Buried Treasure
Selah, Elli, Eva, and Eden, my four little girls could hardly contain their excitement! I
had taken a wooden microphone box and placed all kinds of treasures in it! Chocolate. Suckers.
Stickers. It was filled with treasures! I had taken a compass and drawn a course on a map that led
through the woods behind our house, over the creek and straight to a buried treasure.
When I told them about this buried treasure and handed them the map along with the
compass, they lit up in anticipation! “Where is it?…”
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What is Success?
In Genesis 37:3-36, we see Joseph receive a promise from God in the form of a dream. In two different dreams, he sees his brothers bowing down to him. He shared this with his brother and let’s just say that they weren’t too thrilled about his “revelation.” What happened next was not in his plans for the “success story” he envisioned!
Sonship is what our hearts must be after, not what the world (or our wicked hearts) promote. As leaders, we can be deceived into thinking that other things are the endgame: wealth, position, power, or affluence. We can even think a certain quality of stage, sound, and lighting is the goal, but it’s not! Many pastors I speak with imply that this is the goal. These things only serve as helpful tools used by a son to serve. “Success” in the eyes of people is not the final destination for a godly leader. Sonship is. And it’s accessible to us (see John 1:12). It’s where it all begins and it’s where it all ends. In the Kingdom of God, success is simply this: Faithful obedience to God’s voice. Not the outcome of that obedience. Not what happens after that first step of obedience. The obedience itself is the measure! Joseph learned this first hand when he… {read more}
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Bored People Do Dumb Things
Before David was appointed King, his character tests included the opportunity to kill Saul, his King and father-in-law, the man who was trying to kill him! He passed the test and chose not to harm him, letting God sort out the details of revenge. Once David was appointed King, the character tests had just begun. A renowned mathematician and theologian, once wrote, “All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” - Blaise Pascal
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Stop Chopping
I imagine you’re like me and you want to be as effective as possible. We all want God to say to us “Well done good and faithful servant...” We want Him pleased with us. So often though, we get caught up in the whirlwind of daily and weekly tasks, that we don’t do something essential. The Bible gives us an interesting piece of advice when it comes to life and to the idea of effectivness and/or leadership.
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