There are moments in our lives when something holy begins. It may be small… almost imperceptible at first. A shift. A stirring. A yes forming deep within. A seed. And yet, I have seen how quickly that seed can be stolen. Not always through obvious rebellion…but through something far more subtle. A knot of the familiar. A reestablishing of an old connection. What appears to be kindness… but carries the pull of something else. Something that draws you back just as you are begin

Isaiah 66:4 is often read as a warning about fear—what you dread will come upon you. But in context, it reveals something far more sobering. This chapter is not confronting fearful people trying to obey God, but religious people who rely on compliance instead of surrender. God is speaking. The question is whether we will listen—and respond.