It's Either To Hot, Or To Cold!

The other day I found myself think of a few things I had to do outside.  Where I live it’s winter right now,  40 Degrees Fahrenheit.  I said to myself “it’s to cold to do that”  you know, In a way that was complaining.  I then took stock of the normal temperature in Houston Texas…. Troubling.   It’s more often hot here then it is cold.

If the conditions are never right to move forward… then maybe it’s not the conditions that are the problem.   There is something for having an optimistic outlook in every situation.   A can do attitude about the opportunities in front of you or the obstacles in front of you. 

It’s a season to where a jacket, rather than swim shorts!  Enjoy it! Don’t let the cold be an excuse, but rather an opportunity to experience something new and different.

It will be unbearably hot before you know it!

Where is Due North?

You will encounter various trials

We often have a mind set that everything needs to go smoothly. That the life Jesus has for me is one that never includes trouble. That when I accept Him as my Savior, He actually becomes my servant, to fix all the problems around me. It’s the “put your feet up Christian life” that He paid for. We wind up asking the question “When is it going to finally get here?” From the time I was young I remember commercials advertising “freedom 55”, the magical age to retire and not have any thing holding you back. I can still see the pictures of a husband and wife that look to be in their 40’s walking the beach with not a care in the world. We are being bombarded with a message that what we have is not good enough and are to live for a day in the future that may never come.

In the midst of the storm, where is due north?

Jesus never promised us a trouble free life, a life with no challenges or adversity. Dare I say, a life free of… trials. John 16:33 “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” Our peace can only be found in Him. This is our “due north”. Upon salvation He has taken up residence inside of us and established peace in us, the Kingdom in us. Oh yes, the world we have been sent into will have troubles, troubles that we will face, troubles that the enemy will try to use to shake our peace. Troubles that we are well equipped to handle because we are filled with the Prince of Peace. We cannot afford to be shaken by circumstances because it is not the situations that we find ourselves in that determine our peace. Retiring at 55 doesn’t offer us our peace. Rejection by our friends at school does not determine our peace. Knowing the day of Jesus’ return will not give us peace. Jesus assures us that He is victorious. The world is defeated and that our peace is found In Christ! That the troubles that we will encounter are there to be overcome by us. The kingdoms of this world are becoming the Kingdoms of our God by the indwelling peace that passes all understanding!

Run to the Fire!
Rich