Just before a car’s engine runs out of gas it shakes violently, sputters, and knocks hard. It is then, the driver’s stomach does the same thing. Unless you are driving a very old clunker there is a light on the dash that does its best to tell you when you are running out of and in need of filling up again.
A friend of mine is living overseas. No friends, or family went with him. He has been there long enough to make new friends, get new co-workers, but he hasn’t found a church quite like what he had in America. In fact, not even close. We were talking the other day, and I said to him, “You are getting low on God.” How did I know? By the way he talked about life there, and I could tell he was forgetting a lot of the wisdom and understanding from the Word of God he had learned. He agreed.
It is critical, to the life of one who is a serious follower of Jesus Christ,
to keep an eye on the God gauge.
To know the signs of when you are drifting away from true north. When your half of the relationship with Jesus isn’t what it once was.
Some of the things that cause this to happen are; busyness in life, missing church, you know, the forsaking the assembling of the brethren, slacking off on your devotion to God, and over all lacking in spending time with Him. It happens slowly, and before you know it.
As we are entering into troubling times it is more important than ever to stay close to God. In fact, it wouldn’t hurt anything to draw near to God even more! Take you fears and concerns to him. Walk in confidence of knowing God, and knowing he knew long before the news channels what today would reveal. God loves you so much, and he cares about the things you are concerned with. Spending time with Him fuels you to overcome the things in life that can trip you up. When your tank stays full of God you wind up getting more MPG (Miles per God) in life. You never want to find yourself on the road of life and realize you are one mile till empty.
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There is so much going on in our world right now. I’ve thought about taking pain pills before sitting down and watching the evening news. There is so much devastation, sickness, hate, and crime. It’s no wonder people live in fear. People fear the most what they don’t know. Mainly, they don’t know what is going to happen in the future.
I was saddened the other night, as I watched a news report, of a man whose prison sentence had been commuted. Not so much because he was out early, but when he spoke to the reporters it seemed as if he had not changed at all. He still came across arrogant, and defiant, as if he did nothing wrong. He felt he was unjustly charged, but was found guilty and put behind bars. Prison didn’t change him.
“If it’s too good to be true, it usually is.” Something a few people forget before they get taken financially. In other words, there aren’t many good deals or 100% guarantees in life. So when I saw the picture with this blog post, which is a sticker that was on the side of a product, I laughed.
Well this isn’t going to be fun, but I feel the need to write out a self-evaluation. While reflecting on some recent events I was reminded of the following flaws in my personality:
You finally drop off to sleep, and when you wake up the next morning you have a few seconds of peace before the pain of your current life situation comes crashing back into your mind like a tsunami. You lay there and say to yourself, “Oh yeah”. You force yourself to get out of bed, but if it wasn’t for having to go to the bathroom you would more likely pull the covers over your head and try to go back to sleep.
Christmas is over, at least the actual day.
I love the Virgin Mary’s story. She was so brave. You see the simple truth is, she loved God more than she feared what others thought. There’s a whole sermon right there. Pass the offering plate and call it Sunday!
To know unconditional love;
“I’m so far in debt. It’s so stressful. I can’t wait for it all to be over!”
brady, mark a. 