one from each of the twelve tribes of Israel to spy out the land of Canaan, which is also known as the Promised Land. As I read about the giants in the land and thought about all my friends and ministers who are going through intense spiritual warfare, the Holy Spirit said: "It comes with the territory." Then He said: "Go and take possession, because I have made you well able to overcome."
When God is about to reveal Himself in a new way, He raises up voices, not celebrities. He raises up prophets, not performers. And before Jesus began His public ministry, God prepared a man—John the Baptist—to prepare a people. Jesus declared that among those born of women, no one was greater than John (Matt. 11:11). Why? Because John understood his assignment: "I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord" (Isa. 40:3).
Many are called, but few are chosen (Matthew 22:14). Ever wonder why? I enjoy trying to discern Father's call on people who don't know the Lord or are chasing the wrong dream. People resonate with what Father has written on their hearts. God has written destiny in all our hearts. Sonship is the identity shift that makes us feel chosen because our Father is speaking to us. Sonship starts with the intentional act of positioning ourselves to listen and engage in conversations in the Council. Righteousness is simply being on the same page with our Father, co-laboring on the same purpose.
I was processing with a group of intercessors last night and several were noting how many believers are facing tough spiritual battles in recent weeks. Sensing increased attacks on our health, our relationships, and our faith, we went to prayer. I then had a vision of Jesus holding a new wineskin in His hand. But it wasn't finished. He was sewing this new leather pouch by gathering up the sides to bring them together with thick thread. I was drawn to the needle He was using and His thoughtful work that required piercing every fold with this needle and thread in order to bring the sides together.
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