What occupies our minds has tremendous influence over the opportunities we recognize. If we continually rehearse where we came from, eventually going backward can begin to look like an opportunity. But when our minds are fixed on the “better country” ahead, even difficult circumstances stop looking like exits. Mindsets determine destinations.

There is a difference between running from something and running toward something. Cain and Abraham were both men on the move. Both lived unsettled lives. Both knew what it was to leave familiar places behind. From the outside, they might have looked remarkably similar—but spiritually, they could not have been more different. Cain became a vagabond because of sin. After killing Abel, he was condemned to wander, unable to settle and constantly looking over his shoulder. His pa

When fear, uncertainty, disappointment, or confusion come, we're tempted to run toward towers we've constructed ourselves—our own understanding, our own strength, or even unhealthy ways of coping. Those towers may promise safety, but they can never provide lasting security. Only the name of Jesus offers a refuge that cannot be shaken.