The High Calling of God

  "Then David left the baggage in the care of the baggage keeper and ran to the battle line."  1 Samuel 17:22 (NASB)   Last year my husband and I went on a cruise. We had to fly to Miami. I was constantly checking my app for the airline to make sure that our luggage was going with us. All went well going down.  But on our return flights- when we were leaving the Atlanta airport, I kept checking the app to see where our luggage was. It kept showing that it was still back in Miami. Of course, I am panicking, but my calm, reassuring husband kept telling me it would be okay. (He wasn't checking the app-and he always says everything will be okay. And he is usually right!)  After a few times of checking, and looking out the window as they loaded up the luggage- the luggage cart went away. (Gasp!)  And the app still said our luggage was in Miami. But after a little while, another luggage cart arrived and they began to unload. Way in the back, I spied our two ...

  "These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold-though your faith is far more precious than mere gold. So when your faith remains strong through many trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world." I Peter 1:7 (NLT)  In Bible days, threshing floors were places where they gathered the wheat and threshed it, either by animals or instruments to separate the chaff and the grain. Then it was prepared to be winnowed where the chaff and grain were separated- the chaff was the loose, outer covering on the grain and was useless in making flour. When it was winnowed, the chaff was blown away by the wind and grain fell to the ground. The threshing floor- was a place of separation . In the Bible, it was of great significance in their culture and religion.  Many times it was also a place of divine encounters.  We, as believers, go through a similar ...

  Proverbs 4:25-26 “ Set your gaze on the path before you.  With fixed purpose.  Looking straight ahead, ignore life’s distractions. Watch where you’re going! Stick to the path of truth,  and the road will be safe and smooth before you.” (TPT )      “(looking away from all that will distract us and) focusing our eyes on Jesus, who is the Author and Perfecter of faith…”   Hebrews 12a (AMP)       I recently posted about my issues with vertigo and feeling off balance (Stop-Pause-Reset- 7/26/2025). I came across another scriptural parallel while doing a couple more tests intending to make me dizzy so they could determined further issues. After the test, I was instructed to focus on a little red light- and the dizziness stopped. it would seem that when I become dizzy, if I can focus on an object (that is not moving) - the dizziness goes away. It also helps to strengthen the inner ear canal (which is where the problem is)...