Who doesn’t want to save big and sacrifice nothing? But doesn’t it seem as though the game has become to see how little we can invest and still demand the rights of the fully vested? As if how little one can get by with is the goal. I’d like my clothes to look great but I’m not too keen on ironing. I want to enjoy a clean house without ever having to get out the mop. And why can’t the results of 30 minutes in the kitchen wow like a gourmet’s meal? I own my wardrobe, house, and those kitchen appliances. I think that should be an adequate investment to insure an optimum return.
Fact is all that wishing doesn’t fill hearts with peace or lives with purpose. So I plug in the iron, dig out the mop, and read a recipe or two and put a little more of me into the equation. The result - satisfaction. I stand a little taller, head a little higher. I am a little more confident and feel a little more valuable and bring more to the game that is my life.
Look in the rear-view mirror of your life. Aren’t the most satisfying chapters all written around the things that required significant investment, sacrifice and plain old hard work? Things we chose to invest - not a token nod or few dollars - but our lives: heart, soul and body into? There is an emotional high that comes from this powerful combination of valued accomplishment and fulfillment of purpose, a high deeper than satisfaction. It is a heart-felt contentment that only comes from an all-in commitment.
No one in history has ever demonstrated this more successfully and completely than Jesus. His all-in-nothing-held-back commitment to the purpose of His earthly existence is what gives us reason to celebrate. His life has made it possible for us to live all-in, no longer held back by past failures. It was for freedom that Christ has made us free. Why? Because it is Our Father’s insatiable need to show His insatiable love that this game of life is all about.
His will was expressed so completely by the life, death, burial and resurrection of Jesus, Who is The Way because He alone made The Way for us to be able to know the contentment and peace of God’s presence in our lives.
If you haven’t already, do yourself (and the lives of all you touch) an enormous service. Commit to bring more of you into everything you do. Receive, accept and honor His Truth and the Power of God’s Spirit. Doing so activates the life of purpose and fulfillment we all long for and life begins the transformation from what we have been known and recognized for to becoming more and more like our Heavenly Father: people who, like our Dad, are full of mercy, compassion, kindness, patience, understanding, and love. It’s a win/win proposition.
Our Lord gets a maximum return on His investment, and you’ll enjoy a maximum return on yours!
If you haven’t already, do yourself (and the lives of all you touch) an enormous service. Commit to bring more of you into everything you do. Receive, accept and honor His Truth and the Power of God’s Spirit. Doing so activates the life of purpose and fulfillment we all long for and life begins the transformation from what we have been known and recognized for to becoming more and more like our Heavenly Father: people who, like our Dad, are full of mercy, compassion, kindness, patience, understanding, and love. It’s a win/win proposition.
Our Lord gets a maximum return on His investment, and you’ll enjoy a maximum return on yours!
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