June 24, 2025
A tension between the desire to trust God, and the urge to grip tighter. A tug-of-war between the longing to do what’s right — and the fear that if you don’t keep pushing, it’ll all fall apart. In Romans, Paul writes as someone who’d felt it.
“I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out.”
“The evil I do not want is what I keep on doing.”
You feel it in the deal that’s hanging in the balance. The conversation you’re avoiding. The next big thing you’re trying to force. You start to believe peace will come on the other side of accomplishment — that when you finally close the sale, make the hire, or hit the number, you can finally breathe.
But what fills your thoughts – will shape your soul. Read that again...
And the mind set on the flesh fills itself with forecasts and fears — with homes, trips, titles, promotions, worries about the market or what someone else is building.
It’s possible to look faithful from the outside, but be entirely self-reliant on the inside. You can pray at the dinner table but never in your office. You can appear calm and composed while your heart spins with anxiety, trying to play God in your own story.
“Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?”
“Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
Romans 7:24–25
It means choosing a different pace before the rush begins.
It means reading Scripture every day — because truth is what reorders the heart.
It means turning off the podcast or music in the car and sitting in silence, asking God to speak.
It means filling your home with prayer, your desk with reminders, your moments with surrender.
Because God’s Word tells us the mind set on the Spirit leads somewhere beautiful:
life and peace.
Not just eternal peace — it’s the kind of steady leadership the world desperately needs – and will be seen in your business. Grounded. Discerning. Unshaken.
One prayer. One verse. One redirect when your thoughts wander.
And over time, the Spirit will reshape not just your day — but your desires.
Because life and peace aren’t found at the finish line of your next achievement. They’re found in the middle of your obedience. In the practice of setting your mind — again and again — on the One who leads with perfect wisdom, carries every burden, and never fails.