THIS IS WHAT AMERICA VOTED FOR TONIGHT.

Be faithful with what God has already placed in your hands. You don't need to have more to appreciate what you already have.

Sometimes the blessing you're waiting for starts with how you handle what you have today. Stay grateful, stay faithful, and don't rush the next season.

God may have more ahead for you, but you don't have to chase it. Trust His timing and let Him decide when you're ready for more.

The Window into Heaven — John 1:50-51

Jesus asked [Nathanael], "Do you believe [I am the Son of God] just because I told you I had seen you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than this." Then he said, "I tell you the truth, you will all see heaven open and the angels of God going up and down on the Son of Man, the one who is the stairway between heaven and earth." — John 1:50-51 NLT

Jesus will fulfill and surpass many metaphors, images, and rituals from Israel's rich history. John will show us how Jesus is the great "I AM." [1] Jesus fulfills the meaning of many of the great Jewish feasts. He is "the stairway between heaven and earth," and as we continue through John's gospel, we'll see that Jesus is "the bread of life," "the true vine," "the water of life," and more [2] - each image rich in emotion and meaning from Israel's past. Jesus is challenging Nathaniel to look beyond Jesus' power to know what was in his heart. Jesus wants to lead Nathaniel to see greater things. He wants Nathaniel to know that when he is around Jesus, he is looking through the window into heaven.

[1] Exodus 3:14.
[2] John 6:35, 8:12, 10:7, 10:11, 11:25, 14:6, 15:1.

Today's Prayer

Father, please help me see you, know you, and love you completely as Jesus teaches me more about you. In your Son's name, I pray. Amen.

Related Scripture Readings
Genesis 28:12-17
John 1:14-15, 18
John 2:19-22

The Pentagon is preparing U.S. military bases to operate independently for at least 90 days if war disrupts power grids, water supplies, and critical infrastructure.

Under the new FORTRESS initiative, plans include portable nuclear reactors, independent power systems, and emergency stockpiles.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth calls it an insurance policy for the American homeland.
Hegseth says, “We are launching Fortress America. Every major military installation in America is going to generate its own power, independent of the civilian grid. If an adversary takes down the grid, our bases stay lit”

Sometimes it’s good to remind oneself how beautiful this world is…

Mountain walk amidst sunny Swiss views…

Binance reveals how North Korean hackers infiltrated its systems

- June: Attackers exploited a tampered Homebrew software installation to expose a wallet engineer’s role and colleagues.

- September: Hackers posed as recruiters and company executives during fake job interviews, tricking another engineer into downloading a malicious coding assignment.

- October 20: Attackers used the compromised computer and an internal AI tool to access two other wallet engineers’ devices and steal credentials.

- October 29: Using the stolen credentials, hackers deployed a malicious container and gained access to Binance’s internal wallet-signing operations.

- The attackers exploited Ethereum’s EIP-7702 authorization mechanism to grant a malicious smart contract control over wallet transactions.

- They bypassed normal withdrawal controls and moved approximately $6.34 billion in digital assets to attacker-controlled addresses.

The FBI attributed the attack to North Korea.

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