Romans 8:32 He who did not spare his own Son
but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us
all things?
I know
that we hear all of the time from our friends, our loved ones, our co-workers,
“hey, I am here for you” . “whatever you need, just let me know”
“whatever I have is yours”….however most of the time this old saying holds
true. We will be friends through thick and thin……but when it gets thick….I am
going to thin out! That is the way most of our relationships go. As a result we
become jaded, we become untrusting, we start to think that the only person that
is willing to give 100% for us….is us. It is no surprise that we take those
feelings and throw them right on to the Lord.
The Lord
will not help me, I am all alone, God does not care. All of these feelings have
little to do with what the Lord is doing in our life, and a lot to do with the
fact that this is the expectation that we have experienced from the world, so
we project it onto God. Romans 8 is a great chapter, we all know verse 28 that
reads that God works for the good in the lives of those who love Him. This
verse (32) is even more to the point. God loves each one of us so much that He
gave His only Son. He did not spare Him, He did not hold anything back. He gave
the most important thing any of us could think of….His own Son. Do you really
think God would make that kind of commitment, then turn and walk away? Bring
that thought into your own life. Think of something you have worked on,
something that you have poured your heart and soul into. Did you reach a point
where you just said forget it, before it was completed? Highly doubtful. Now
what if it was something that you felt so committed to that you leveraged your
house, your car, and all of your savings? Would you just throw in the towel
when it got hard, or looked difficult? No, of course not, you have gone all in,
you will give whatever is needed to make sure it works. Now think if you had to
give one of your children. The only way you could see this thing through would
be for you to give up one of your own…..would you quit? Would you be willing to
walk away? If it was something that you loved so much that you killed one of
your own children, what would it take to make you stop giving to that cause? NOTHING.
That is
where God is at in your relationship. There is nothing that can separate you
for God loving you, there is nothing that can come between you and
Christ…..except yourself. You see all too often, God does not run out on us, we
run out on Him. God gave His Son. What did we give? What do we continue to
give? Have you ever given any thought to the idea that God has not quit giving,
we have just quit accepting? You might think “whaaat?” no way, no how have I
quit taking anything offered by God. What about the love of your spouse? Do you
accept that every day, or are there many days that it is taken for granted to
the point that it is just an expectation? What about your family, your job (or
the time given to you while you do not have one), your friends, those that come
in contact with you every day? What do we do with these things? Anything?
anything at all? Do we accept these gifts that are given daily, or do we just
expect them to be there? As a result, we do not truly accept them, we set them
on a shelf to collect dust, and miss the spectacular gift that has been given
to us.
Now let
me ask you this. If you have children (and if not think of when you were a kid)
what do you do when you give your child gifts and the do not use them, or they
waste them, or they take them for granted? Don’t you want to find a way to get
them to use what has been given before you give more? Why give them another
bike, when the one they have is not used? Why give them a new glove, when they
will not even go outside to play ball? Starting to see the point? There is
nothing that God will not give you, if you need it. There is no length that the
Lord will not go to make sure you are taken care of. He is all in, He has
invested His most precious asset. He has made the full commitment. Now it is up
to each of us to utilize what we have been given. We have to accept the gifts
given each day, we have to make the most of every day. I can promise you that
you have been given a gift today….what will you do with it? Will you set it to
the side while you wait for the “good” gift? The one you have been praying for,
the one that YOU really want? Or will you choose to take each gift and
celebrate it, cherish it, and make the most out of it? Yeah I know if we do
that with every little gift we are given we will be pretty tired, and we will
be pretty busy…….and we will realize that we are pretty blessed. God does not
hold back, so make it a point to not hold back on God. He will flood your life,
but you have to turn on the spigot. He Gave the first gift, He gave the big
gift. Will it go to use, or go on the shelf? There is nothing God will not
give, can we say the same about what we are willing to give back to God?
God
Bless,
Brian
Thetford
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About Brian Thetford
I am merely what God has created, a person who is here to help with his plan, a cog in the wheel of life. That is where I find my worth, not in what I do for a living, or what I have accomplished in life, but what I have done that extends the Lord’s plan and expands his will, that being said, this is a little about me.I am a husband to a wonderful wife for the last 17 years. I have two outstanding daughters who help keep my heart soft, and young. For a living I am the Logistics Director for a foodservice company. For my love, I write about and minister on behalf of the Lord. It is here that I find my peace, purpose, and balance. I spend a lot of my free time, writing, reading, studying, or talking about the Lord and his teachings. I am working on starting a church in Leander, TX and if the Lord is willing it will be the beginning of a great journey. The rest of the free time goes to my family. As a result, I do not know what the score was for the latest game, no matter the sport, and I really do not care what Brittany Spears did yesterday. Some call me boring. I like to think of it as focused on what is important, my God, and my family.I believe that the Lord has intertwined all of the above into the perfect life for me, a balance of reality, fun, sorrow, and spiritual awakening. I find that for me, the journey is not about going up the road and trying to find the end; it is more about heading back down and helping others get past the same obstacles that I had to get around. I spent the first thirty years of my life on the run, usually in the wrong direction; I will spend the balance on my journey home, picking up as many as I can that are as lost as I was, doubling back when I hear a cry for help.
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