Today is the First Day....

Today is the first day of the rest of my life. I didn't start it out with Total but I did decide today to take my future into my own hands. God is good all the time but I don't think he expects us to just sit back and wait for him to guide us. If there is one thing I've learned in my life, it is the fact that life happens, God provides and guides.

I think the best way to explain what I am talking about is this. Our life is like a boat. Now if you grab a hold of the steering wheel of a boat and turn it to the left or the right then that is the exact direction that the boat will go. Because when you turn the wheel, the boat is designed to go in that direction. But when can you turn the wheel of a boat and it doesn't go in that direction? AH, when it is tied to the pier sitting idly. You see, I believe our lives are like that. If we are just sitting there waiting for God to show us the way he can't steer us because we are not moving.

Let's look at some of the leaders of the Bible and see how many of them sat waiting for God's will. Let's start with Moses. Was he just sitting there one day when he saw the burning bush? Let see what God's word says "Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb. And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed." Looks like he was busy at work. Doesn't look like he was sitting around saying, "God, what am I supposed to do." And how about Peter and Andrew. Were they just sitting around waiting when Jesus called them. Let's, again, turn to the word "Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men." Oh dear, they were working too. And even Paul, on the road to Damascus, was working when Jesus called him. And Paul was doing the opposite of what God wanted him to do at the time.

All I'm saying is, keep working, keep striving, fight the good fight and God will guide. Be lazy, sit around, do nothing and God won't guide you until you DO SOMETHING. I know that great things are in store for me and my family in the near future but the only way I'm going to find out what they are is by doing the job that God gave me and use the talents that he gave me. Pray for me as I also pray for you to do your job to the best of your ability and God will guide you.

Today I'm Thankful for

1. God's saving grace
2. My pool
3. My wife
4. My children
5. My job