Last season, I was blessed with tickets to the Dallas Mavericks game. Before the game started, I went close to the floor with my two sons and father-in-law to watch the players warm up. As a passionate basketball family, we wanted to see their pre-game routine up close. Klay Thompson warmed up just feet away, rhythmically shooting as soon as the rebounder passed him the ball. While he shot a respectable 38% from 3 in 2026, I would imagine in warm ups he shoots more like 75%. It was...

Competing horizons do not create terminal problems at first. The wedding day bliss continues for a while, and these competing horizons might even feel exciting because you’re living with someone very different from you. But when suffering comes, or when a big decision comes, or when crises come — the horizon will matter very much. If we begin a journey together and I’m headed west while you’re headed northwest, we will eventually be in different zip codes.

I believe we are lost. We have completely missed this vital aspect of life with God. And we don’t even know we’re lost. We’re just bumbling along the wrong trail, headed God knows where. What I want to offer you in this article is an overlooked gem of Scripture, a verse I almost never hear preached on, talked about, or quoted. It’s a quiet verse, a verse which will not tickle your vanity. But it will liberate you. I am not exaggerating. If you will take this bite of God’s word, chew it, and...