Devin A. Wyatt

So I've had braces a little over a year now and if you've had braces before you know the struggle can become real, especially after a visit from getting them tighten. Having your braces adjusted can cause some mild pain and discomfort, since it puts pressure on your teeth. As the teeth are under pressure, bones and tissues are breaking down. The teeth and their supporting structures are then able to begin moving again, continuing the process of slowly moving the teeth into their desired positions. I'm able to tolerate the shifting, discomfort and pain because I know the pressure is for my good. Every now and then I find myself examining my teeth to see if any progress has been made. In some places, I see an enormously amount of change. Other areas, not so much but I know something is happening.  As I examine what I think to be slow progression, I begin to think of the change and seasons in my own life. How much is my life evolving? When will this happen or when wi...

Have you ever read the story about Jesus feeding the five thousand with five loaves of bread and two fish? Reading this story again, I gained a deeper revelation than I had before. The story starts off with the apostles and Jesus deciding to go off to a quiet place to get some rest from all the people they had encountered. Jesus and the apostles left for their quiet place only to arrive to their destination with even more people waiting to hear a Word.   “But many people recognized them and saw them leaving, and people from many towns ran ahead along the shore and got there ahead of them. Jesus saw the huge crowd as he stepped from the boat, and he had compassion on them because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many things.” Mark 6:33-34 NLT What got me with this story is that these people were so anxious to hear a Word from Jesus. They were desperate to have an encounter with the Lord. Have you ever just needed to hear a Word fro...

In my last blog post, I talked about God building a foundation in your life with longevity in mind during the so called dry season in your life. Mediating on this more and more, I begin to do research on dry seasons. I came across a study on the difference between a rainy season and a dry season in a rain forest. Surprisedly, this study showed that trees in the rain forest were worse off in the rainy season. In the rainy season is when many leaves die, but relatively few new ones are produced. But in the dry season it is quite different. In the dry season the trees thrive; far more new leaves are produced than are shed, allowing the tree to benefit from the season’s increased sunlight. In the dry season they thrive! Seems a little bizarre that the trees would thrive in the dry season. When we as believers talk about going through a dry season, we talk about going through lack, disappointment, and uncertainty. But in the dry season in a rain forest the trees thrive! My God! In...

It is like a person building a house who digs deep and lays the foundation on solid rock.  When the floodwaters rise and break against that house,  it stands firm because it is well built. Luke 6:48 I'm sure everyone has seen the construction of a new home before. Day after day constructors are able to take nothing and transform it into something. Do you know what it took to build this beautiful home? First and foremost there had to be a plan. A blueprint to what this beautiful home would look like. After the plan was complete, selection of the land took place. From selecting the appropriate land constructors had to clear and level the land so that the foundation could be dug. Clearing the land included cutting down trees, not only on the building site, but also removing any unhealthy or dead trees that were close enough to the house to do damage if they fell. Tree stumps and large rocks were also removed for the ground to be properly leveled. Once the land ...

Seek the Kingdom of God above all else,  and live righteously, and he  will give you everything  you need. Matthew 6:33 Have you ever felt as though you were in a dry place in your life? Things weren’t bad, but things weren’t as good as you knew they could be. You felt as though you were thirsty for more! In the Bible, we read of people who felt just like you. They needed to quench a thirst. In those times if you needed a supply of water you went to the well. Webster defines well as an issue of water from the earth :   a pool fed by a spring. The well is a symbolic factor in the Bible. In Biblical times, the well supplied people with water, but it also did more in some cases. Many times the people found refuge, security, and provision at the well. There were times when people found their blessings at the well. In the Bible, the well represented life, prosperity and abundance. The well represented fullness. When the people went to fetch w...

Have you ever been searching for more? You knew you were here for a purpose, but you didn't see fruition of this very truth. Usually when we search for more we’ve come to a place where we're so uncomfortable to the point of no return. We come to a place where we say, “God what's next? What's going to happen now? I need more!” Then suddenly we have this urge to just step out on faith and move. That move can be physical, spiritual, or emotional. Whatever it is, God could just be calling you to step out on faith and move.   “The LORD had said to Abram,  “Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father’s family,  and go to the land that I will show you.” Genesis 12:1 NLT God was asking Abraham to move out of his comfort zone. Move from everything he had ever known including his homeland, his friends, and family. God wanted Abraham to move into a state of the unknown . What is the state of the unknown ? The state of the u...