IS YOUR LIFE TOO EASY??

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An easy life is something that we all desire.

I do not know about you, but I get tired of all

the pressures and problems of life.  It is enough

to make a person want to run off and hide 

sometimes.

But, is that good?

Consider this comment.

"An easy life is one of the greatest deterrents to a

man's seeking after God, and one of the biggest

threats to Christian growth."

- Thomas A. Davis

That makes sense to me.

If everything is going well with no problems

or needs, why look for help.  You would be

"lulled" to sleep in the face of reality.  A reality

that most of us do not want to face.

Some years ago after a war had ended in Ethiopia

Mr. Thomas Davis reports that;

"... an Ethiopian Christian wrote a letter in which

he reported that now that the war had ended, Christians

in his country were becoming lax in their living.  He

he prayed that trouble might come again, that faith

might grow strong once more."

If the problems of life does not drive us to seek

after God and a relationship with Him.  We will

loose every thing we have worked for or hoped 

for on this earth.  And worse yet, our soul would

be damed for eternity.

"Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles

come your way, consider it an opportunity for

great joy.  For you know that when your faith

is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow.

So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully

developed, you will be perfect and complete,

needing nothing."

(James 2 - 4 NLT)

PATH TO REST

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Rest.  Real rest for my body, mind and soul.

Especially this time of the year.

The merchants are hounding you to get your money.

Your family is pushing you to keep up with the season.

And the politicians are screaming at you because they

want you to help them in their folly.

And all we want is real rest through and through.

I don't know about you, but I am sick of new fangled,

complicated gadgets that are more difficult to use and

less reliable in addition.  It seems that anytime I let

my computer be "updated" I'm further behind.

Location and peace and quiet help.  But we need

something that goes deeper than that.  Yet most of

us have turned aside from the real source of rest.

Like the nation of Israel of old, we have gone our

own ways, and we are paying the price for it.

God's recommendation to them is valid for us today.

"Thus says the LORD,

'Stand by the ways and see and ask for

the ancient paths,  Where the good way is,

and walk in it;

And you will find rest for your souls."

(Jeremiah 6:16 NASB)  

Do you want REST, real REST.

Turn from the way you are going now and 

go to Jesus Christ.  He said,

"Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden,

and I will give you rest.  Take My yoke upon you

and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble

in heart, and YOU WILL FINED REST FOR YOUR

SOULS.  for My yoke is easy and My burden is light."

(Matthew 11:28-30 NASB)  

LOSING TOUCH WITH REALITY

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Politicians lose

touch with reality.

They think the way to prosperity is to take it away
from those who have, and give it to those who
have not.

You can see the proof that this does not work in the
countries and states that are going broke.  They
took it away from those who earned it, and gave it
to those who would not work.

But are we doing the same thing?

The real you, that is your soul. Are you feeding
and caring for it?  Or, are you only feeding and
caring for your body?  When your life on earth
is over, will your soul be bankrupt when you
have to give account to God?

How God looks at it.

  "So we do not lose heart.

Though our outer nature is wasting

away, our inner nature is being

renewed every day.  For this slight 

momentary affiliation is preparing

for us an eternal weight of glory

beyond all comparison, because we 

look not to the things that are seen 

but to the things that are unseen;

 for the things that are seen are 

transient, but the things that are 

unseen are eternal."

(2Corinthians 4:16-18 RSV)

 Are we working for the temporary 

things, or the eternal things?

THE LORD'S MERCIES

"It is the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed,

because his compassions fail not.

They are new every morning;

great is they faithfulness.

The LORD is my portion says my soul;

therefore will I hope in him.

The LORD is good to those that wait for him,

to the soul that seeks him."

It is good that a man should both hope

and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD."

(Lamentations 3:22-26 AKJV)

GOD'S BLESSINGS

"Bless the LORD, O my soul:

and all that is within me, bless his holy name.

Bless the LORD, O my soul,

and forget not all his benefits:

Who forgives all of your iniquities, who heals all your diseases;

Who redeems your life from destruction;

who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies;

Who satisfies your mouth with good things;

so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's."

-Psalms 103:1-5 I LOVE JESUS (UKJV)  

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