Just a lil something God gave to me....

Have you ever worked with kids? Kids love to color, do art projects, they love to play! Have you given crayons and a piece of paper to a child to allow them to make you a picture? They are so excited to color. They are happy that you gave them something that they can use to express themselves and also something that they can make to give to you. They want to make you something that will bring a smile to your face, so you can say "Good job! It's beautiful!". Our purpose as Christians is to serve the Lord. We are to be the light of the world and spread His good news. (Matthew 5:14-16). We are to be pleasing in His sight and bring a smile to His face so that He can say "well done my good and faithful servant"(Matthew 25:21).

Now what happens when the child messes up. They want another piece of paper. They want to throw the one that they messed up on, away and start all over with a new sheet of paper. Like the child who messes up, throws away the messed up paper, and asks for a new sheet to start over again....so we also are.

Like the child who might be upset because they messed up and don't want to start all over again...so we also are. But when you give that child a new sheet of paper...as sad as they might be...they begin to start over again. They begin to color a new picture, on a new sheet of paper, maybe with some different crayons. They forget about the picture that they just cried over, or just threw away. Y? Because they're focused on their new picture that is being made. They don't think about the old one again!

What was once messed up is now in the garbage! You are a new piece of paper! Just like the child asked to start over again, to have a new sheet of paper. When you asked Jesus to come into your life...When you said, "Lord I accept you as my personal Lord and Savior"...When you confessed with your mouth and believed in your heart that Jesus is the Son of God, that Jesus is Lord (Romans 10:9-11)...you asked for a new sheet of paper. You said Father can I try over again? Father I want a new piece of paper. Father I'm not who I used to be. Father I wanna forget about the old me. God throws the old paper, the old you away and never looks back at it. It is we who for some reason want to go back to that trash, pull it out of the garbage and hold on to it! Why? Let it be! When God forgives He's not like man to bring it back up. When He says it's done...it's done.

We need to move to the place God has called us to be. We need to get in position. He's calling His troops up right now. He's still recruiting it's not too late. We as His soldiers need to be out there on the battlefront. He already fought the battle. He's fighting battles for us that we don't even know of yet. Can we be an Army of One? The army of the Most High God and go out and spread His word. Can we put down some of the things that are holding us back? That are holding us down? That God has already thrown away? Can we be living, breathing, walking testimonies? In the name of Jesus I know we can! He created a new us. He threw the old us away. He gave us a new heart, mind, body. Let's be like the child and begin making a new picture. Let's help some folk out by giving them some food. The food of knowledge...the food that will sustain them....the food that will never have them hungry again...the food that is the Word of God!

Amen! Be blessed!