Friday, January 6, 2017

BE MORE

In a world that competes for every moment, we race from one thing to the next because the world convinces us that we need to DO MORE, ACHIEVE MORE, BE MORE. In this race--in the rush, the enemy will hijack you and your purpose. Because he calls you to DO MORE, BE MORE, GIVE MORE to the point of exhaustion and emptiness and numbness.

BE MORE? Isn't that elusive?
How do you know when enough is enough?
Did you give the enemy room in your life all while "saving the world"?
Did you allow the enemy to blur the lines and muddy your purpose while you receive the approval of men?
Do you know who you are?
Do you know who you want to be?

BE MORE....
Do you hear the call to peace and quiet?
Do you feel the beckoning to slow down?
Is your body telling you it's time to rest, to listen?
O Christian, are you alert to the promptings of the Holy Spirit who lives inside of you?

A Holy God is calling you to AWAKE, to STOP and TO BE.

BE AVAILABLE.   BE KIND.  BE LOVING.  BE HELPFUL.  BE GENEROUS. 
BE REAL. BE HONEST.

AWAKE, MY LOVE, BE QUIET, BE HUMBLE, BE PRESENT.
BASK IN MY LOVE AND SHARE IT WITH OTHERS.
This is all you need to BE ALIVE.

"And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts." Romans 13:11-14

"The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, Because the Lord has anointed Me To preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the prison to those who are bound" Isaiah 61:1