Blog-votional: Life is Not a Sitcom: The Struggle of the Christian Life

The NASA space engineers tell us that most of the fuel used in a rocket launch is burned up in the first few seconds of lift-off.  It takes tremendous energy and thrust to get the rocket off the launching pad.  Once it’s moving and headed for orbit, it requires much less fuel and is easier to control and direct.  It has overcome inertia.

Jesus Christ has the power to make changes in our lives right now.  He will give us the power to get started and the power to keep going.  He will give us the power to break the chains of inertia or procrastination.  True, there is a struggle in living a dynamic Christian life.  We are discussing that in some detail.  By trusting God and allowing His love and transforming power to become a reality in our lives, we can become the person God desires for us to be.

Today, think on these simple but profound thoughts:

 <> I am nothing, but Truth is everything. -Abe Lincoln

<> We are shaped and fashioned by what we love. -Goethe

<> Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. -Samuel Johnson

<> Always do right — this will gratify some and astonish the rest. -Mark Twain

<> How sweet it is when the strong are also gentle. -Liggie Fudim

<> Resolved: never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life. -Jonathan Edwards

<> {God is} “able to do exceedingly above and beyond what we ask for, hope for, imagine or think, according to {His} power at work within you” -Ephesians 3:20

Dr. Stan Parker