“The church has too often been a ‘No’ place filled with ‘No’ people. But to truly follow Jesus is to rattle off ‘Yes,’ not ‘No.’”

A thought by Leonard Sweet, (2014-02-21) from his book, The Well-Played Life: Why Pleasing God Doesn't Have to Be Such Hard Work (p. 221). Tyndale Momentum. Kindle Edition.

I have said that when it comes to my three granddaughters that anything they ask for the answer is “Yes”. And then I say that it is the best way to get back at my kids but the truth is I do all I can to say “Yes” to them too. I love them and I want to give, give, give and God is the same way. He wants to give live, He wants to give joy, He wants to give forgiveness. He also wants to say, “Yes.”

You probably heard yesterday the part in the Easter Story where Mary Magdalene after she had come out of the empty tomb saw this man and she thought he was a gardener when in fact it was Jesus. The key is John the writer of this was going back to the fact that Jesus had created us in a Garden. That He is a Gardener. He created us in a Garden and it was for our enjoyment. It was sin that brought the no in not God.

As Leonard says it, we are to “say ‘Yes!’ to God, yes to play, yes to forgiveness, yes to challenge, yes to life.”

Let’s get out of the no business and into the yes. Life is to be enjoyed not endured. Say yes to His life.

So is life and “No” or a “Yes” for you?

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