Welcome to the Daily Blade. The Word of God is described as the sword of the spirit, the primary

spiritual weapon in the Christian's armor against the forces of evil. Your hosts are Joby Martin

and Kyle Thompson, and they stand ready to equip men for the fight. Let's sharpen up.

All right, guys, let's wrap up the week. All week we've been pulling the featured scripture

from the 31-day resilience reset, so it's a free resource I created for men who know that they

were made for more but feel stuck where they are. You don't end up somewhere meaningful

by chance. You get their own purpose. We all know that. If you're ready to sharpen your

life, start by going to undaunted.com slash 31 days. Today, I want us to focus on God as our refuge

and fortress and how that would adjust the path we go down. So let's go ahead and get into the reading

for day 20 of the 31 Day Resilience Reset, which is Psalm 91 and Proverbs 20. Let's start with Proverbs 20,

verse 24, and I'll read from the CSB. Even a courageous person's steps are determined by the

Lord. So how can anyone understand his own way? So I know that a lot of guys in this audience are

highly conscientious people. Okay, you get crap done. It's done well.

No one has to remind you to speak up. No one has to encourage you to get going or to come to the

defense of someone else. Many of you guys do have that and you also have courage. And man,

courage is a good thing. It's something that actually is lacking quite a bit in modernity.

There are a lot of reasons

for that that we don't have time to get into today. But the point I'm making goes back to

Proverbs 24. Even a courageous person's steps are determined by the Lord. So even if you're a man

with a plan, it's the Lord who is sovereign and ultimately in control.

And if he's in control, then your path will surely shift away from the path that you would have

created for yourself. And his path will take you closer to him where he can be your refuge and fortress.

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