Choices

It is official; I have been asked over a dozen times, "What's happening with the blog?" Contrary to popular belief, I have not abandoned my commitment. Actually, I was on a slight hiatus from my computer because I have been very busy. I must admit although I am a self-proclaimed superwoman, it is difficult juggling a full-time teaching career, my part time job, and my Mary Kay and Jewelz businesses. At the end of a normal day, I have had little time to breathe. So it boils down to, "should I blog?" or "should I pray and read my Bible?" Let's face it, when my choice is either spend time with God or spend time talking about God in my life, it's quality time, hands-down!

Every day we are faced with plenty of choices. Many of the decisions that we face don't seem significant, but actually every day all day long we must choose how and when we represent Jesus. It is so easy to think that we are doing God's work when we go to church, or we spend our time talking about God or telling others how good He is to us. But that is not a balanced Christian life. Most of the time the people that we share God's graces with already know how good He is because they too have come to know the love of Christ. If all of our time is spent talking about God and little time is spent talking with God, then we fall short of receiving the full promises of God. After Jesus was crucified and resurrected, He instructed the disciples to go to Jerusalem and wait for the promise from the Father. The disciples obeyed and on the day of Pentecost they received "the comforter", the Holy Spirit. Since the disciples would no longer be able to spend countless hours in Jesus' presence, God sent His spirit to dwell in them so that they would always have access to His presence. We too have been given the gift of the Holy Spirit when we accept Jesus as our personal savior. We have full access to the presence of God, but it is up to us to choose to be led by the Spirit or to pursue our own lives. A lot of people have an image of God living in church or off in heaven somewhere, but the truth is that God is right here patiently waiting for you to encounter Him.

When we spend time in God's presence through prayer, meditating on Scripture, or listening to His divine answers, we are becoming equipped to bring others into the knowledge of who God really is. Our lives are supposed to model our prayer: "thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven". It becomes our aim to see other people receive the love and wisdom of God. We thrive when we see other people have God encounters. It is our mission to activate heaven on earth. Think about it: there is no sickness in heaven, no poverty, no depression, no defeat! That is what we must through the spirit bring into earth's realm. When we choose to spend hours in prayer and worship, we activate heaven. We unleash God's love that comes in like a flood to where we are, on earth. Then we must connect heaven's resources with people who desperately need the Master's touch.

Living a supernatural lifestyle is a choice. You were created by God with a divine purpose in mind. You cannot afford to get bogged down in "your life" when someone else's life depends on your obedience, on you fulfilling your God-given destiny, and your choices to live in the spirit rather than walk in the flesh to fulfill your own wants and desires. You may never know on this side of heaven how many people you were actually assigned to, but when you see God face to face do you want to disappoint Him by showing up with less than all you could. The Bible says to choose you this day whom you will serve. This verse really means that it is up to you to decide whom you will represent (God vs. Satan). Remember God's treasures are people and not the things of this world. So decide today, to be an ambassador for Jesus. Make up your mind that today and every day you will choose to spend time in God's presence and that you will share the fruit of those encounters with those who need Him most.