First Monday of May. More than 4 months into 2026. Lots of things have happened. Lots of things remain to be closed off.
We didn’t have electricity this morning so I thought I’d go back to all the videos I downloaded as part of my ‘Watch Later’ list on YouTube.
There was that one video that sticks out to me up until now, which presents the tribe or nation which God showed no mercy on – the Amalekites. I’m not sure if it’s 100% accurate but it did present something interesting:
The king of the Amalekites whom king Saul kept alive (but was eventually executed by prophet Samuel) was Agag. Generations later in Persia, Israel was presented with a serious existential threat; Haman set a date for the entire empire to hunt down and kill all of the Jews, but fortunately, through what I believe was a move by the Holy Spirit, Esther ultimately stopped this genocide. Haman was known as the Agagite – a descendant of Agag, an Amalekite.
I feel the lesson presented by the video is in line with a creed established by Shingensumi squad leader Saito Hajime – or, to be precise, his fictional portrayal in anime: “Aku Soku Zan” (悪即斬), or ‘slay evil immediately’.
Slay sin immediately, slay sin completely.
We could jump forward to the New Testament and say that’s precisely what Christ did at the cross – He slew sin immediately, and He slew sin completely. And while that may sound pretty ‘lazy’ or anticlimactic by some folks – particularly folks who do have ‘Agag’ or remnant sins in their own lives (me included), I feel it’s the cause and cure of the matter.
We slay sin immediately and completely because that’s what Christ did for us already. Sin has no immediate impact, nor does it have complete dominion over us.
Consequently, because we know that Christ proved and guaranteed the immediate and complete defeat and slaying of sin, we ourselves are able to immediately and completely purge any remnants of it in our lives.
Gosh, I hope that makes sense. I’m this close to actually doing that purge here at home.
I’m 42. I’ve suffered enough. It’s time to live, and to live abundantly. It’s time to actually celebrate how sin has no dominion over me, because I am under the grace of God.
It’s time to let go of the deep-seated resentments and bitterness, the false hopes I put myself into; It’s time to accept reality, for ‘worse’, and for better – to let the world continue to move, but also to bask in the glory of our righteousness unto eternal life, going beyond proving it in the theoretical and enjoying it in the actual.
Christ is my immediate and complete righteousness. Amen.
11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield; The LORD will give grace and glory; No good thing will He withhold From those who walk uprightly.
12 O LORD of hosts, Blessed is the man who trusts in You!
Psalm 84:11-12
Yesterday I reminded our flock that we had two words to capitalize on this month and this quarter – Dwell. Still. We dwell on His Word, and we are still in His Spirit, worshipping, meditating, praying, etc.
Two words I’m thinking for myself at this time – consolidation, and focus. In our celebrating our immediate and complete righteousness, we purge sin completely, we purge sin immediately; But this is all towards the goal of consolidation. When I talk about consolidation I’m talking about consolidation of knowledge, and of skill – organization of data, and clarification of tasks.
That’s the word, actually. Management. Time management – time goes on while the rest stays unorganized. File management. Task management.
Consolidation of resources itself is a resource. Focus on assets is itself an asset.
Time allocation.
That’s what I had scribbled elsewhere, but I can picture all of it as rejecting junk and poison data, and organizing what data needs keeping, addressing, clarifying, and/or collecting.
It’s also analyzing what movement and mindsets we have already going on, weeding out junk and poison processes, and being more efficient with what systems remain.
Gosh, that’s all a salad of buzzwords, huh? Thankfully, in this time and season we have AI ‘friends’ to serve as tools. Let’s consolidate this mess.
The lesson is clear: what we spare in small measure can grow into destruction later. Therefore, slay sin immediately. Slay it completely. Just as King Saul’s compromise with Agag eventually produced Haman the Agagite, so also the little sins and soul-ties we tolerate today can bring unnecessary pain tomorrow.
But here is the good news — Christ has already done it perfectly. At the cross, He slew sin immediately and completely. Sin no longer has dominion over me. Because of His finished work, I can now walk in the same reality: immediate repentance, complete surrender, and total freedom.
I am 42. I have carried enough. Today I choose to purge the remnants — the deep resentments, the bitterness, the false hopes I’ve clung to. I accept reality as it is, and I receive the abundant life Christ secured for me. No more delay.
Dwell. Still. I will dwell in His presence and stay still in His Spirit.
Consolidate. Focus. I will consolidate my knowledge, my tasks, my resources, and my time — cutting out the junk, the noise, and the poison, so I can focus on what truly matters.
11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield; The LORD will give grace and glory; No good thing will He withhold From those who walk uprightly.
12 O LORD of hosts, Blessed is the man who trusts in You!
Psalm 84:11-12
Here I stand — forgiven, free, and moving forward.
Christ is my immediate and complete righteousness. Let’s dwell. Let’s purge. Let’s consolidate.
And let’s finally live.
In the name of Jesus, Amen.
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