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Being Choked by Wealth
I have spoken in the past about surviving success in my life be it personal or professional. Today’s devotional is about that subject.
In our society, I have found if you are not lacking (material or financial needs) you are not looking for the Lord. That’s sad…it would be like only loving your spouse or showing them attention when you needed something. My wife is my best friend, my life long companion, I could not imagine treating her that way. But this is the way people treat our Lord. They only think of Him when they need something.
Just Say Jesus
Romans 10:13 for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
The song, ‘Just Say Jesus’ by 7eventh Time Down, has been on my heart for 2 days. The video is the post directly under this post. I’ve included the lyrics below.
We’ve been through many trials this years. Some personal, some business related. Many of the problems have been easy and others have been very hard. There were times when we did not know if our company would survive the day. In all of these things I called on the name of Jesus. Not because it was my ‘last resort’, but my first thought.
7eventh Time Down “Just Say Jesus”
The Value of Words
Your word is your bond, that is how I was raised and it’s how I raised my children. If you tell someone you will do something, you do it, period. Yes, there may be the odd occasion when you can not do what you said you would do, that should be the extreme exception, not the rule.
We had 2 contracts where the conditions on a few of the races changed after the agreements were signed. The changes cost us $6000. I had already given my word on the price, I eat the $6K.
Made in His Image
Yesterday I received news of the passing of a friend from Oklahoma. He was a contract instructor in the US military training system and had been my instructor many times during our annual simulator training. As I thought about him, I wondered…did he know the Lord? As I grow older, the death of those I’ve known during my life is becoming more common. It makes me realize my days left in this world are shorter than those I’ve already lived.
Each day we have an opportunity to be Jesus in the life of those around us. Not the preachy Christians many see today, but a true example of Jesus, loving God and loving people. Jesus accepts us right where we are…no predisposition, no criteria to meet, simple and straight forward acceptance. This is how we must act towards those we see each day.
When God Fights for Us
If ever there was a day when quit looked good, it was yesterday. After getting unit 2 stuck in the mud on Thursday, then having the rollback operator bend an axle on the trailer while trying to get it out of the mud, the team could not get the video mixer to fire up. A few calls to the manufacturer and a replacement, at no cost to us, was being shipped over night from California.
As the team finished setup and got ready for day 1 of production on Friday, all of the equipment started to act very strangely. Camera pictures where cycling in and out intermittently showing a black screen and then the main computer just shutdown on it’s own. All of this happened while we tried to swap out the new mixer. You can imagine the frustration level, nothing was working properly…nothing!
Avoiding Self-Based Faith
I remember when I was living apart from God. I knew I needed a relationship with Him, but kept putting it off because I wanted to ‘get my life right’ before I came back to the Fathers house. I guess I wanted something along the line of a conquering hero’s welcome. Believing that was the way it was suppose to be was a big lie.
In all actuality, I found it was much better for me to come to Him in my brokenness. He accepted me right where I was with no preconditions. Coming humbly before the Lord, in itself, taught me the lesson of grace. He accepted me with all of the ugliness of my sin and choose to forgive me completely.
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