Have you ever walked into a room and felt something was off — even before you could explain why? Your spirit noticed long before your mind caught up.
Discernment is not just the ability to analyze.
Discernment is the willingness to face what your spirit already knows.
Many believers feel internal warnings but ignore them because they don’t want the truth. They don’t want to confront what God is showing them about a relationship, a church, a mentor, a business opportunity, or even themselves.
Your spirit feels what your discernment refuses to face.
That tension — the one you keep pushing down — is revealing something real. God speaks through conviction, unease, lack of peace, and spiritual dissonance. When you silence those signals, you make decisions based on comfort instead of clarity.
And comfort has destroyed more callings than warfare ever has.
Your spirit is designed to sense misalignment. When the atmosphere is wrong, when motives are unclear, when people carry agendas, when something is spiritually familiar but not spiritually healthy — your spirit knows.
Discernment begins when you stop dismissing those signals.
You cannot grow spiritually if you only accept truth when it feels pleasant. You cannot lead others well if you ignore the truth about where God is leading you. And you cannot build a God-honoring culture around your life if you refuse to acknowledge the cultures that threaten it.
Your spirit is speaking.
Your peace is revealing.
Your discomfort is instructive.
Face what God is showing you.
To understand how awareness shapes both spiritual and organizational culture, explore my book, The Making of a Strong Culture: Intentional Organizations
