09/10/2026
WORD for your Thursday.
John 1:47
Are you prepared? Are you ready for the battle?
Nathanael asked Jesus:
“How do you know me?”
Jesus said: “I saw you.”
In v. 50, Jesus asked Nathanael:
“Do you believe?”
Nathanael had already had stated to Jesus: “Rabbi, you are the Son of God—the King of Israel!”
Jesus knows us & sees us just as He saw Nathanael. The Lord has knowledge we do not have.
Many call themselves Christian, but do not worship Jesus as Lord. They say they are—but there is no evidence. Nathanael has already said to Philip: “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?”
For me, I want to be prepared to meet head on whatever the Lord puts in my path. Whatever battle if confronted. Not if, but when. Nathanael was confused as to WHY & HOW Jesus knew him. I too was confused for many years.
I am no longer confused. I know the path Jesus has laid out for me & it all begins with knowing Him & worshipping Him every single day.
We are confronted with battles, with crisis situations regularly. The question is: Are we prepared & ready for the battle?
Crisis always reveals true character. Crisis always reveals our level of spiritual fitness.
We grow spritually in our private time with the Lord. We become spiritually fit in our private time in meditation & prayer worshipping our Lord.
If our worship in our private relationship with God every day is right—we will be prepared & ready for whatever battle arises.
It is what happens in our unseen life that only God sees that makes us spiritually fit.
If we say we don’t have time—we will never be prepared or ready for the battle—the crisis. If we do not worship the Lord every day, we will be useless & a hindrance to the Kingdom.
God trains us with His weapons.
He trains us in our private, hidden, personal worship time.
Jesus knows us & sees us.
Are you prepared & ready for the battle? Worship Jesus!
Be blessed & have a grace filled day.
The battle is coming!
Pastor Mike