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Monday, April 23, 2007

A View From the Big Picture


I came across this today. It was posted to one of the Yahoo Groups that I am a member of. It always helps to see little things like this to make me realize that we are only here for a season. Life is not about you and it's not about me. In the grand scheme of eternity, it won't matter who won what and who hurt whom.

Life is but a vapor. It would help us all to see life through these glasses.


Remember when you were a child, and you found yourself rebelling against your parents in one way or another? You would think you were smart, and then a reality check would set in.

Your parents would say, look at me, are you listening? Look into my eyes. I am the parent, you are the child.

Positioning. Sets the record straight doesn't it?

We knew then we had to line up with their rules or suffer for it. And later on in life, we came to recognize how wise their rules were, and what we had suffered in life when we rebelled against what we knew were the right things to do.

One of the biggest problems in people's spiritual lives today is their focus. It is on everything but Christ. They don't have time for him. They don't have time for His Word, or to praise Him. They seem to only run to him in a hurry with a quick prayer God help me, or thank you for the food and then they are on their way.

Their spiritual discipline is lacking to the degree that when hard times hit, and the storms of life batter them, they are utterly unprepared to face these difficulties with
any degree of spiritual wisdom or guidance. And they are beaten down quickly, and discouraged, and often question God, when in fact, they are the ones who walked away from Him.

They are neglecting the needs of their soul.

Let me tell you something my friends that I have learned over the years. Neglecting your soul is the most harmful thing you can do. It affects every relationship, every decision you make. It sets up a degree of worry, frustration, and depression that you would not feel, if you TRULY believed God was the Father and you were the child and lived by that faith filled hope and decree.

I am a child of the King of Kings, I am beloved, protected, forgiven, full of hope, full of strength in His name, covered by the blood of the Lamb, emboldened by the power and strength of His word, a soldier in the army of God.

Where are your eyes this morning? Are you happy? Do you feel peace? Are you overwhelmed with your life? Do you feel you are drifting without direction and life is making little sense, and you are just not happy with it?

Obviously something you are doing or not doing is not nurturing your soul. Time is an investment. Your relationship with Christ is vital. It serves you eternally, it sets up whether you will be happy or sad. It sets up whether you will enjoy life and invest it well or spend it in regrets and recriminations and self doubt. You have to take it seriously.

You only have this one life. Don't waste it or fill it with regrets or despair. What a waste of your time and precious days. My friends, get on your knees today, take time for God and ask Him to show you how to live successfully and wisely, beyond your own wisdom and understanding.

He will guard you, guide you, strengthen you, love you fervently, embolden you by the power of His might, comfort you and guide you into all truth.

What more could one want?

Then why in the world are you neglecting it?


Amen!

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