short note (archive)

I pray that this short note finds you all doing well today. Times are certainly busy as of late and the world seems to be spinning faster than ever as the days seem to fly by. It is very easy to get caught off guard and be distracted by all kinds of things. Our spiritual life is nearly always the one to suffer. We get overwhelmed with the “I need to do this or that” or “I have to get this finished.” At the end of the day we are tired and beat down from life and we feed the kids (if we have them), look at the mail and quickly see if there is any cut off notices, hit the shower and its off to bed. The routine quickly becomes the norm and each day it gets a little easier to follow the same path over and over. This describes way over half the people around us on a day to day basis. Although this has become normal for so many and isn’t necessarily seen as wrong, there is no balance in this pattern when it comes to the spiritual side of life. It always seems to get the short end of the stick, if you will. What we must remember is that if it were not for God and all that He does for us and the abilities that He has given us, we could not do any of the rest. We owe Him a debt of gratitude like no one else. He deserves our praise and He certainly deserves some of our time each day. It may come through prayer, certainly daily reading of His Word is very beneficial, devotions with our family could be a great help and the list could truly go on and on. Remember there would be no time had it not been created and the One who gave it can take it away at any moment. He created us to love Him and show His love to others. My statements here are simply for one reason, I want us to learn to focus on Him and not the world. The more we focus on Him, the more we learn how to treat each other and that is the key to sharing our faith with other. When people see Christians hurting each other and acting like just anyone else out in the world, why would they be drawn to that? It is the love of Christ we are to share, that is what helps others know the He can help them and bring the needed changes to their lives that they are seeking. We are to be His witnesses in this world in which we live at this time. We need to remember that in order for someone to witness something they must be able to see it. Do people see Jesus in you today?  We must learn to see what is of Him and what is of the enemy and it is those things of the enemy that we should give no time and in fact we should rebuke them and say “Get behind me!!!” Seek and you shall find. He is waiting to spend some time with each of us. Go to Him today and you may just find exactly what you have been searching for in every place but the right place.

 

Until we meet again,

 

Pastor Andy