Life at the push of a button

So I am sitting here asking myself why humans were not equipped with a smart button.  It would sure make things so much easier especially when it came to life's decisions.  Need to make a big decision, push a button.  Need to go back and correct a mistake, push a button.  But I am almost certain that would give us the mind set that we could do anything we wanted to and it wouldn't matter. Everyday in the news we get to see the effects of that type of life style in the celebrities we love to watch. They are surrounded by people that tell them yes all the time and their lives are no better or happier than the person sitting next to you at work.

So then I started thinking how much I absolutely love my God.  Sure I mess things up, in fact that's one of my better skills.  To say that I over identify with Peter is an understatement.  I cannot honestly imagine a life that I didn't get to praise my Lord for every hurt, joy, failure, and injustice that takes place in my life.  I look back and I see him carrying me even now when i stumble and sometimes do the things I hate, (hey I accept that I am far from perfect) that there is always someone right there catching me.

Then again why would you want things simple?  We are given this amazing to learn, grow, and teach based on what things we get the opportunity to go through.  How else would we learn how deep and wide the love of Christ actually is?  James 1:12 says Anyone who meets a testing challenge head-on and manages to stick it out is mighty fortunate. For such persons loyally in love with God, the reward is life and more life.  Which says to me there is a purpose in challenges and we cannot just lay down and give up we have to look it in the face and say "my God is so much bigger and I refuse to back down"!!!

For the rest of the week I challenge you, when you are met with a challenge (big or small), to do one of the following three thing with confidence and tenacity:

1) First and foremost always pray about what is going on and bring in a sister or brother in Christ to stand in the gap and pray for you to!!!


2) Dig into the word and find out what God says about what you are going through.  (To often we forget that God was tempted and tried with everything we have to go through, don't doubt his understanding)

3) If it seems to much talk to a friend.  We are not expected to go through things alone and we are much stronger if we recognize our weaknesses and know that we need help.