God gave us the ability to imagine, to think within ourselves "what if." Our forefathers imagined "what if we had freedom of religion" and it caused them to set out for a new land. Martin Luther King imagined a day "when his four children would live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but the content of their character" and he set forth a movement that would change this nation, as well as the lives his children would have lived, had he not imagined.
Our imaginations were given to us to build, and do great things; to see ourselves going forward and winning; to imagine ourselves free, healthy & whole. However, so many times our imaginations work against us. Imagining how things will never change, never work, never happen for us. Imagining the worst outcome. That negative imagination has ownership of our minds and holds our lives in it's grip.
What if you began to imagine the good, the possible, or the impossible could happen? What if you began to take action toward it? Not seeing, yet believing. Life changing faith.
The definition of imagine is "a mental image of something that is not present, that is not the case."
Just as our forefathers stepped toward a land that wasn't yet a reality and M. L.King stepped toward
equality when all he could see was racism, the things they imagined eventually became a reality.
Heb 11:1 "Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not yet seen"
Faith causes action. However, at the same time, your imagination reveals your faith. What do you truly believe? "God is able" or "I'm never going to make it, things are never going to change".
Take control of your thinking and be determined to make it line up with what God's word says about your life. Let faith lead your imagination and see the turn around it causes, the lives it changes, if only your own and those around you.
Monday, January 16, 2012
Friday, January 6, 2012
Drinking Ocean Water
God's desire for each of us from the beginning is that we would find satisfaction in Him. Emptiness filling, something is no longer missing, satisfaction in Him. Therefore there is a God size thirst in each of us that can only be quenched by Him. and yet sometimes we unknowingly indentify it as something this world can fill.
Have you ever been really thirsty? Thirst is an uncomfortable feeling. It's also very distracting & can make you go to great lengths to get a drink!
I can remember a family vacation one year at Pismo Beach, CA.. We had just arrived beach side and were setting up Camp Brand, when my daughter Erinn, 6 yrs old at the time announced she was thirsty. I explained to her as soon as we could get to the drinks I would get her a water bottle. She didn't let that stop her, she was and still is today, a problem solver and decided to quench her thirst with ocean water. After all, why not? It looked like perfectly good water and a beautiful place to drink from, but to her surprise, it wasn't. It didn't satisfy her thirst and in fact it made her even more miserable, uncomfortable and grumpy. The "panic" of thirst was now controlling my little girl and her mood. Big time drama set in and I found myself climbing over everything to get her a drink.
So many times we too try to quench our thirst, that feeling like somethings missing, feeling like we need a B plan, or a C plan, and so reaching out for things that have no power to satisfy us. We live our lives distracted by it. Thinking if we make more money, attain greater power, put a fix on relationships, take an amazing vacation etc. that happiness & contentment will find us. In reality, all it does is satisfy for a moment, and then the thirst is back, full force, feeling like somethings missing.
ONE THING satisfies that thirst in us.
Psalms 63:1
"My souls thirsts for You, my flesh faints for You, in a dry and weary land (world) where there is no water"
David reminds us of what our thirst is toward & where we cant quench it.
Isaiah 58:11
"The Lord will satisfy you & give your water in times of drought, restoring your strength."
Are you thirsty? Distracted by it? Where are you drinking from?
Have you ever been really thirsty? Thirst is an uncomfortable feeling. It's also very distracting & can make you go to great lengths to get a drink!
I can remember a family vacation one year at Pismo Beach, CA.. We had just arrived beach side and were setting up Camp Brand, when my daughter Erinn, 6 yrs old at the time announced she was thirsty. I explained to her as soon as we could get to the drinks I would get her a water bottle. She didn't let that stop her, she was and still is today, a problem solver and decided to quench her thirst with ocean water. After all, why not? It looked like perfectly good water and a beautiful place to drink from, but to her surprise, it wasn't. It didn't satisfy her thirst and in fact it made her even more miserable, uncomfortable and grumpy. The "panic" of thirst was now controlling my little girl and her mood. Big time drama set in and I found myself climbing over everything to get her a drink.
So many times we too try to quench our thirst, that feeling like somethings missing, feeling like we need a B plan, or a C plan, and so reaching out for things that have no power to satisfy us. We live our lives distracted by it. Thinking if we make more money, attain greater power, put a fix on relationships, take an amazing vacation etc. that happiness & contentment will find us. In reality, all it does is satisfy for a moment, and then the thirst is back, full force, feeling like somethings missing.
ONE THING satisfies that thirst in us.
Psalms 63:1
"My souls thirsts for You, my flesh faints for You, in a dry and weary land (world) where there is no water"
David reminds us of what our thirst is toward & where we cant quench it.
Isaiah 58:11
"The Lord will satisfy you & give your water in times of drought, restoring your strength."
Are you thirsty? Distracted by it? Where are you drinking from?
Saturday, November 19, 2011
Post One
Today while reading, i ran across a verse that rocked my world, not because i felt it was something i was dealing with or going through. I couldn't help myself when thinking of all of you that are at the cross roads of following christ right now..
Hear these amazing words in Jeremiah 6:16 This is what the Lord says: "Stop at the crossroads and look around. Ask for the old, godly way, and walk in it.Travel its path, and you will find rest for your souls."
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