Purpose for Your Pain

I’d never really thought about these words until this morning: "purpose for your pain."As a co-writer on this daily blog, I had been away for over a month, and today, I finally resumed.

I know the story might get long, but I want to share it anyway because I’ve come to know that when God writes our stories, He pens a purpose—a growth, a death, a transition—for every action and statement, whether consciously or unconsciously made.

My phone had packed up, so I got a new one. But in less than a week, it was stolen. I felt fine all day until it was time for my quiet time. That’s when it hit. I thought I was okay until I wanted to say the very first words of prayer. What came out was: “How could You let them take my phone?”And I burst into tears.

To me, it was just a phone—but in that moment, it was an essential item I owned. 

As you journey through this year, have there been moments you paused and said, “God, how could You let me lose this?” Maybe it was a relationship, a marriage, a child, your health, your business, a loved one—things you held dear.

But here’s the truth: God gives purpose to every pain the enemy thought would drag us away from the cross. Maybe the enemy thought, “This will take her eyes off Jesus,” but Scripture tells us:

“…Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith…”

— Hebrews 12:2 (KJV)

It doesn’t say “looked” or “look,” but *“looking”—a continuous, consistent posture of focus.

So, no matter what loss, grief, or pain 2025 may have brought your way—even with the tears still in your eyes and the ache still in your heart—you can choose to keep looking up.

Let your focus today be these words:

“Looking unto Jesus…” not on the failure, the pain, or the loss, but on the One who finished it all with the words:

“It is finished.”

John 19:30 (KJV)

“I am looking unto Jesus, the Author and Finisher of my faith.”

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Call unto me all ye that are weary

There are days when you have worried for so long—worried about the future, the present, a job, a breakthrough—that the worry begins to live inside you. You wake up with a heavy heart because your pillow has been soaked with tears, yet the burden still does not lift.

The Lord, in His mercy, made provision for days like this. He knows there will be moments when you feel like you cannot take it anymore. Days when you may not feel Him, yet somehow still know He is there. And in those moments, He is saying to you: Call unto Me.

I know there are days when even crying out requires strength you feel you no longer have. Days when asking for help feels like too much effort. Yet God is still calling you, saying:

“Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”

— Matthew 11:28 (KJV)

Your labor may have felt like it came with no reward. The heaviness may have grown out of deep weariness—so heavy that you cannot seem to shake it off. But today, I bring an announcement to you: rest has come for you who are weary in Zion.

I sound an alarm in the spirit to let you know that the yoke is broken off you, and you are stepping into the fullness of all that God has prepared for you.

The Lord declares in Jeremiah 33:3:

“Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.”

Until you call, answers will not come. But when you begin to call on the Lord, heaven becomes alert. Angels are dispatched because answers are to be delivered. God’s desire is to show you great and mighty things—but to see them, you must call on Him. Not as a beggar, but as a son. Not from defeat, but from trust.

You must groan out of that place of pain and refuse to let the pain have the best of you. Instead, build with what the Lord is revealing in that moment. Nothing you are going through is a waste. Even time lost and opportunities missed—God is able to restore them. For we do not serve a God of second chances, but a God of many chances. He keeps coming back until your soul is redeemed, your time is redeemed, and you step into what He has prepared for you.

So I bring a reminder that God never left you.

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Until You Become Dissatisfied.

Many of us have become too comfortable with what life has to offer. We settle. We adjust. We forget that there was once a man in Scripture called Jabez. The Bible says he was more honorable than his brothers, yet nothing in his life reflected that honor. There was a contradiction between his reality and his identity.

Many of us are in that same place — comfortable in contradiction. We are called peace but in turbulence, wealth yet in abject poverty. We don’t look beyond what life has handed us to see what God can do when we dare to pray certain kinds of prayers.

I once heard someone say, “I don’t want much from life. If I can just pay my children’s fees and have enough to eat, that's okay.” We forget that our words form our world.

Jabez’s mother birthed him in pain and named him after it. Even though he was honorable, his life carried a label that fought his destiny. But one day, Jabez became unsatisfied. One day, he said “Enough, this can't go on!”  he cried out to the God of Israel for a change.

1 Chronicles 4:9–10 (NKJV)
9 Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers, and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.”
10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, “Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!” So God granted him what he requested.

Beloved, until you become dissatisfied, nothing changes. A life of mediocrity is not God’s plan for you. A life of “just enough” is not your portion. You are God’s masterpiece, designed to reveal His goodness on the earth.

Heaven is waiting for you to get tired of average. Heaven is waiting for you to roar in prayer until angels are dispatched with your answers.

Until you become uncomfortable and cry out, the yoke will not fall. Like a dog that outgrows the chain and shakes until it breaks loose, you must engage in violent, persistent warfare prayer until you hear the chains fall, until you see the shift.

Consider the prayer of Jabez — and pray it until something breaks. Do not grow weary. Stand strong in faith until God answers.

Stay revived!

Guide your heart with diligence

The heart of man is the root of all evil. This is true because no one truly knows what another person is thinking—what we often see is only the smile on the surface.

The heart of man is a battlefield. It is the place where the old crooked serpent constantly seeks control. He knows that if your heart aligns with Christ, you will live like Christ. So he comes after the heart—breaking it, taunting it, staining it—so that when you hear the message of Christ, all you feel is the wound within.

David said, “Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life.” — Proverbs 4:23

There is nothing you do that was not first conceived in your heart. The enemy knows this. He also knows he cannot force you, so he creates situations that will soften your heart toward his agenda , so that when you start aiding his agenda, you do not know.

You can call Satan many names, but do not call him foolish or unwise. The very fact that Scripture calls him a serpent tells you he is strategic.

“Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field.” — Genesis 3:1

His methods are deliberate, crafted to make you feel his presence even when he is nowhere close, you might thinking it's just that thought, but it's coming for your alignment to God.

To guard your heart is wisdom. When you do, you build a defense system that combats the enemy when he comes—for surely he will come. Scripture reminds us:

“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.” — 1 Peter 5:8

As you continue your walk with Christ, it becomes essential to surrender your heart to the leading of the Holy Ghost.

Surrender your mind too, so that your thoughts become thoughts He thinks through you.

“Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus.” — Philippians 2:5

And what do you do after that? You keep vigilance over your heart.

Oh, the enemy is smart. He knows what you like, and he uses those very things to make your heart waver for We are not ignorant of his devices.” 

2 Corinthians 2:11

But you must stand your ground and win the battle for your heart. Give the serpent no room.

“Neither give place to the devil.” — Ephesians 4:27

When you do, you will realize that the issues of life—whether victory or defeat—all begin from the heart.

Stay revived!