Friday, January 30, 2026

Happy January, Friend,

It’s the Smart Edit! Feel like you don’t quite fit in? Perfect. Read on.

This week: it’s either the Lord or the lemmings, 7 physical signs you’re smarter than you think, preferred future with Terry Hoggard.

Make it a refreshing weekend! —Brian

Each week, we highlight a Kingdom Dynamic, a key insight into how God’s Kingdom works in real life …

This is a lens, not so much a lesson. A way of seeing what’s already happening beneath the surface of your life.

If you’ve ever felt like you don’t quite fit—socially, culturally, even within many Christian spaces—you’re not imagining it.

There’s a quiet friction you carry. You observe things others seem comfortable with. You often feel out of sync with things but can’t always explain why.

That tension is not a failure. It’s a signal.

In Christ, you’re not meant to blend in. “You are a chosen generation… His own special people” (1 Peter 2:9, NKJV). The word special carries the idea of being peculiar. Set apart. Different by design.

You weren’t chosen merely to be rescued from something, but appointed to represent what’s coming. Frankly, you are an advance sign of the Age to Come (King Jesus coming and the restoration of all things).

That’s why the herd doesn’t work for you. You’re not wired for lemming life.

You’re O.H.—Original Human. Edenic at the base. Born again for dominion. As you receive “the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness,” you “reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ” (Romans 5:17, NKJV).

That reigning reflects the Kingship of Christ and his ultimate rule on the earth.

The Spirit’s sanctifying work—setting you apart—reshapes how you frame everything. “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind” (Romans 12:2, NASB).

Or, as J.B. Phillips so vividly translated it: “Don’t let the world around you squeeze you into its own mould, but let God re-mould your minds from within.”

Realize there’s an internal pushback happening in you. The new creation life in you is pressing against a fading system … “The darkness is passing away, and the true Light is already shining” (1 John 2:8, NKJV).

So yes—you feel different. Let’s stop apologizing for that.

It’s either the Lord or the lemmings.

And I know you’re not a lemming.

Let’s come before the Lord:
Lord Jesus, I yield to Your lordship today and RENOUNCE the LEMMING LIFE, choosing to live set apart and aligned with Your Kingdom. Move me away from what is not of you, and release the new creation life within me to daily live in your grace, righteousness, and authority. Amen.

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