As we choose even one godly habit to pursue, we open our lives to God’s transforming power and enduring blessing.

Through Judah’s journey—from betrayal and moral failure to sacrifice and leadership—we see that spiritual maturity is a process shaped by repentance and obedience.

Maybe the biggest thing we can learn from Jacob in this story is that no matter what is going on, our best decision is to simply hold on to God no matter what.

God’s blessing is tied to obedience, not geography, and He often calls us to faithfully love and share Christ with those closest to us.

From the simple praise of children, to faithfulness right where we are, to clinging to God in seasons of struggle, we are reminded that the kingdom advances not through control or perfection, but through trust, worship, and dependence on Him.

God wants us to come to him with our worries, our challenges, our fatigue, and our temptations. He will never turn his ears away from us.

I’m reminded that God rarely reveals the whole picture at once. My hope is that you’ll see how simple obedience—one faithful step at a time—can open the door to blessings far beyond what you can imagine.

What good is it to set people in groups of fifty when we have nothing to feed them? Jesus didn’t say, “Because I said so,” yet the disciples figured out it was best to just trust Jesus to solve the problem.