Getting Through It
The best way out is always through. ~Robert Frost
A young boy entered a maze, a house of mirrors. Every turn led to another mirror. While desperately searching for a way through, he repeatedly ran into his own reflection. The boy looked back for someone to help. There was no one. As he stared at himself in the mirror, he realized, he was on his own. It was up to him to find the way through. He had a pack of M & M’s in his pocket. He began to drop them one by one. Each time he saw a candy on the floor, he knew he had already tried that path and it was not the way. He continued to move on until he did find the way out. Theodore Roosevelt once said, “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. When you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it.” Sometime life seems like a bit of a maze. We search for others to help, but realize ultimately, it is up to us to make it through. We must realize we can do all things through Christ who gives us strength, and knowledge and peace as well. Let’s get busy and figure this thing out. We can do it when we use what we have where we are. And remember, one sure thing we have with us always, even when we think we are completely on our own, is God. He will make a path for us and guide us through.
Choreography
Nehemiah 4:6 We kept at it, repairing and rebuilding the wall. The whole wall was soon joined together… because the people had a heart for the work. The wall of Jerusalem was being rebuilt. The enemy heard of the progress and made every effort to destroy the work, but Nehemiah and his people continued working. They were told, "Don't be afraid of them. Put your minds on the Master, great and awesome, and then fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your homes." From then on half the men worked while the other half stood guard with lances, shields, bows, and armor. Because of this massive choreographed effort, the operation was completed. The wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of Elul. It had taken fifty-two days. Choreography isn’t all about dance, sometime instead of dancing around trying to solve problems individually. We must work together, and choreograph efforts to complete massive undertakings. Don’t be afraid. The enemy can’t stop us when we put our minds on the Master. We must keep at it. We must have a heart for the work. Together we must defend our families, our homes, and our future.
Bare Necessities
Don't spend your time lookin' around-For something you want that can't be found-When you find out you can live without it- And go along not thinkin' about it-I'll tell you something true-The bare necessities of life will come to you. Those are the last lines to the song Bare Necessities, a song from a Disney movie about a boy and a bear who lived the simple life. There is some truth in the song. It is not good to waste a lot of time looking for unreachable things we can live without. However there are some bare necessities, such as food and water. we can’t live without which don’t necessarily come when we figure out we can’t live without them. In John Chapter 3 Nicodemus, who had many things he could have lived without, went in search of the truth. He found it hard to live without it. He was a wise ruler who thought a lot about it. He found Jesus who taught him what is necessary to be born again. He was told that which is born of flesh is flesh and that born of the Spirit is Spirit. He was told whosoever believes in Jesus shall not perish but have eternal life. If Nicodemus had been satisfied with the life he had, been complacent, and not been thinkin’ and gone lookin’ for truth, his story might have been different. Today it is important to make sure we understand the basics of being born again. I’ll tell you something true, it is a necessity if we want eternal life. Jesus said, “Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
Compatible
When the word compatible is typed into a popular search engine, 194,000,000 matches appear. The definition for the word: capable of existing together in harmony. One would assume this thing that is to exist in harmony would be people. However, most entries for compatible concern the harmonic existence of various types of computer components. Are we as a society no longer striving to find a harmonic relationship with a person, but rather making sure all our computer components are blissfully happy together? After an in depth search, a site appears that searches for the answer to the question, “Is man’s existence in the universe compatible with the theory of divine design?” What? After extensive research someone found the probability of the universe existing with the features compatible with our existence is prohibitively low and therefore necessitate a divine designer. In other words, (smaller words compatible with most human brains like mine) scientist figured out if it weren’t for God none of us would be too compatible with other people, computer components, and not even with the world itself. Scientist and all of us should be careful how we use our words big or small. We could mess up a harmonious situation.
By our speech we can ruin the world, turn harmony to chaos, throw mud on a reputation, send the whole world up in smoke and go up in smoke with it, smoke right from the pit of hell.
James 3:6 THE MESSAGE