Surviving or Thriving?
Mar 31
Survive- To remain; to continue to exist. Does this sound like where you are? Our world is made up of people who are continuing to just exist. If we compare the goals and dreams of young children to those of adults who have had to face hardships, we see possibilities changed to practicalities. Our goals have changed to reflect our desire for survival. We all have seasons of survival. The problem is when we take on survival mode as our way of life. It becomes so encompassing that we can no longer recognize that we are living just to survive. Do you find yourself in a time when you are just trying to make it through the day? Do you find yourself saying? If I can only get this bill paid….. If I could only get this project done…… If I could only get through this week…….. If I could only get married………… If I could only get this child to obey…….. If I could only get this promotion………. If only this diagnosis is good…………. If I could only make this person happy……….. If only I could……then things will be good, but is that truth? Do you remember what it is like to do more than to survive, but thrive? The world we live in tells us that survival is normal, and exhaustion is what is best. The worst thing to do is to expect more. The problem with that thought is that God promised us the “more”. Life more abundantly (John 10:10), joy more abundantly (Psalm 16:11), peace more abundantly (Romans15:13) and strength more abundantly (Psalm 138:3) are the promises God gives us. What you will not find in the Bible is the call to simply survive this life. One of the best examples of desiring more from this life is found in 1 Chronicles 4. You have to read verse after verse of genealogy in Chronicles, but tucked away in chapter 4 verse 10 you meet a man named Jabez who was bold enough to want more. He wanted what God would give him, and he asked for it. He asked God to bless him, but he didn’t leave it there. He asked specifically for an enlarging of his...
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