04/20/2026
Take Heed
https://www.youtube.com/live/a_faNQTXNy4?si=pDqZw3MWRoJ_moI8
In the Bible, "take heed" is a frequent command meaning to pay close attention, be vigilant, watch carefully, or beware. It urges believers to guard their spiritual lives, obey God’s commandments, and avoid deception or sin. It acts as a warning to be spiritually alert and to actively apply divine truths, not just hear them.
I read this and thought it was very good.
The Spirit of Absalom
Absalom didn’t attack his leadership with a sword. He assaulted it with conversations.
He sat at the gate. He listened to people’s problems. He agreed with their frustrations. He questioned leadership.
And the Bible says he stole the hearts of the people.
It didn’t start as rebellion. It sounded like concern. It looked like empathy.
But it was poison.
Because what begins as “I just feel like” turns into “people are saying” and ends with division.
The spirit of Absalom is still alive today!
It whispers you deserve better. They’re not handling this right. If I was in charge.
And before long it gathers people, builds a circle, creates an alternative voice. Now you don’t just have an issue, you have a fracture.
God doesn’t just hate sin.
He hates division.
Not disagreement, division.
Not questions, undermining.
Not concerns, corruption of trust.
Absalom didn’t just oppose David. He pulled people away from him.
That’s the danger.
If a conversation pulls you away from trust, unity, and submission to God ordained leadership, it is not harmless. It is working on your heart.
Be careful who you listen to. Be careful what you entertain. Be careful what you repeat.
Because you don’t have to rebel publicly to be divided internally.
And once a heart is stolen, it is hard to get it back.
Just because someone can speak to something that resonates with you does not mean it is right or healthy.
Stay submitted. Stay clean. Stay unified.
Because not every voice that sounds right is sent by God.
