Press On

This past weekend was awesome. The Giants won the Super Bowl! Who would have thought that a team ravaged with injuries at the beginning of the season. A team that only one 9 games in the regular season would end up winning it all. Well the Giants did. They never gave up. They very well could have said we will just get them next year. They never quit. They pressed on even when it was difficult. The payoff was being able to say we are the champions of the world.

I want to tell you not to quit. In life we face so many different things. Things that can cause us to stumble and fall. It could be a bad day at work, a fight with your spouse, a child misbehaving, a creditor calling relentlessly asking for money you just don’t have.

When things look too hard, DON’T QUIT.

When you are facing an impossible situation, DON’T QUIT.

When you feel like giving up, DON’T QUIT.

PRESS ON, PRESS ON, PRESS ON.

But the one who endures to the end will be saved.  Matthew 24:13 (NLT)

For I can do everything through Christ who gives me strength.  Philippians 4:13 (NLT)

Gods Protection

Celebrity Wife Swap

OK, so last night I watched Celebrity Wife Swap. Before you start judging you know you have seen worse on TV. When I was a kid I loved Twisted Sister and Dee Snider. I truly wanted to rock.  My favorite song from Twisted Sister was “We’re not going to take it”. When I was in high school Public Enemy was hot, and everybody loved Flavor Flave.  It was crazy, Kids where coming to school with clocks on their necks.
I am not going to go through their lives and dissect it and judge. That’s not what this post is about. So last night I was a little torn. On one hand you have Flavor Flave who is the ultimate hype man. On the other you have Dee Snider who wants to rock. So who was the winner? In my mind there always has to be a winner and a looser. I’m just super competitive. I guess you have to ask the wives.
This whole thing reminds me of how we compare others to what we have. Especially our spouses. STOP. Read  2 Cor 10:12

• We need to stop comparing our wives/husbands to others.

I know I know if he/she would only, then things would be better. Read  Matthew 7:3-5. No, the problem most likely is not them. It’s you. Fix yourself first.

• Have we forgotten the whole till death do us part thing.

It seems more and more we are seeing marriages end up in divorce. Why? Well I’m going to say something pretty strong here. If you are willing to walk out on your marriage outside of infidelity or abuse YOU SUCK. There I said it. I know someone will say something, Go ahead. Read Hebrews 13:4.

Now I just opened up a whole can of worms. If you have been divorced, please understand there is forgiveness and grace. So if you have been forgiven please do not feel condemned. But if you are going through or contemplating divorce please seek out some counseling before you go any further.

With God all things are possible to those that believe. There is healing, restoration, completeness. Believe Gods word as true. Stand on His promises and stop comparing your life with others.

Patience

I recently got back from a trip to Jacksonville, Florida. While I was there, I stopped by a store to try on some shoes. Yes, I do have somewhat of a shoe fetish; but I still do not have more shoes than my wife. As I was tying my shoes, a lady came down the aisle where I was. For those of you who don’t know, I am not a small person, large at best. So with the size of the aisle, there was no way to get around me. She stood right next to me (I mean an inch or two away) and said, "excuse me!" Yes, she said the right words, but it was how she had said them that really got under my skin. She said “excuse me!” as if she was the most important person on the planet and I was just some lowly person. If she had payed attention she would have realized that I would have been done in about 10 seconds and then she could have freely moved on. 

It quickly reminded me how we treat God sometimes. Though God does not have a shoe fetish, He does sometimes block the aisle we are trying to go down. Whether it’s because he is trying to protect us, redirect us, or even stall us while he is getting things ready for the path that He has chosen for us. I think we are just like that lady sometimes. “EXCUSE ME GOD. Don’t you know I have somewhere to be?"

Of course He does. Maybe it’s right where you are. Maybe it’s the other aisle. Remember, it’s in His timing, not ours. 

James 1:4 (KJV) But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.