1Johnn
3:1 See what kind
of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God;
and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not
know him.
We are all
called children of God, we are assured of that throughout the Bible. Let us not
confuse being children of God, with being perfect like the Son of God. AS
we surface form the Christmas season, and embark on a new year, we should take
time to really look at where we want to go this year. It is the time of the
resolutions that will last all year…or maybe a month…or maybe a week…..or maybe
they have already died. When we look at things we want to change about
ourselves, and the world around us this year let us make it a point to resolve
things that we see to be imperfections, not necessarily what the world tell us
are imperfections. We would do well to remember this verse. We are children of
God, and the world does not know us.
It is important
to remember this verse because what the world sees and what we know to be true
often tend to be different things. The world tells us that we are fat, and that
it is the upmost important thing to get skinny so that we might be accepted.
However God loves fat people, just as much as he loves skinny people. The world
tells us that to be successful we must become rich, but here again God loves
the rich, as much as the poor. The world tells us that being popular, and
outgoing is important, yet we know that the meek shall inherit the earth. As we
ponder the coming year we would do ourselves, and the Lord the most justice by
resolving to change what the Lord tells us is important, and not worrying too
much what the world sees.
You see the Lord
does not care if you are fat or thin, yet he does hate the sin of lying. The
Lord does not care if you are successful in the business world, but He cares
deeply in the success of your relationship with His Son Jesus Christ. God is
not too concerned with how outgoing you are, He Himself used a man with a
stutter to free a nation. He does care how outgoing you allow the Holy
Spirit to become in your life. You tell the world these truths, and you will be
laughed at, but you see their expectations are not the same as yours, for they
do not know you, and they did not know Christ when He came.
When Christ came
to Earth it was expected that He would be a King in every sense of the word. It
was expected that He would arrive in style, with His birth shouted from the
rooftops, and His entrance into this world marked with a festival of epic
proportions. Yet He entered this world in much of the opposite fashion, so the
world could not see Him. Much in the same way this year, the world expects you,
me, all of us to rally to the call of the same old lame resolutions…the perfect
image, the perfect job, the perfect house, the perfect life, they will expect
you to resolve to be the perfect worldly person that they think you should be.
As always we have a choice to make, will this be a year of conforming to the
world, or to God? Will we strive to make this life better for now, or will we
work to make our lives and the lives of those around us better for eternity?
My resolution
this year is to make it through the Bible twice. Of course when I share my
resolution with some folks they ask why…or my favorite…for what? That is ok
though, they do not know me, the One who does, knows all too well why, and for
what. As you kick off this year, what shall you resolve to do? Will it be to
make simple changes that effects your life today and tomorrow, possibly the
year? Will it be the ones the world expects? Or will you step out in faith,
will you make it a year that your resolution can impact eternity? Many will not
understand, and they will not expect it, but that will be ok, the world does
not know us, because they did not know Him.
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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