Die Daily

Some people paint Christianity as this beautiful field of flowers, peaceful and serene. Sometimes I feel like it's a bloody chaotic battlefield and I'm the warrior hiding under a wagon trying to convince myself to pull it together. It's not always fun, it's not always easy. So why choose to be a Christian? Because "God so loved..."

"If you want to save your life, you will destroy it. But if you give up your life for me, you will save it. What will you gain, if you own the whole world but destroy yourself or waste your life?"
​                                                                                        Luke 9: 24-25 CEV

King Solomon was one of the wisest men to live. He had a hiding under the wagon trying to pull himself together moment. In fact, he had such a moment that there is an entire book in the Bible recording this moment (Ecclesiastes). What's the point? What's the point? What's the point? That was Solomon's cry.

The point is God. 

Every day there s a battle for our soul. Every day we must choose to set aside our selfish desires and pick up God's plans for our lives (daily take up our cross). It is not a burden to bear but a choice to make.

God, help me to choose you and not me. Help me to set aside my plans and choose to follow your plans. Help me not to sit under that wagon but to get up and go out, to be about your work.