Who are you living for?

I am always thinking about the next place I have to be; the next practice, the next game, the next meeting.  I'm always thinking about MY life. But is it really MY life? I want to challenge you this week about thinking if you truly are living your life for God or if its just a one man show. We often think, I want to get out and do something for myself because I have been working hard lately. And we automatically feel sympathy towards ourselves...but what about God? Who feels sympathy for Him if He doesn't for Himself? The human race is wired to think and act in a certain way. We orient our time and life to do the things that we want to do, and we make plans for those things we look forward to. Most of the time we don't consult this guy called God, because we know He's there but why would we bother Him with our life? He's living a life of His own. The truth is... God's living His life and it just so happens to be ours. Yeah, God's not down here going to band camp or going to high school or working as a police officer or getting the grocery's. But He is living in and through us when we make those actions. When we go through the simple actions of our life, we often think that we are living for ourselves. Some people wake up and say okay lets make this a good day for yourself, don't really go outside of the box at work or in school to ask people about their faith over lunch because I just want it to be good between others and not awkward at work or in school. I get it... you don't want to pull the Jesus card. But if you really think of it. Why not? Why not ask if somebody is having a rough day and needs some prayer right then and their? Or why not ask a co-worker if they would like to check out your church this week? We are naturally wired, because of sin, to be hostile towards being out going in our faith. Our original design was wired with evangelism, but sin will constantly poke holes in that hope. We normally don't wake up to say, how can I live for God today? What can I do today to incorporated God more into my busy life? I challenge you this week to wake up and ask yourself how can I live for God and not myself. Because we are God's living dream, so therefore we are the body of Christ. And if we aren't acting in the name of the Lord, then nobody is. Which means that the life of God is not being lived! Don't hesitate to evangelize when you hear somebody ask about the bible or if they should go to church after not going for 2 years. Jump right in and help out! Don't worry if you sound dumb or if you have no clue what to say or how to say it because if you take that step outside of the box into Gods light, He will give you the words to speak when you need them. My biggest problem is that I have the biggest ideas in my mind but I never say them because I feel like it wont be good enough. And just by holding in the thoughts is holding back the life of God, because I know He forms those thoughts in my mind for me to share in order to inspire others. And I feel that I let the Lord down when I dont share His glory because its not about me, living this life on earth is all about bringing glory to the Lord. Are you holding back all of you thoughtful ideas of the Lord for the sake of yourself?

Trusting others before God

I look at trust as a glass vase. You can fill it with life that you receive from your friends and family through a relationship. Now when we hand off that trust, we are confident that those close to us don’t drop it and shatter it. Our trust is shattered just like that even by the closest people we know. Everyone thinks they can’t trust their "best friend" or their family and even their parents when a disagreement comes along. We become appalled at the fact that virtually there is no tangible trust on earth. This fact alone leaves a space in us for fear to take its fill in our lives. I recently questioned why we become shocked by the fact that we can’t fully trust someone on this planet. Now some of you might be thinking in your mind that what I’m saying is 100% not true, but you will keep reading. And that proves my point exactly. Once you meet a person, even before you say a word to them, you have formed at least one opinion in your mind. You already know what you think of their appearance, personality, unbearable habits, and even how they view the most important matters like religion or global warning. And remember, this opinion is formed in a matter of 30 seconds or less. The point is humans are bound to judge somebody without even thinking twice about it. This ties in with trust because you might think that you can trust your husband or wife or children or even your friends. But you don’t think they have one of those "30 second" opinions formed in their heads about you? You don’t think they don’t say half of what they really want to say to you? Some people will tell you what they think but most of those people aren’t your friends. If you deny this by telling yourself well their my best friend and I’m glad they tell me the truth. But I think about 50% of the time those people still have opinions that will never be released and they don’t want them to be. Because that adds to their personality, that gives them just another block to build onto their ego. Now I’m not saying disown your family or break ties with all your friends, I’m stating that the human race cannot be trusted and that is by nature. Sin has given trust a bad name in the nature of human beings. So you can’t trust anyone so pretty much life can’t provide good reliable relationships. But that’s anything from the truth. If you feel that way or you are upset and done with crappy relationships that break you, just know that that there’s one person that has never been that way and He never will be. This person is God. He is the ONLY person that you can fully trust without any “30 second” judgment. I’ll let you take that in……….because it’s a breath of fresh air.


Remember this:

v He doesn’t judge, humans do so don’t worry when you can’t trust others because you can put all of your trust in Him

v Don’t call Him a liar, let there be a place in your heart for His words once you have accepted you trusting Him