“Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be
counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass,
and to stand before the Son of Man.”

— Luke 21:36

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Why Jesus Taught Us to Watch and Pray

This week I asked my father, John Bevere, to craft the prayer guide. I’ve watched him live this message for four decades, so I’m excited that you’re hearing from him!

Have you ever noticed that when Jesus spoke about prayer, he often paired it with “watching.” He’d say things like, “Watch and pray.” These two are inseparable.

Watching without prayer can easily become speculation—and we already have enough of that! But prayer without watching can become religious routine. However, when we watch and pray, something powerful happens—our hearts awaken, and we begin to align with heaven’s activity.

What Simeon Saw That Others Missed

Scripture gives us a beautiful picture of this kind of life through a man named Simeon.

Luke writes, “At that time there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon. He was righteous and devout and was eagerly waiting for the Messiah to come and rescue Israel. The Holy Spirit was upon him” (Luke 2:25).

Simeon lived in a time when heaven seemed quiet, and many had grown spiritually numb. Yet Simeon was different. Scripture says he was living with expectation.

But how did he know the Messiah was near?

Scripture gives us the answer: “It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ” (Luke 2:26).

Simeon was hearing from God.

And on the very day Mary and Joseph brought the infant Jesus into the temple, Simeon recognized Him. Luke tells us he came “by the Spirit into the temple.” While others saw an ordinary child, Simeon saw the fulfillment of God’s promise.

How? Because a watching and praying posture cultivates a listening heart.

Simeon’s life teaches us that those who consistently posture themselves before God—watching, praying, listening—become sensitive to the Spirit’s voice. They discern what others miss.

In the same way, Jesus tells us that in the days leading up to His return, the world will be filled with confusion, fear, and deception. Many will be caught off guard. But those who practice watching and praying will not be spiritually asleep.

Their hearts will be ready.

Just as Simeon recognized the first coming of Christ, a watching and praying bride will be prepared for His second coming.

Cultivating a Heart That Watches and Prays

Respond

Consider the posture of your own heart today.

• Am I living with the same expectancy Simeon had for the Lord’s return?
• Do I make space to listen to the Holy Spirit through prayer?
• Am I spiritually alert, or have distractions dulled my anticipation of Christ?

This week, make intentional time to watch and pray. Quiet your heart before God. Ask the Holy Spirit to awaken your sensitivity so you can rekindle your expectancy for Jesus.

Remember: the practice of watching and praying cultivates a listening heart. And a heart that is listening is sensitive to the movements of the Spirit.

Closing Prayer

Father, thank You for the example of Simeon—a man who lived with expectancy and devotion. I ask that You awaken my heart to watch and pray faithfully. Teach me to listen to the Holy Spirit so I remain sensitive to Your voice in every season. Just as Simeon recognized Jesus when He came, prepare my heart to be ready for the return of my King.

In Jesus’ name, Amen.

John Bevere

P.S. Addison here again—just want to celebrate my dad’s new book The King Is Coming. It just released and is one of the top-selling books in the country right now!

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“It is required of stewards that they be found faithful.”

— 1 Corinthians 4:2

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When Faithfulness Feels Foolish

Most of us probably struggle to relate to the apostle Paul. His life can feel elevated, almost unreachable—more monument than man. I mean he did, after all, write a good chunk of the New Testament.

But we lose something essential within this saint’s story when we forget his humanity.

Paul was often rejected by the very people he served. He was misunderstood, maligned, and left alone. He knew sleepless nights, seasons of despair, and what he described as death of the soul (2 Cor. 1). There were moments when he couldn’t see whether his labor was making any difference. He lived between worlds—never fully at home with the Jews or the Gentiles.

We read his story through the lens of hindsight, knowing how it ends. But could he have known what God was doing in the middle of it? In the house arrest, the prison cells, the shipwrecks, the beatings, the opposition, the abandonment.

What stands out to me about Paul isn’t the significance of his calling; it’s his everyday faithfulness.

This is the man who would write, “It is required of stewards that they be found faithful.” Not successful. Not celebrated. Faithful.

The Quiet Courage of Everyday Obedience

Faithfulness, at its core, means being full of faith, believing that God does the miraculous in and through the mundane. Yes, sometimes faith looks like leaping. It looks like risk and obedience in big moments. But more often than not, faith looks like courage in the ordinary—showing up again, trusting again, loving again, praying again.

Here’s the honest truth: faithfulness often looks like foolishness. That is, until God shows up. We see this in story after story in Scripture. Before God showed up, before the answer to prayer, before the breakthrough, before the reconciliation, faithfulness looked like foolishness. And I think that’s why it’s so hard to be faithful. None of us want to look foolish, so we give up.

God Is Working in What You Cannot See

Respond

But this week, my friend, I want to challenge you to keep the faith. Earlier this month, God answered a prayer I had been praying almost every day for two years. It was one of those impossible prayers. A foolish prayer. But everything changed in a moment, and I am keenly aware of God’s goodness, and I’m realizing what His grace did in me through this process.

Faithfulness is stunning, but its beauty isn’t fully revealed until its end. So do not quit. Do not give up.

Even when we feel faith-less, He is faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.

Closing Prayer

Father, when faithfulness feels foolish
and obedience feels ineffective,
remind me that You are at work in what I cannot see.
Give me courage to trust You in the mundane,
to remain full of faith when results feel distant.
Teach me to be faithful with Your Word,
faithful in prayer,
and faithful in the daily places You have assigned me.
I believe You do the miraculous
through surrendered, faithful lives.
Help me be found faithful.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Praying with you,

Addison Bevere

P.S. If you’re looking for a resource to guide you into living prayer, might I suggest the 40-day prayer journal?

“At day ten God put his finger on something that needed to be addressed in my heart. My life will never be the same again. This prayer journal has given me a framework for being with my Heavenly Father. I’m so thankful and grateful for this book.” – PJ

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“Active waiting means to be present fully to the moment, in the conviction that
something is happening where you are and that you want to be present to it.”

— Henri Nouwen

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What Isaiah 40 Teaches Us About Waiting

Have you ever felt caught in a state of waiting because you can’t figure out what you’re supposed to do? 

Not waiting because you’re lazy or disengaged. Waiting because you’re trying to obey, but you don’t have clarity. You can’t figure out the timing, you don’t have the next step.

If we’re honest, this in-between place is where we often lose peace. Because waiting can feel like wasting. Like being left behind. Like being forgotten. Like God is silent. But Isaiah 40 tells us something different:

Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint (30–31).

The Ways We Tend to Wait

Isaiah gives us the picture of an eagle, and the way I look at it, there are three different postures an eagle can take.

The first is perched, wings closed, sitting there. This is the kind of waiting that may look spiritual but we’re really just shut down. We don’t trust what’s beyond our control. We’ve been disappointed. We’ve been hurt. We’re scared. So we perch. We fold our wings. We protect ourselves. We stay safe. And we call it wisdom. But it’s not wisdom . . . it’s fear.

The second posture is in flight, wings flapping incessantly, wearing ourselves out. This is the other extreme. This is the person who can’t stop moving. They’re frantic. They’re pushing. Forcing. Overthinking. They’re doing everything they can to make something happen. But Isaiah says even youths grow weary. Even the strongest human effort has a ceiling, so we grow tired, distracted, and disillusioned because we just won’t stop flapping.

Respond

The third posture is the eagle in flight, wings spread, searching for the warm thermal upcurrents. This is the posture Isaiah is describing. “Mount up with wings like eagles . . .” This isn’t perched. This isn’t frantic. This is active patience. Wings spread. Eyes open. Heart attentive.

How to Wait Without Losing Peace

It’s not doing nothing, and it’s not doing everything. It’s being positioned. Because eagles don’t soar by constant effort. They soar by learning how to ride what they can’t control. They catch the current, they yield to it. They adjust to it. And what used to take striving becomes lift, and they rise into a new place and a new perspective.

“The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.” (John 3:8)

Closing Prayer

Father, I confess that I don’t always wait well.
Sometimes I shut down and fold my wings,
and sometimes I strive and exhaust myself.
But this week, I choose to wait on You with active patience.
Teach me to spread my wings in faith,
to stay attentive, to stay sensitive,
to move with Your Spirit like the wind.
Renew my strength where I’ve grown weary.
Lift me above fear, frustration, and delay.
Help me to mount up like an eagle,
to run without burning out,
and to walk without fainting.
I trust Your timing, and I trust Your movement. Amen.

Praying with you,

Addison Bevere

P.S. Great news! The 40-day prayer journal is available again, and you can get yours (or one from a friend) wherever books are sold. If you’re been waiting for yours, thanks for your patience.

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There is not one square inch in the whole domain of our human existence
over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not cry: “Mine!”

—Abraham Kuyper

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God Rules the Wild Places: How to See His Presence in Every Season

Have you ever noticed Scripture refuses to place God’s goodness only in the safe parts of our lives?

Psalm 65:11–12 declares, “You crown the year with Your bounty; Your wagon tracks overflow with abundance. The pastures of the wilderness overflow, the hills gird themselves with joy.” This is not poetic exaggeration—it’s a bold confession of who God is, even in places we fear.

In the biblical imagination, wilderness was not neutral. It was the place of danger, unpredictability, and chaos. Wild animals, drought, storms—this was where human control ended. And yet the psalmist dares to say that even there, God’s wagon tracks drip with abundance.

The Hebrew word for “tracks” refers to the deep ruts carved by heavy wheels—marks left behind after something powerful has passed through. In other words, wherever God goes, He leaves evidence of provision in His wake: “only goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life” (Ps. 23:6).

This is a radical claim: God doesn’t just bring order to safe places; He rules over the wild ones. He doesn’t merely calm chaos—He rides through it. The overflowing abundance isn’t confined to the cultivated areas of our lives (and world) but spills into the wildernesses. Even the hills don’t resist Him; they gird themselves like warriors celebrating victory.

Psalm 65 reminds us God is Lord not only of blessing but of the forces we cannot tame. Storms, uncertainty, and scarcity all answer to Him. The same God who crowns the year with goodness also commands the terrain beneath our feet. When it’s all said and done, we will know that nothing is wasted. Nothing is outside His rule.

Respond

Look for God’s Tracks in Life’s Wild Places

When life feels chaotic—when circumstances feel overwhelming or out of control—remember this: God has already passed through. His tracks remain. Abundance follows Him, even into places we would never choose to go.

This week, I want to challenge you to look for the tracks. Look for the marks of His movement—give attention and voice to the evidence of His presence. Where an awareness of God reigns in our lives, joy eventually rises—even from the deserts.

Finding Joy Even in the Deserts and Chaos

Where an awareness of God reigns in our lives, joy eventually rises—even from the deserts. God doesn’t just rule the safe parts of life—He reigns over every season, the messy and the unpredictable alike.

Closing Prayer

Lord, You are the God who crowns the year with goodness
and leaves abundance wherever You pass.
When I feel surrounded by uncertainty or chaos,
remind me that nothing is beyond Your rule.
Teach me to trust that even the wilderness
is under Your authority.
Open my eyes to see Your tracks in places I once feared,
and let my heart rejoice where dread once lived.
I declare today that You are Lord over every season,
every storm, and every unknown path ahead of me. Amen.

Praying with you,

Addison Bevere

P.S. Great news! The publisher printed more copies, so the 40-day prayer journal is back in stock. While I’m frustrated we ran out of stock, I’m thrilled and humbled by the reports of what God’s doing with the journal.

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You know that place between sleep and awake, that place where you still remember dreaming?
That’s where I’ll always love you. That’s where I’ll be waiting.

—Peter Pan

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Reclaim Your Mornings: Why the First Hour is Sacred

You’ve probably realized when you first wake up, the mind is in a unique state.

Neurologically, we’re transitioning out of sleep through theta and alpha brainwaves—the same states associated with openness, creativity, learning, and deep receptivity. This is when our inner world is more impressionable and our outer world less rigid.

In other words, the soul is awake before our defense mechanisms are.

That’s not an accident. God designed your mind to be especially open in the moments between sleep and alertness. It’s a sacred threshold—when what you set your mind to doesn’t just inform you, it forms you. A place where possibility becomes potent.

Sadly, studies show most of us reach for our phones within minutes of waking. We scroll, process messages, get a jump on our day, etc. But this habit floods our souls with noise, urgency, and comparison—training our minds toward self- and sin-consciousness rather than God-consciousness, ending this unique state of liminality.  

The bottom-line, my friend, is smart mornings don’t include smartphones.

The First Hour Challenge: How to Start Your Day with God

That is why I want to invite you to join me in what I’m calling the First Hour Challenge. I must warn you, though, it’s simple but not easy.

For the next 14 days, do not look at your phone for the first hour of the day.

I’ve followed this practice for years and have invited many others to join me. And what I hear from virtually every person is, “This changed my life!” Yes, you’ll need to use something else for an alarm. Yes, you may need to wake a bit earlier. Yes, you’ll need to put your phone outside of your bedroom. Yes, it will be uncomfortable and unnatural at first. But I promise you, it will come with a peace and clarity that will reshape how you engage the people, problems, and possibilities of your day.

Practices for a Phone-Free, God-Focused Morning

You may be thinking, What am I supposed to do during that hour? Well, I’m glad you asked. Here’s a list of practices. Each one of these will help you move from self-consciousness (a focus on what you’re doing or not doing) to a God-consciousness (an awareness of God’s nearness and the power of the Spirit).

The first hour will look different for each of us, so feel free to move through these and be honest about which practices work best for you and your season. Again, remember these practices are not about religious performance—they are meant to foster sensitivity to God’s presence, the reality of Immanuel, God with us.

• Rest in Prayer: Sit (or lay) quietly with eyes open or closed for 5–15 minutes, resisting the urge to fill the space. Let awareness itself become prayer.
• Honor Your Body as God’s Temple: Stretch or move gently. You can also scan your body in prayer, naming and releasing tension while asking for God’s peace.
• Read Scripture: Don’t try to master the Bible. Surrender to it. Pay attention to what leaps inside of you. And when a person, problem, or possibility comes to mind, pause and pray rather than rushing past the thought.
• Move in Prayer: Take a walk or run—indoors or outdoors—with no music, podcasts, or distractions. Prayer is more about listening than speaking but give God your words as they form in you. Reading other inspired books can be helpful, too.
• Write It Down: Journal whatever comes to mind: fear, concerns, things you need to get done. Capture and release them to God. You can come back to your list and process it later. Beginning with gratitude is always a great option, too.

If you have it already, the 40-day prayer journal is a great companion for this challenge. If you don’t have it, you can get it through Amazon or wherever you get your books.

Closing Prayer

Father,
Awaken my heart before my feet touch the floor.
Teach me to give You my first glance, my first thought, my first breath.
Guard my attention from distraction and draw it toward delight.
Open my eyes to watch for Your hand at work around me.
Let every moment become worship—
every task a quiet yes to Your presence.
Meet me in the morning, and move through my day.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Praying with you,

Addison Bevere

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“The genealogy of Jesus proclaims that God works through broken, compromised, and unexpected human histories.”
—Fleming Rutledge

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Jesus’ Genealogy: How God Redeems Broken Stories

When we think about the birth of Jesus, our minds usually go to Luke’s Gospel—the angels, the shepherds, the wonder of that holy night. But Matthew tells the story differently. He begins not with a manger, but with a list. Names. Generations. A genealogy most of us are tempted to skip. Yet Matthew is doing something intentional . . . he’s telling us that before the birth happened to the world, it happened through a long and complicated human story.

The Story God Was Telling Before the Manger

Genealogies expose what we often try to hide. They remind us that history is messy, families are flawed, and God works through real lives, not ideal ones. And tucked into Jesus’ family line are five women, each of them carrying something questionable by societal standards. Tamar. Rahab. Ruth. Bathsheba. Mary. Two were prostitutes of a sort. One was involved in a scandal. One was a foreigner. And one bore the weight of suspicion before anyone called her blessed.
These women tell us something profound about the kingdom of God. Redemption is not fragile. And God does not sanitize (His)tory to protect His reputation. Instead, He weaves grace straight through brokenness. What we would rather forget, God chooses to remember—and redeem.

What Jesus’ Family Line Teaches About Grace

And then there are the other names in Matthew 1. Many of these hard-to-pronounce words represent people we know nothing about. There’s no record of what they did, but without them, the story stops. Each name mattered. Each life counted. Each person played a part in bringing Christ to the world.

Respond

As we prepare our hearts for 2026, Matthew’s genealogy invites you and me to see differently—to be honest about our past while looking forward with new eyes. So, let’s pause, take a deep breath, and remember the Father’s faithfulness, for even now we are placed in the surety of grace.

Closing Prayer

Father, thank You for being the God
who redeems stories instead of erasing them.
When I am tempted to disqualify myself
because of my past or my insignificance,
remind me that You work through broken people
and ordinary lives.
As I step toward a new year,
give me eyes to see Your perfect work
in my imperfect life.
I place my story in Your hands—
every failure, every quiet moment, every unseen step.
Use my life to carry Your purposes forward,
and let me rest in the confidence
that grace has always been part of the story. Amen.

Praying with you,

Addison Bevere

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And the angel said to [the shepherds], “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. —Luke 2:10

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When Fear and Uncertainty Rise Within You

Isn’t it unreal how quickly our inner world can drift into uncertainty? One moment we feel steady, grounded, at ease—and the next, it’s as if some unseen weight presses against the soul. It’s subtle, but the heaviness grows: a nagging fear, a racing thought, a pressure to manage what you were never meant to carry.

When Luke tells us the story of the shepherds, he isn’t just giving historical detail. He’s giving us a window into the human condition. These weren’t people insulated from fear or anxiety. They, more than most, lived in constant exposure—night, danger, vulnerability. They were also outcasts, considered unclean and uneducated by society. They must’ve wrestled with the same quiet questions that keep many of us in fear: Will I be safe? Does any of this matter? Does God see me at all?

And right into that landscape of uncertainty, heaven breaks in with a message that begins not with instruction, but with reassurance: “Do not fear.” The angel doesn’t demand perfection, clarity, or composure. He simply redirects their attention: Behold. Look again. Something has arrived that changes everything.

How God Meets Us in the Midst of Fear

Often the most courageous thing we can do is stop trying to control what was never ours to command. Strength doesn’t always look like pushing through—it looks like opening our eyes and hands long enough to receive what God has already given, to realize the miracle of God in our midst.

Respond

This week, take notice of the moments where fear is tightening your thoughts. You don’t have to deny the fear, but you can refuse to let it define your reality. Maybe the pressure you feel is revealing the very place God is strengthening you through surrender. Maybe peace is less about achieving instant calm and more about cultivating a lasting courage.

This Advent season let’s remember that Jesus’s birth means peace is our birthright. We are reborn in him, the Prince of Peace.

“I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation [troubles]. But take heart; I have overcome the world.” —John 16:33

Closing Prayer

Jesus, teach me to release what I cannot control
and receive the peace of your arrival.
Help me turn my attention toward you.
When my thoughts scatter,
Let your peace guard what I cannot guard on my own.
Center my heart in your presence
and remind me that I am held by you.
Amen.

Praying with you,

Addison Bevere

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Reflect

“Pray without ceasing.”

— 1 Thessalonians 5:17

How long should we pray? The problem with this question—and any answer—is that it places boundaries on prayer, reducing it to something that starts and stops, keeping it as a box we check before we get on with or finish our day. But God’s design for prayer is too robust to fit into a transaction.

Praying without ceasing is not a constant chore. It’s an invitation into a place of ongoing rest, a place where we recognize the Lord is at hand and his presence is with us—and for that reason we can and will face whatever lies before us.

To pray without ceasing is to live aware.

Recenter

Take a minute to bring yourself back to the true center of your life: God. Here is a simple prayer that will help you surrender this place, this time, and your awareness to God.

“I am here.”

Rest

Pause. Breathe. Be Still.

In the silence and stillness, listen to your life. Let the necessary words and images form in your consciousness.

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Praying with you,

Addison Bevere
 

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Before we dive into this week’s prayer guide, I want to make sure you know that the 40-day prayer journal—the one I’m so excited for you to get!—releases this week. If you haven’t preordered a copy yet, it’d mean a ton if you grabbed one for you and maybe another for a friend.

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Finding Strength in God’s Love During Life’s Wilderness

I once heard someone say we’re either entering a wilderness, in a wilderness, or on our way out of a wilderness. This may sound a bit bleak, but let me ask you: have you found that to be true in your life?

In Luke 4, we find Jesus in the wilderness. He was just baptized by John—so He’s fresh off hearing His Father declare: “You are my beloved Son; with You I am well pleased.”

And then who meets Jesus in the dry place, in the wilderness? The Accuser.

When the Enemy Tries to Make You Doubt Yourself

Do you know what the Accuser first says to Jesus? “If you are the Son of God . . .” Notice that before Satan tempts Jesus to do something, he tempts Him to doubt who He is. He whispers: “Are you really a beloved Son? Are you sure your Father is pleased with you?”

Then he offers the proof tests. If you’re worthy of love: Turn stones into bread (do something practical); bow to me and rule the nations (do something political); throw yourself from the temple (do something religious).

The pattern hasn’t changed much, has it? The Accuser still tries to make us prove our worth through what we can produce, control, or perform. He’ll say, “If you’re worthy of God’s love, show it. Earn it. Display it.” But Jesus didn’t take the bait. He knew the truth of who He was—and He didn’t need to prove it.

Luke tells us that Jesus went into the wilderness led by the Spirit, but He came out in the power of the Spirit—the power of beloved identity.

Respond

How Life’s Wilderness Prepares You for Greater Purpose

My mom likes to say the attacks on your life are less about who you are now and more about who you’re becoming. My friend, let’s not forget: the enemy only attacks those he fears.

Maybe the wilderness you’re in right now isn’t punishment—it’s preparation. Maybe the silence isn’t absence—it’s strengthening. And maybe the temptation isn’t proof of your failure—it’s proof that the enemy sees something powerful forming in you.

Closing Prayer

Father, thank You for calling me Your child before I ever earned it.
When I’m tempted to perform my way into grace, remind me that I am already loved.
Help me to stand firm in my beloved identity,
to trust that the Spirit who leads me into the wilderness
will also bring me out in power.

In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Praying with you,

Addison Bevere
 

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Your calling isn’t discovered—
it’s cultivated through a lifetime of discoveries.

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Walking in Your Calling: Cultivating God’s Will in Your Life

I hear this question all the time: “What’s God’s will for my life?” When we ask this, we usually mean, what should I do? Should I take this job, move to that city, marry this person?

We tend to think of God’s will as a path or plan to figure out. But when Paul writes to the Thessalonians, he reframes it entirely. He says, “This is the will of God, your sanctification” (1 Thess. 4:3).

The word sanctification conveys the journey of holiness—or the process of becoming whole and wholly God’s.

Growing in Holiness and Spirit-Led Transformation

Now just to be clear, by holiness, I don’t mean spiritual arrogance or performative religiosity. I mean the kind that transforms us from the inside out. God’s will isn’t first about what we do—it’s about who we become. God could accomplish anything in a moment, but every parent knows that forming sons and daughters takes time.

God’s not just after productivity; He’s after maturity. He’s not merely writing a story of outcomes; He’s forming a heart that flourishes. And here’s the good news: you’re not meant to do this alone. Holiness isn’t a self-improvement project—it’s a Spirit-led process. The same Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead is the one who teaches us how to walk, how to love, how to live. He convicts, yes—but He also comforts and empowers. He makes holiness not a heavy burden, but a beautiful haven, a place where we can live free from what once held us back.

Respond

Becoming Who God Created You to Be

We live in a world obsessed with results—where success is measured by what gets accomplished. But in God’s kingdom, transformation is the greater miracle. The Father’s shaping us into people who love like Jesus, who walk in holiness, power, and peace, who reflect His character both in the public square and the quiet places no one else sees.

So maybe the question isn’t “What should I do next?” Maybe it’s, “Who am I becoming as I walk in step with the Spirit?”

Along these lines, I’m thrilled to tell you I’ve crafted a 40-day journal that’ll help you cultivate your calling. It releases November 18, and I can’t wait for you to hold it. It’d be amazing if you preordered a copy from Amazon or your preferred retailer. (Preorders actually tell retailers to recommend the journal so more people can discover it.)

Closing Thoughts

Father, thank You that Your will is my holiness.
Thank You for sending Your Spirit to do the work I cannot do on my own.
Form me, purify me, and fill me.
Make my heart a place where Your presence delights to dwell.
Teach me to walk in holiness—not striving, but surrendering.
And may my life reflect Your goodness in all I do. Amen.

Praying with you,
Addison Bevere

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