A
thought by Andy Stanley, (2009-04-23) from his book, The Best Question Ever (p. 183). The Doubleday Religious Publishing
Group. Kindle Edition.
He
already gave the ultimate gift for us even before we were born, ever before we
knew we needed it. He showed He loved us
by giving His Son for us on the Cross.
So why would He do that for us?
He
already gave the ultimate gift for us even before we were born, ever before we
knew we needed it. He showed He loved us
by giving His Son for us on the Cross.
So why would He do that for us?
Andy
says, “God desires that your life be a masterpiece that reflects His greatness
and your uniqueness. But to create a masterpiece with our lives, we must submit
ourselves to the hand of the Master. We must allow Him to influence each stroke
on the canvas of our lives.”
Now
the problem in all of this is, we believe that we can make the masterpiece and
we don’t need any help. And many of us
are doing a pretty good job and that is also the problem.
One
of the principles of Church Planting and I was a Church Planter, was that the
people who were the most open to going to a new church were those who were
going through some transition time in their life. Such as they were going through a divorce or
they had lost their job or they had just gotten married or they had their first
child or they had moved into a new neighborhood. That is why we usually planted in a new area not
an established area. That could be also
where a neighborhood is changing its demographics such as one group moving out
and another moving in. These people were
open to something that would help them in their time of transition.
Let’s
say it is a place where everything is stable.
Everyone has already chosen to go to a particular church or they have
chosen to never go. Those people would
be very difficult to get to go to a new church.
And
that is why someone who is already a success seems to think that they don't need God. They are doing it on their own but what if
they get to a point that what they thought was the right thing to do turned out all wrong? Then they would be open to someone’s advice, to someone’s
wisdom, to God.
So how
are you doing is the important question?
Do you need someone who loves you unconditionally? Do you need some help in making some
decisions in your life? Well let me
introduce you to the One who loves you unconditionally and who wants to create
a masterpiece of your life. It is not
too late. He is in the business of
taking water and turning it into wine and taking broken lives and turning them
into wholeness. He is waiting on you.
So
why don’t you turn to Him and let Him have you completely?
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