"So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God." I Cor. 10:31
So have you ever considered life in very general terms and then just finally said, "What's the point?" Maybe you have wondered what your purpose in life is or even in frustration wondered is there any real point to my existence. Francis Chan said, "The point of your life is to point to Him." God did not create us because He needed us, or because He was lonely and could not bear to not have us. He created us for the very purpose of bringing Him honor and glory. God loves us because of who He is, not because He has to or needs to.God desires to have fellowship with us because He loves us.
So often we do not choose to love God or to honor God, when that is actually the greatest need in our lives. Because we were created to honor and glorify God, our greatest joy and satisfaction comes when we are engaging in that. Because God designed us to live in relationship with Him, we need to love God even though we often choose not to.
If you want to experience life at its fullest today, abandon yourself to loving God with all of your heart,soul, mind, and strength. If you want to understand the point of it all, choose today to spend every moment pointing to Him. Because that is not natural to us, we have to surrender ourselves to Him. We must come in honesty and say, "God, everything about me continues to love other things and I so often ignore You, the one for whom I have been created. But, I choose today to go against the current of the world and surrender to You. By Your Holy Spirit keep me focused on living for the purpose You created me for."
Don't miss the point. Spend your moments daily pointing to God. Live to glorify Him in all that you do.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Trust God Completely
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and he will make straight your paths." (Prov. 3:5-6)
One of the questions that we do well to ask ourselves is, "Do I honestly believe that God is completely trustworthy?" We should ask that question before we entrust our soul to Him for eternity. Once we have made that decision, why is it so difficult for us to trust Him with every other aspect of our life.
The Word of God teaches us that God cannot lie. God is the same today as He was yesterday, and He will be the same tomorrow. So listen to this: He always keeps His promises. Not sometimes, but always.Therefore, the multitude of promises in the Bible become keys for us to unlock God's favor in responding to our prayers.
I remember some years ago reading the biography of George Mueller, the great man of faith in Bristol, England. He once said, "To pray without an open Bible is presumption." He did not mean that we could not pray if we did not literally open up our Bible. He meant that we should pray God's Word, God's promises. Anything else is wishful thinking, maybe even vain speculation.
Psalm 37:7 says, "Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for Him." We don't like waiting before God. It escapes our attention that when God promised Abraham a son, it took a year. We forget Moses was 80 years old when he saw the burning bush on the hillside and God called him. God's promises are certain, but we must wait.
In a day of fast food, and even instant grits we want what we want and we want it now. Someone wisely reminds us that God grows a mushroom overnight, but oak trees take years. Be still before God today. Do not trust your own abilities. Wait on God. He will make your paths straight.
One of the questions that we do well to ask ourselves is, "Do I honestly believe that God is completely trustworthy?" We should ask that question before we entrust our soul to Him for eternity. Once we have made that decision, why is it so difficult for us to trust Him with every other aspect of our life.
The Word of God teaches us that God cannot lie. God is the same today as He was yesterday, and He will be the same tomorrow. So listen to this: He always keeps His promises. Not sometimes, but always.Therefore, the multitude of promises in the Bible become keys for us to unlock God's favor in responding to our prayers.
I remember some years ago reading the biography of George Mueller, the great man of faith in Bristol, England. He once said, "To pray without an open Bible is presumption." He did not mean that we could not pray if we did not literally open up our Bible. He meant that we should pray God's Word, God's promises. Anything else is wishful thinking, maybe even vain speculation.
Psalm 37:7 says, "Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for Him." We don't like waiting before God. It escapes our attention that when God promised Abraham a son, it took a year. We forget Moses was 80 years old when he saw the burning bush on the hillside and God called him. God's promises are certain, but we must wait.
In a day of fast food, and even instant grits we want what we want and we want it now. Someone wisely reminds us that God grows a mushroom overnight, but oak trees take years. Be still before God today. Do not trust your own abilities. Wait on God. He will make your paths straight.
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