What are you Living for?

People who live only for wealth come to the end of their lives as naked and empty-handed as on the day they were born.
Ecclesiastes 5:15

I love getting things as much as anyone else. But the way I look at getting things changed when I went to the hospital over Christmas one year. I saw a man there who was dying of cancer. He couldn't talk and he could barely breathe. I found out that he had spent his whole life gaining things for himself. Things like houses, cars, money, stocks and all the other things that would make him look rich. Now as he lays here on his hospital bed, no one can see his riches.

SO WHAT?
I am positive that the man I saw in the hospital would have giving all of his money, if he could have had someone who was a true friend to be by his side. He was cold, lonely, scared and completely alone! Just like he came into the world. That is what will happen to all who live their lives for wealth. They will never be happy with how they spent their life. Don't be that guy! Don't be the guy who is so consumed about gaining wealth and treasure on this earth that you miss the important things.

KEEP TRUSTING!

You are 12, 15, 18, 21 and before you know it your off to college and getting married. In crazy times like this how are you suppose to concentrate on God when you have no idea what is in your future? Trust! Trust God to prepare the way for you. It says in Jeremiah 29

"For I know the plans I have for you," says the LORD. "They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope."

God is going to take us where we need to be and He is going to lay our future out in front of us as we follow Him with our whole heart.

SO WHAT?
Even though God says He knows the plans that He has for you, it is still good to pray and ask God to show you what those plans are. Whatever area of your life that you are seeking answers in right now... Just stop! STOP and pray, ask God to show you what His plans are for you. Sometimes He will show you and sometimes He will ask you to keep walking by faith. Which ever way you go, remember that the most important thing is to KEEP TRUSTING!
Peace OUT!

Living the Life

You see, the life God calls us to is not a safe life. Ask Joseph, Abraham, Moses, Deborah, Esther – any of the friends of God from the Old Testament. Ask Mary and Lazarus, ask Peter, James and John, ask Priscilla and Aquila – any of the friends of God in the New Testament.

God calls us to a life involving frequent risks and many dangers. Why else would we need him to be our sustainer? You don’t need a life-saver if your mission is a couch potato. You need an sustainer when your life is in constant danger.

SO WHAT?
I believe that all through history there were two kinds of people who loved God.
The ones who loved, but didn't follow.
And the ones who loved and followed by giving their all. The people above are the people who gave their all, those are the people who God choose to write about in the Bible.
I want to live a life of loving and following God, that God would want to write about.
DO YOU?