Not about me

Romans 8:6 (The Message)

 ^5-8Those who think they can do it on their own end up obsessed with measuring their own moral muscle but never get around to exercising it in real life. Those who trust God's action in them find that God's Spirit is in them—living and breathing God! Obsession with self in these matters is a dead end; attention to God leads us out into the open, into a spacious, free life. Focusing on the self is the opposite of focusing on God. Anyone completely absorbed in self ignores God, ends up thinking more about self than God. That person ignores who God is and what he is doing. And God isn't pleased at being ignored.

 Its been a crazy last few weeks. With some REALLY good things happening in my life, and then some bad news. But one thing I have been learning the last few weeks is that I have to keep my focus on God. When I don't I start to lose everything. This life is not about me, the work I am doing and the things God has blessed me with are all amazing but only if I remember him. I trust that through the good and the bad that God's living and breathing in me. I can see him every where I look. He is in EVERYTHING, God is not just present when I have my quiet time or go to church but he is in everything I do. I want to think about him in the little things, and praise him in everything. When I continually put my focus on him my life no matter what may come is a good life.

Everything can be turned to good

We all fall short of God's glory, and we all mess up but nothing is wasted when we are walking close with God. He can take our mistakes and sins and turns them into good through his grace and love. While we were still living in darkness he began to shine light into our sin filled life. He lifted us up through having sacrificed his own life.

Romans 3:23-24

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.

Romans 8:28 (The Message)

 ^26-28Meanwhile

1 Peter 2:9 (The Message)

 ^9-10But you are the ones chosen by God, chosen for the high calling of priestly work, chosen to be a holy people, God's instruments to do his work and speak out for him, to tell others of the night-and-day difference he made for you—from nothing to something, from rejected to accepted.

Not destiny but legacy

We spend so much time thinking about our destiny (aka.Heaven) that we forget that it should be about our legacy. If God would have just wanted our ultimate goal to be to get to Heaven why would he have even put us on earth? Why not just put us right in heaven? As Christian sometimes we are so worried about how we can get to Heaven, and what we need to do to get the best rewards, but I really don't think this is what God is calling us to do. When we talk about salvation the focus is always on you accept Jesus in your heart, and your good to go. Im going to say that is not the only factor we should be focused on, and maybe even the smallest factor. So many people have been hurt because of our view on salvation. We focus so much on who is getting to heaven, when really we are not the one that gets to decide that. What we are called to do, and what is most important is to use this life we have been given here on earth for his kingdom. We are here on earth to show his love through our actions first and then our words. Proclaiming with your words but than not showing with your actions means nothing. Salvation can not stop at proclaiming that Christ is in our heart, but we have to follow through with actions in our life. Showing his love and grace through everything we do is the most important thing to our life here on earth. We are called to go out to the world and show him.

 ^18-20Jesus, undeterred, went right ahead and gave his charge: "God authorized and commanded me to commission you: Go out and train everyone you meet, far and near, in this way of life, marking them by baptism in the threefold name: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Then instruct them in the practice of all I have commanded you. I'll be with you as you do this, day after day after day, right up to the end of the age." Matthew 28:18-20

He is everything

In him we have everything, in him we are complete.While our experience of his is increasing, debris and clutter of our heart decreases. Yearning for him grows, and desires for other things fade. He is infinite and abundantly accessible to us so desiring him above all else is the best way to live.
He meets all the meets that we could ever have. He did create us and everything that is. The world is still at his call, although it often does not appear that way. Do not be fooled by appearances. Things that are visible are brief and fleeting, while things that are invisible are everlasting.

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:18

Rest in his peace

Truly God is good, and the more intimately we experience him the more we are convinced of his goodness. He is the one who sees us and longs to be part of everything in our life. He wants us to find him in each moment of every day, and to be in his love. Sometimes his blessings can come through pain and sorrow, but at those times we can only know his goodness by trust in him. Trying to understand will fail us, but trust will keep us close to him.
His gift of peace is something that we can not even fathom its depth. He knows its our deepest need, and he knows our anxious thoughts. He wants us to listen to him, tune out other voices and just listen. Listen to the God who calms your fears, and gives you peace through all circumstances. He designed us to dwell in peace all day so draw close to him and receive it.
"Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful." Colossians 3:15