There are countless questions about the future, the economy, terrorists, freedom, employment, ecology, and a host of other topics that politicians pretend to have all the answers for. Most of those questions can be answered in the fuzzy world of hypothetic guesses (it is always either sunny and 75 degrees or a lifeless frozen tundra in that world, it depends on the point you're arguing). But, all the answers from all the experts seem to do little more than add confusion to frustration.
Just a second, let me think this through… confusion + frustration = good choices?
I have some reminders today for those who are in living relationship with Christ.
1. We don't let the markets, IRA's, food or gas prices, unemployment percentages, or anything that is part of a governmental economic outlook report determine our mood or future.
2. I teach people more about Christ in how I live during widespread panic than I do by letting religious clichés fall out of my face.
3. There is no force in this universe that is powerful enough to stand before God and demand that He take our joy away.
4. The biggest problems we are facing as a nation have their root in either greed or envy – both of which should not be found in our spirits.
5. Abraham Lincoln and Elvis Presley died and so will everyone else someday – everyone faces God.
6. Generosity has a one day shelf life. It must be given even when it isn't easy… consistently, freely, joyfully, and obediently.
7. The Bible speaks to what you're thinking, feeling, or doing –read it!
8. We are to live different, respond different, hope different, celebrate different, mourn different, and go through trials different than everyone else.
Same trial. Different reaction.
9. We are too quick to whine and attempt to salvage a lifestyle that Christ calls us to surrender to Him anyway.
10. All hell can break loose, every plant can close, every price can skyrocket, every criminal can unleash the worst their twisted mind can imagine, every storm can have its way within the earth's atmosphere, and everyone of my fears can be birthed into reality –
I'M STILL A CHILD OF THE KING OF KINGS!
MY HOME IS NOT ON THIS OR ANY OTHER PHYSICAL PLANET!
I DO NOT RECEIVE MY VALUE FROM MY CHECKING ACCOUNT!
I SERVE A RISEN SAVIOR!
AS LONG AS I HAVE BREATH IT WILL BE USED TO WORSHIP!
"MY HOPE IS BUILT ON NOTHING LESS THAN JESUS BLOOD AND RIGHTEOUSNESS!"
I HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE OBEDIENT TO THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE!
THIS WORLD HAS NOTHING TO OFFER ME THAT GOD CAN'T TRUMP!
MY FREEDOM HAS BEEN SECURED BY NONE OTHER THAN THE PERFECT LAMB OF GOD, YOU CAN WIRE TAP, HANDCUFF ME, AND LOCK ME IN A CELL OF POVERTY OR IRON – YOU CAN'T TAKE AWAY THE FREEDOM MY SOUL KNOWS!
It's time for a new equation: faith + anointing = today.
There, I needed to get that off my chest.
Merry Christmas,
D. David Kessler
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