Make Jesus Necessary
The Prophetic Ledger - May 8, 2026
There was another burden in this message that went deeper than spiritual warfare:
The condition of the Bride.
We can become very serious about ministry, very serious about spiritual warfare, very serious about our assignments—and somehow become casual about spending time with Jesus.
But Jesus isn’t an accessory to the Christian life.
He is the life.
Sometimes we treat time with Him like something we’ll get to after everything else is finished.
After work.
After family.
After ministry.
After answering everybody.
After solving the problem.
After dealing with the warfare.
After figuring out what the enemy is doing.
And then we arrive exhausted and give Jesus whatever is left.
But what kind of relationship survives indefinitely on leftovers?
The Bride Needs the Bridegroom
We call ourselves the Bride of Christ.
Think about that language.
A bride isn’t supposed to be more interested in the wedding activities than she is in the Bridegroom.
Yet spiritually, that can happen.
We can become fascinated with prophecy.
Fascinated with warfare.
Fascinated with assignments.
Fascinated with ministry.
Fascinated with what God is doing.
And somehow spend very little time simply enjoying God Himself.
At some point we have to ask:
Do I want His hand—or do I want His heart?
Stop Studying the Enemy
Sometimes constant warfare can become its own distraction.
We can spend so much time discussing what the enemy is doing that we barely talk about what Jesus is doing.
Who attacked?
Who said what?
What spirit is operating?
What warfare happened this week?
What did the enemy try now?
Meanwhile, Jesus is saying:
Look at Me.
Proverbs 16:7 gives us a completely different strategy:
“When a man’s ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.”
God redirects our attention.
Instead of obsessing over the enemy:
Please Me.
Keep your heart right.
Walk in the light.
Stay close to Me.
Trust Me.
Let Me handle what is surrounding you.
Maybe some of the opposition we’ve spent hours analyzing was permitted to accomplish something much simpler:
Recalibration.
Not to make us enemy-conscious.
To make us God-conscious.
Faith Requires Relationship
Hebrews 11:6 tells us that without faith it is impossible to please God, and that those who come to Him must believe that He is and that He rewards those who diligently seek Him.
There is something beautiful in that last phrase:
Seek Him.
Not merely answers from Him.
Not merely protection from Him.
Not merely provision from Him.
Not merely revelation from Him.
Him.
What if the greatest reward of diligently seeking God is discovering that the One we were seeking is Himself the treasure?
Give Him More Than Leftovers
Jesus deserves more than the leftover minutes of our day.
He deserves our attention.
Our affection.
Our curiosity.
Our worship.
Our stillness.
Our conversation.
There should be moments when we’re not asking Him to fix anything.
We’re simply enjoying Him.
Not because we have a livestream.
Not because we’re preparing a sermon.
Not because we need direction.
Not because something went wrong.
Just:
“Jesus, I wanted to be with You.”
That’s relationship.
And perhaps one of the simplest recalibrations for the Church is this:
Make Jesus necessary again.
Not merely useful.
Not merely theological.
Not merely the name attached to our ministry.
Necessary.
Before the assignment—Jesus.
During the assignment—Jesus.
After the assignment—Jesus.
Because when all the warfare, ministry, platforms, titles, accomplishments, and activity are stripped away…
He was always the point.
Charnette Kay ⚔️
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