LIKE A $20 BILL

2010-01-02T07:28:00.000-08:00

THERE COMES A TIME IN OUR LIVES WHERE WE JUST FEEL LIKE NOTHING IS WORKING OUT ON OUR BEHALF. THE PEOPLE CLOSE TO US START FALLING AWAY. WE START FEELING UNSTEADY IN THE THINGS WE WERE ONCE CONFIDENT IN. WE START QUESTIONING ALL THAT WE’VE DONE IN OUR PAST, TRYING TO DECIFER WHICH DECISIONS WERE THE RIGHT ONES, AND WHICH WERE THE WRONG ONES THAT HAVE BROUGHT US TO THIS POINT.

LOOKING FOR PURPOSE, LOOKING FOR HELP, LOOKING FOR DIRECTION CAN BE CHALLENGING WHEN WE DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO, HOW TO DO IT, WHAT WILL WORK, OR WHO TO TURN TO. IF WE COULD ONLY FIND A SOLUTION THAT WORKED, WE’D BE DOING GREAT.

THERE IS A SOLUTION. THERE IS AN ANSWER. THERE IS A WAY. IT ALL STARTS WITH LOVE. THE LOVE OF JESUS CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD, WHO GAVE HIS LIFE SO THAT WE MAY LIVE. BUT NOT ONLY LIVE TO SURVIVE, BUT LIVE TO HAVE LIFE TO THE FULL, IN ABUNDANCE, WITH AN EVERLASTING KIND OF LOVE. A RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.

FINDING THIS LOVE IS LIKE FINDING A $20. BILL IN YOUR POCKET ON A RAINY DAY. ITS BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME, YOU DIDN’T REALIZE THAT YOU HAD IT, BUT WHEN YOU REACH IN YOUR POCKET AND FIND IT, IT GIVES YOU A NEW REALIZATION OF WHAT YOU CAN DO, INSTEAD OF WHAT YOU CANNOT DO. IT GIVES YOU HOPE.

AT THAT MOMENT YOU REALIZE THAT YOU’VE BEEN CARRYING AROUND SOMETHING OF VALUE THE WHOLE TIME, SOMETHING THAT WILL MEET YOUR NEEDS. IT BRINGS A WARM REFRESHING LIGHT TO YOUR LIFE, AND GIVES YOU THE MOTIVATION TO MOVE FORWARD, AND FEEL CONFIDENT. AND AS YOU BEGIN TO USE THAT $20. TO MEET YOUR NEEDS FOR THE DAY, YOU HAVE FEELINGS OF GRATEFULLNESS, JOY, RELEIF, PEACE, AND HOPE.

THE SAME APPLIES TO THE LOVE OF JESUS AND OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM. IF WE PUT OUR HOPE, OUR FAITH, OUR TRUST IN HIM, HE WILL MEET ALL OF OUR NEEDS. HE WILL COMFORT YOU WHEN YOU’RE FEELING DOWN. HE WILL PROVIDE FOR YOU WHEN YOU NEED PROVISION. HE WILL GIVE YOU WISDOM WHEN MAKING DECISIONS. HE WILL DELIVER YOU FROM THOSE THINGS THAT HOLD YOU DOWN & CAUSE YOU TO FAIL.

SO HOW LONG WILL YOU WANDER YOUR WAY THROUGH LIFE, BEFORE YOU DIG DEEP & CHECK YOUR POCKETS?

Speaking Out of Turn

LIKE A $20 BILL