This week I am reminded of a challenge: to write an amazing story for my life. When God called me out of my spiritual unconsciousness I began to breathe new life. I was lost, uncertain, unpurposeful. He made me see the real life. His life for me.
Let me just pause right here.
If you don't know God and you are feeling like there is more to this life then what you are doing, the waking daily, to go to work or care for kids, routines of getting ready and then running through the day without a pause or reflection rest, with little to no quiet because you fill it with Facebook, or iTunes or recorded-mind-numbing TV at the end of your day.... only to do it all again tomorrow. For what?.... To make more money, so you can pay for a house that will die with you, for your car that will die with you or before you, for clothes and things to fill up the space and cover your insecurities. This is NOT what God has planned for you. This is NOT the story you want for your life.
The good news is, there is more for you. It may require sacrifice, obedience, surrender, being uncomfortable and early death. But, the reward!
Jesus said the kingdom was like a treasure hidden in a field, and once someone truly finds it, he will happily sell everything he owns to possess that field. It will cost EVERYTHING, but it is a treasure and an unfathomable joy.
Do you see it?
There is no treasure in the field without the sacrifice of everything else.
(Taken from Jen Hatmaker's book, 7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess)
People, run to that treasure! Run! Get it!
Don't miss it. This is your only chance. One life. That is what you get.
What is your purpose for THIS day?
I pray you find it!
And in it you find JOY!
Tell me your story.
How does it go?
Where does it go?
How does it end?
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