Day 57

Leviticus 24-25 | John 1:35-51 | Psalm 25

On Super Bowl Sunday last year, I boarded a plane.

No wings. No commercials. No BBQ. No football.

Just a cramped economy seat, an hour-long flight, and the weight of uncertainty pressing into my chest.

While millions gathered with friends and family, I sat there—knees jammed against the seatback in front of me—staring at the reality ahead.

I was on my way to manage the corporate communications cascade that would announce my firm—the one I’d worked at for over a decade—would soon be acquired by the largest firm in our industry.

And since then?

For twelve months, I’ve been in corporate purgatory. My job has been a question mark. My future, a blank page.

And today?

Today might be the day that page gets filled with words I don’t want to read.

But I am not afraid. I feel a peace that makes no sense at all.

Because I know who holds my future.

When the Lions Roar

My Bible study brothers and I are walking through Daniel right now.

Just yesterday, I read about King Darius issuing his decree:

For thirty days, no one may pray to any god but the king. Anyone who disobeys will be thrown into the den of lions.

Daniel’s response?

He didn’t panic. He didn’t comply.

He went straight home, opened his windows, and prayed.

And I thought about that today as I learned this new information about my job.

Because when the decree was signed, Daniel didn’t know what would happen next.

Would God rescue him? Would he be torn apart? The Bible doesn’t say he had those answers.

But he knew his faith wouldn’t change.

And that’s exactly where I am today.

I don’t know what will happen. But I know what I believe.

The Land Is His. And So Am I.

Then I open today’s reading, and these words shine through:

“Then I will command My blessing on you…” (Leviticus 25:21)

“The land is Mine, for you are strangers and sojourners with Me.” (Leviticus 25:23)

Israel lived in a land that wasn’t theirs. Their crops, their fields, their future—it all belonged to God. They were merely sojourners, dwelling in a land owned by Someone else.

And that’s exactly what I am too.

Just a sojourner.

A stranger in a foreign land.

Waiting for a city whose builder and maker is God. (Hebrews 11:10)

So why should I fear? Why should I worry?

If the land is His, then so is my future.

The God Who Commands the Blessing

This morning, before anything else, I prayed.

It wasn’t eloquent. It wasn’t structured. But it was real:

Lord, when Daniel was thrown to the lions, You shut their mouths. When Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were thrown into the fire, You didn’t let even a hint of smoke touch them. When the Israelites were pinned against the Red Sea, You split it. When Lazarus was dead, You told him to get up. And when the saw blade took my fingers, You put them right back where they belonged.

So if I lose my job today, tomorrow, or the next day, I know You will come through again.

And then I read Leviticus:

“Then I will command My blessing on you in the sixth year, so that it will produce a crop sufficient for three years.” (Leviticus 25:21)

God wasn’t just asking Israel to trust Him. He was promising provision beyond what they could see.

And Psalm 25 confirms it:

“Indeed, none who wait for You shall be put to shame.” (Psalm 25:3)

God has never abandoned His people.

Not once.

And He’s not about to start now.

When Jesus Says, “Come and See”

In John 1, Jesus calls His disciples.

Andrew finds his brother Simon and says:

“We have found the Messiah.” (John 1:41)

Philip finds Nathanael and says:

“We have found Him of whom Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote.” (John 1:45)

But Nathanael is skeptical.

And Philip doesn’t argue. He doesn’t debate.

He just says:

“Come and see.” (John 1:46)

I love that.

Not a defense. Not a theological discourse.

Just an invitation.

And when Nathanael meets Jesus, everything changes.

“Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.” (John 1:48)

Jesus had seen Nathanael before Nathanael even knew Jesus was there.

And that’s exactly what I needed to be reminded of today.

I don’t know what’s coming. I don’t know what’s next.

But I know He sees me.

And I hear His invitation again:

“Come and see.”

Come and see how He will provide.

Come and see how He will make a way.

Come and see how the God who commands the blessing has already written my future.

No Fear. No Shame. Only Confidence in Christ.

So today, I choose peace.

Today, I choose trust.

Today, I choose confidence—not in my circumstances, but in Christ.

Because the land is His.

And so am I.

Lord, I don’t know what tomorrow holds. But You do. And that is enough. Keep me from fear, keep me from shame, and help me walk in bold confidence—not in my circumstances, but in the certainty that You are always faithful, even when I am not. Amen.