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The Choice Is Yours

The Manna Chef

And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

Joshua 24:25

Free will.  The concept really is amazing to me.  We serve this Awesome God, and He doesn’t force us to do anything.  We can choose to serve Him or not, as long as we recognize our choices have consequences.  I love the song, “The Choice Is Yours,” by the hip hop group, Black Sheep.  (And, yes, I’m still saved.)  The hook of the song says, “You can get with this or you can get with that…I think you’ll get with this ’cause this is where it’s at.”  (Ok, so now I’m jamming as I type this message.)  That’s how I feel about my spiritual walk with the Lord.  God is “where it’s at.”  Why would I choose to be anywhere other than with my Father?

I want you to take a moment to think about your relationship with the Lord.  It’s one thing to really know Him and quite another to only know about Him.  I shared with a dear friend recently that my life has become more than an additional book of the Bible; it’s an adventure with God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, and me doing our collective “thing.”  Some days are full of action and others seem pretty mundane; but make no mistake, we’re riding this out together.  As a matter of fact, I am learning how to be content in those mundane moments because I can see God in the midst of them, too. 

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Do You Really Know Who You Serve?

The Manna Chef

God has been speaking to me about how little His people truly understand how great He is.  Our limited understanding cannot begin to comprehend His majesty, His sovereignty, or His character. 

Isaiah 40:12-31 gives us a glimpse of:

  • God’s power to create
  • God’s provision to sustain
  • God’s continued Presence to help

God spoke the world into existence.  Your words matter, so speak to life to everything around you.  We carry that creative power on the inside of us.  That’s why we have the power to influence the atmosphere.  Use your authority carefully.

God sustains us like no one else can.  He provides the vision and the provision.  He provides the manna to us each day, a right now word for our lives.  And His help is ever-present.  He’s always there; we just need to get into position.

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It’s Bigger Than You

The Manna Chef

Sometimes life can seem so complicated that you feel like you’re in this thing all by yourself.  Everywhere you turn, there is a hurdle to jump.  You ever find it hard to catch your breath because so much is going on? 

There was a time when life seemed so overwhelming that I just wanted to give up; not on living, but in ministry.  I felt like I was becoming stagnant.  I was pouring out so much, but very little was being poured back in.  I didn’t have balance in my life.  I was doing the best I could; but I was on “empty.”  You know what?  People will use you up if you allow them to do it.  I was pretty much exhausted and I was becoming bitter.  And I’m talking about in ministry and in life.  I wanted to throw in the towel; it had become too much. 

But the Holy Spirit was right there in the midst of all of my challenges.  He listened to me vent and then He checked me.  I don’t know about you, but the Holy Spirit doesn’t coddle me.  I don’t have many of those tender, sweet moments when it comes to me basically complaining to God.  He listens and then gets on my case.  I describe it to my friends like He has me in the boxing ring, tearing me up!

The Spirit of God reminded me that although I do have a choice, there is really only one choice to make if I want to receive the promises of God and be who He designed me to be.  I have to be obedient to Him and stay centered in His will.  We have to learn how to position ourselves to receive from God. My life belongs to Him, so I’m here to do His will.  That’s the bottom line for me.

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