Tuesday, April 20, 2010

the Kingdom of Heaven

The Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it , he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought the field..... Matthew 13:44

I love this parable, this man found the ultimate gift. We live in a world that tells us what we need all the time and what will make us happy. All of that is a fleshly happiness, a happiness that will waste away, rust, and fade.
This man found the kingdom of heaven and sold everything he had, so that he could keep it. He was sold out so to speak, but honestly he gave up everything of the world so he could hang on to the one thing that mattered most.

We have the truth and know the way to the kingdom of heaven, but very few of us have this attitude. Not many Americans give up everything, so we can hold on to the one thing that matters. In fact quite the opposite is true; we hold on to the world and justify why it is okay. We have many false idols we ALL worship, if we are honest with ourselves.
Amazingly as I am typing the song just came on by Toby Mac Lose My Soul. The chorus echoes this " I don't want to gain the whole world and lose my soul"

I know I don't! Do you?

Our lives should look different we should be looking for what we can give up, so we can hang on to the kingdom of heaven. Ephesians 2:10 says we are God's workmanship, it is kinds of like this. We are this little Lego project, we keep trying to build our lives and add the pieces we want. God has the directions and knows what pieces we need, we just need to let him build us into the masterpiece he intended.

We all have stuff we need to get rid of. What do you need to get rid of today, so you can hang on to the Kingdom of Heaven?

In this together

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Wow it has been a long time since I last wrote anything. my life has been a roller coaster ride this year, but I have learned a lot.
February was dominated by our mission trip to Honduras and Micah ending up in the hospital during the trip.
James chapter 1 was a great source of strength through that whole trial.
I can not believe it is already April man time flies.
I am going to try to blog once a week starting from now on.