{"id":5417,"date":"2026-05-02T12:44:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T09:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theincorruptibleseed.org\/?p=5417"},"modified":"2026-05-02T12:44:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T09:44:40","slug":"a-life-above-strife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theincorruptibleseed.org\/daily-devotion\/2026\/05\/02\/a-life-above-strife\/","title":{"rendered":"A LIFE ABOVE STRIFE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DAILY DEVOTION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s Bible Reading: 1 Samuel 22, Psalm 18<\/p>\n<p><strong>Psalm 18:43 (KJV):<\/strong> &#8220;Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes in life, people will fight you, look down on you, or try to stop what God is doing through you. They argue with you, compete with you, or treat you like you\u2019re just an ordinary person.<\/p>\n<p>This is what King David went through. People around him fought and opposed him. But then something changed. David says, \u201cGod delivered me from the strivings of the people.\u201d In other words, God took him out of the fight. He did this by lifting him above his opponents.<\/p>\n<p>David goes on to say, \u201cYou made me the head of the heathen.\u201d That\u2019s divine promotion. You move from striving to ruling. The same people who used to strive with him were not on his level anymore because God elevated him.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s what the Lord wants to do for you. You don\u2019t have to strive. You don\u2019t have to fight to prove yourself, argue to be understood, or compete to be seen. When God lifts you, He puts you in a place where the fight no longer touches you.<\/p>\n<p>So, let go of the need to justify yourself. Don\u2019t get trapped in petty arguments, jealousy, or competition. God is lifting you above the noise.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udca1<strong>KNOW MORE:<\/strong> 2 Timothy 2:24; Titus 3:2<\/p>\n<p>\u2b50<strong>HIGHLIGHT:<\/strong> You don\u2019t have to strive. You don\u2019t have to fight to prove yourself, argue to be understood, or compete to be seen. When God lifts you, He puts you in a place where the fight no longer touches you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\ud83d\ude4cPRAYER:<\/strong> Father, thank You for this word. I don\u2019t need to fight to be seen or struggle to be understood. You have made me the head and not the tail. I live life above strife and competition. I rest in Your promotion and stay above the noise. Daily, I choose peace. In Jesus\u2019 name, Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DAILY DEVOTION Today&#8217;s Bible Reading: 1 Samuel 22, Psalm 18 Psalm 18:43 (KJV): &#8220;Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.&#8221; Sometimes in life, people will fight you, look down on you, or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5418,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-devotion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theincorruptibleseed.org\/daily-devotion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theincorruptibleseed.org\/daily-devotion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theincorruptibleseed.org\/daily-devotion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theincorruptibleseed.org\/daily-devotion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theincorruptibleseed.org\/daily-devotion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5417"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theincorruptibleseed.org\/daily-devotion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5419,"href":"https:\/\/theincorruptibleseed.org\/daily-devotion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5417\/revisions\/5419"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theincorruptibleseed.org\/daily-devotion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theincorruptibleseed.org\/daily-devotion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theincorruptibleseed.org\/daily-devotion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theincorruptibleseed.org\/daily-devotion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}