We live in a world that wants you to be happy. Happiness is our god as a culture. Anyone that doesn’t make ME happy is cut from my life. Anyone that says things that make ME uncomfortable is cut from my life. This person is CANCELLED, and that person is cancelled, and we talk a lot about MY freedoms, and MY rights, and MY this and MY that. Carefully controlling our worlds to fit around US and make us happy.
We fill our bucket with Christian-like things. And we try to pour that IN the well.
It’s never going to work long term.
We’re all chasing happy, when we should be chasing something else.
1. It’s a GIFT
We sometimes act like it’s a burden…”I should do this….I should pray more...I should be more patient…”
Take it or don’t, but stop acting like it’s an obligation!
They got to realize that Jesus wasn’t just someone who walked around WITH them, but now He was someone that walked around IN them...things began to change RAPIDLY.
Jesus is always trying to get us to see past the physical, into the spiritual.
2. Stop watering the well!
“Pastors determine the vision, but you help determine the speed.” - Aaron Schumer
Psalm 23:5, “You prepare a feast for me in the presence of my enemies. You honor me by anointing my head with oil. My cup overflows with blessings.”
Isaiah 48:17-18, “This is what the Lord says— your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the Lord your God, who teaches you what is good for you and leads you along the paths you should follow. Oh, that you had listened to my commands! Then you would have had peace flowing like a gentle river and righteousness rolling over you like waves in the sea.”
What we put in always reflects how much we trust God.
This will be a year of overflow!