Second Chances, and Third, and Fourth....

Humans are a bunch of screw ups, this might offend you, but let’s take a look at ourselves. Even the disciples were a bunch of ragamuffins. So, what happened? What changed, that God could use them to forever change history? God can use anyone and wants to use you and I on this earth to help prepare for His Kingdom. He doesn’t need us, but he wants us and loves us. We just have to accept Him into our life. Our job here on earth is to spread the Word, to help lead others to Him. This sounds like a tall order, but He will do the work, we are simply the instrument, if we allow Him into our lives. I get so lost on this sometimes. What to do, not to do, I don’t want to push people away by being offensive, and I can often end up doing nothing, because I allow fear to stop me. This is why I need to continually go to God for help and guidance. Don’t worry about what you will say or what if this or that happens. Just take it step by step and ask God for the right words to speak, and the right doors to open and the wrong doors to be closed.

“for I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to withstand or to gainsay.”

Luke 21:15 NKJV

Don't Forget The Reason You're Here

Don’t Forget The Reason You’re Here.

One of the main questions in life: why am I here? What is my purpose? Honestly, I think we all have the same purpose, to lead others to Christ. How we do that will be in completely different ways, because we are all uniquely different.  I don’t think God lays out our entire life in front of us,  He wants us to trust Him and lean on Him. We don’t need to know the things we don’t need to know. I have a bad habit of being the one who looks up the movie's ending beforehand so there aren’t any surprises, that’s me, but I’m working on it (sort of). Don’t worry about the stuff that just doesn’t matter. God has it all under control, and He doesn’t have to give us a play by play, and that is probably just as well. If I calculated up how much time each day was spent on thoughts and separated them into categories, I would be dejected by how much time I have wasted on worrying. And it is for naught. I’m not going to get that time back, so why do I give into the flesh and listen to Satan? This is a constant decision I have to make, to think on things above. I have to ensure what I put in my mind is what is pleasing to God. If you’re like me, don’t let anxiety fester in you. Or maybe you have a different weakness, but with the same consequences. If my focus isn’t on God first, then I will just end up on a destructive path and I do not want that for me or for you.

“Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost its savor, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under foot of men.”

Matthew 5:13

Worry On A One-Way Track

Have you ever noticed how those who struggle with anxiety are very good at focusing? I don’t know about you, but I can stay focused on worrying all day long, and I don’t stop there, I keep going Into the night too.

I also find myself so focused on what could happen, and it’s never good things that could happen. Nope, it has to be the worst-case scenario. When I worry, I worry like a pro. God has blessed me with so much, I don’t want to waste a good mind with thoughts straight from the Devil. What I put in; I will get out. The good and the bad. All of us have struggles of the flesh. It’s not just a daily thing, it’s an hourly thing. Another thing I waste on anxiety is planning. I’m a good planner, I like to plan every detail and will even make plans for others, whether they want it or not. I can be planning for ten years from now, but missing what God has planned for me right now. News flash to me and others like me-we can plan all we want, but God is the one in control. Thank God He is in control, because I know I can't handle it, I make a mess of things. And even though I think I’m good at things, I can mess up those as well. Don’t get me wrong, it is wise to be prepared for the future. Just don’t make that your only focus. Don’t make anything your focus before God.

“If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.”

Colossians 3:1