When I first starting my career as a flight engineer for the Air Force, I was dead set on being the best the service had ever seen. I studied night and day and finished the program to fully qualified in about 8 months from the time I finished school in Oklahoma. While not a record, it was ahead of my contemporaries. I did not stop there, next was my quest to become an instructor then finally a flight examiner.

I was fortunate enough to have several great mentors along the way. They all saw my potential and willingly took time to council me even though I may not have wanted their help. Those talks did have impact in my later years in the service. I can still hear one Chief say, “We are here today and gone tomorrow, when you think you’re indispensable, walk down to the bay and pull a bucket of water out of it and see how much difference it makes.” Those were and still are sobering words!

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This devotional does a great job of explaining the reason for wealth. It may not be what you think.

With all of the multi-billionaires in the world, it’s hard to fathom King Solomon being the wealthiest ever. At the end of his life, he had wandered far from the Fathers house. He lamented that all his riches, wives and possessions were for not.

How many of Hollywood’s elite have you seen battle drugs, alcohol or numerous other demons? How many times have we lost a star to drug overdose with them seemingly sitting on top of the world? Money really does not bring happiness, if it did, there would be more happiness in Hollywood than any other place on the planet.

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Many years ago a pastor friend ask his congregation, “What has the Lord done in you life lately? If you can not point to a specific item, then you are probably living a religious life instead of walking daily with the Lord.” Initially I thought that was a harsh statement, but have come to realize it’s truth over the last several years.

The growth and financing of our company is a great example of what our Lord has done lately in our lives. Two weeks ago we walked out of the bank wondering how we would fulfill signed contracts we already had and meet the other requests that seemed to flow in daily for the business.

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“You win!”, that’s what we are saying when we listen to the voice of the enemy over knowing the power of our Father. No, it’s not always going to turnout how you expect it, so don’t get upset with Papa. If anything, when it doesn’t turn out the way you thought, it’s because He has something much better for you than what you had planned. His ways are always better than ours, A L W A Y S!!

The devil is our sworn enemy. From the beginning of time he has plotted against God’s people (that would be you and me) to kill, destroy and take what our Father has determined is ours. Stop looking at the circumstances of your life to determine the direction you are heading and start looking at the One who created it all.

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