Mercy

Until we stand before God at Judgement Day, we will not fully grasp what the word Mercy means. Holy, perfect, all-knowing, all-powerful God sees our dark hearts and yet does not destroy us! We take God's warning that sin will kill us, hurt us and break our fellowship with Him, and completely disregard it and thumb our noses in His face; yet Jesus still poured out His Blood for us! What an AMAZING God we serve!!! I do not deserve mercy, but He gives it anyway!!!! People, we MUST lay down our stupid, false games and realize we serve a consuming fire who has Mercifully stayed His hand until Judgement Day. HE IS ALL THAT MATTERS!!!!!

Reconciliation

Every fractured relationship needs reconciliation, the bringing together of two conflicted parties for peace. When we fight with each other few things are sweeter than reconciliation. God also desires reconciliation. We have offended the Holy, Perfect God of the Universe by choosing our way over His. He is the offended party, yet He took action and sent Jesus to reconcile us to Himself. Jesus paid a debt we never could and paved the way for a relationship we never deserve. If you have been reconciled to God you now have been given the ministry of reconciliation (I Corninthians 5:11-21). You were not ransomed and redeemed just to have fellowship with God but to pass on the gift you have been given. If you know Jesus, make sure you pass on the fact that reconciliation with God is ours through the Blood of Jesus!

30,000 feet

I'm amazed that Jesus never made a Pharisee or religious leader spontaneously combust. I mean seriously, they nipped at His heels for 3 years and questioned everything He did. Bombarded Him with dumb questions and plotted murder. Jesus didn't get bogged down by idiots or the day to day trash that seems to strangle me sometimes. The reason Jesus didn't get trapped by the cares of this life is He had a 30,000 foot view of this life. Jesus understood that He was here for eternity's sake! The mundane tasks and hardships that keep us tied in knots, He understood they were obstacles on His path to the cross. I really struggle to focus on the future and not get bogged down in smaller problems. Life is not easy. Next time it feels like your breath is caught in your throat and the walls are closing in, take just a minute and remember this life is not the end. Jesus died and rose so we could be with Him forever. Stop and ask yourself if it will matter in 200 years (yes, long after you're dead). Let's focus on eternal problems and see the small issues of life from a view of 30,000 feet.