The first comic strip pane shows a dad driving to work. The next one shows him recounting his blessings: his fantastic job, awesome wife, wonderful kids, beautiful home, close friends, etc. The next frame has him thinking and then blurting out, “I WANT MORE!!”
I read this after just having to slow down because of the rain, which allowed me to not feel guilty for not being outside doing something! Where I live it’s a very fast paced world. It’s seems I’m always reaching for more, especially of Jesus.
This mindset is stressful and is based in a lie. Jesus came to give us eternal life that starts the moment of transferring our trust to Him, not when we die. Colossians 2:9 states that we are complete in Christ. I have everything I need to be at peace and experience life right now, not later.
Will our more ever truly satisfy us so that we will not still want more even after we get what we think we want? It doesn’t and leads to the taking of our drugs of choice. Let Jesus give you the truths you need to appreciate today, so you can let whatever comes tomorrow stay in tomorrow.
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Good seed + good soil = good fruit. Bad seed + good soil = bad fruit. Good seed + bad soil = no fruit. Only one equation produces the kind of life you’re looking for, the first one.
Jesus is the good seed. Good soil is a heart that’s ready to listen to and follow that Seed through loving obedience. This combination, through the Spirit’s power, produces character qualities that not only last for eternity, but also will bring the true love, significance and security that you seek.
Keep in mind, you plant seed one way or another: Jesus or the other guy. It’s your choice. How do you want your life to turn out? Today, as you listen to Jesus in Scripture, choose to exercise the truth by faith Spirit empowered to produce the kind of fruit worth eating. Go ahead. Taste and see that the Lord is good!
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There are two schools of thought when it comes to weighing yourself in attempting to lose weight. One is to weigh yourself only once a week and the other is to do it daily.
When it comes to walking with Jesus, we must weigh ourselves moment by moment. The Spirit uses guilt like a scale registers weight gain. It’s to get our attention. “Hey, you’re going the wrong direction.” You can ignore it and continue to stray from Jesus, which only brings further pain through loss of joy, peace, satisfaction and so on.
True guilt, meaning we’ve actually done something wrong/sinful, is the Spirit calling us to repent, change directions, to get back to Jesus, the source of all the good.
Feeling guilty is your choice. You choose it by making the choice to step away from Jesus and then continue by ignoring the Spirit’s call to return. Scripture, however, says if we confess our sins Jesus is faithful to forgive and to cleanse us from all guilt (1 John 1:9).
Choose to get rid of guilt by acknowledging what you’re doing is sin. Asking Jesus’ forgiveness. And then taking action, a faith step empowered by the Spirit, to now do what Jesus said to do. Guilt will be replaced with peace…guaranteed.
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Transfer of trust is what the Christian life is all about. Think about it for a second. From the moment you place your initial faith in Jesus to the time you leave this planet, you are constantly challenged to transfer your trust from yourself to Jesus.
At the point of salvation, it’s trust in yourself to punch your own ticket to heaven to trusting in what Jesus did for you to take you home. For sanctification (i.e. becoming more like Jesus), it’s trust in yourself to make changes in your life to trusting Jesus enough to love, listen and follow Him.
It’s a daily battle I know, but what choice do you have? It’s either you or Him. We get comfortable with living our way, even as believers. And yet, we must keep learning to transfer our trust from ourselves to Jesus with each decision we make. It’s the only way to truly find real meaning and satisfaction on this planet.
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I was talking with a couple who were experiencing both sides of alcoholism. I could sense they were coming to a stark realization – both were being selfish. One was meeting their needs their way through alcohol while the other was meeting their needs their way by trying to save their alcoholic spouse. Both were selfish as both were trying to solve their problem their way.
Proverbs 28:26 makes this observation about such choices. “Those who trust in themselves are fools, but those who walk in wisdom are kept safe.” Other translations use mind or heart instead of themselves. No matter what word is used, though, God is telling us that solving our challenges our way is basically telling God to take a hike as, “I’m God now” (Ps. 14:1). We’d never say we’re God aloud, but we sure act like it at times, don’t we?
Choosing to listen to Jesus and then follow Him in any given situation brings safety, which in the Proverb means to make smooth or to rescue from a slippery situation. Think about it, what happens when we all of a sudden walk on something slippery? We usually fall, sometimes quite hard too.
Don’t want to fall and hurt yourself? Then stop acting like you’re God! Slow down the decision making process a tad. Stop and ask for God’s wisdom – the practical how to do. Then rely on the Spirit’s strength to do what He says. Then and only then will you stand on solid ground. That’s God’s promise to you.
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