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Editor’s Note
Welcome to BTM issue number fifty!
Whether you’ve been here since the beginning or found Bigger Than Me last week — thank you. Truly.
Over the past fifty issues, this newsletter has sharpened. What began as conversations about compassion and the Kingdom has grown into something more focused: helping everyday believers step into healing with clarity and confidence in Jesus’ name.
I’m grateful for the growth. Grateful for the wrestle. Grateful for what God has done, and what He’s still building.
Here’s to the next fifty.
With love and appreciation,
Addison
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Kneeling in the dust.
The crowd shifts as he moves closer. Space opens around him. It always does.
He keeps his head low.
He has heard the reports; blind men seeing, crippled legs straightened, spirits fleeing at a word.
He swallows.
“If You are willing…”
The words almost catch in his throat.
The silence stretches.
Jesus steps toward him.
The smell lingers. Rotting skin. Infection. Years of isolation pressed into cloth and hair.
Jesus does not stop.
The leper feels it before he sees it — a hand on his shoulder.
A pause.
Slowly, the leper lifts his head.
Jesus is looking at him.
Smiling.
“I am willing.”
“Be clean.”
The leper looks down at his hands while turning them over.
“It’s gone.”
“We Can’t Really Know God’s Will.”
That is the lie.
Not that God can’t heal.
Not that He never heals.
But that in any given moment, His will remains hidden.
So prayers are softened. Words are qualified. Escape hatches are installed.
When uncertainty is praised as humility, bold faith is seen as arrogance.
Understand His Will. Then Act.
“Do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.” (Ephesians 5:17)
Scripture does not praise us for staying unsure. It commands us to understand.
Hebrews tells us Jesus is “the exact imprint” of the Father’s nature. (Hebrews 1:3)
Jesus Himself says, “Whoever has seen Me has seen the Father.” (John 14:9)
And Jesus says:
“I am willing.”
There is no mystery here.
We do not discover God’s will by staying uncertain.
We learn it by watching Christ.
Once He reveals His Will, we act on what He has shown.
A Prayer For Acting on God’s Will
Original graphic by Bryan Arcebal
Dear Father,
Thank You for making me Your child.
Thank You that You have revealed Your will in Christ. You have not left me guessing at Your heart.
Forgive me for mistaking uncertainty for humility. Forgive me for hesitating where You have already spoken.
I reject the lie that Your will is hidden when Jesus has made it clear.
You are not reluctant.
You are not distant.
You are not divided within Yourself.
Let my hands reflect what Jesus has shown.
Let my voice align with Your compassion.
Let my obedience match what You have revealed.
Teach me to act on what You have made known.
In Jesus’ name,
Amen.
Until next time,
Addison
