Thoughts, thoughts, and more thoughts

A man, with glorious riches, selling all his possessions for the Lord.

My prayer: 'Lord, if all that I had was you, that would be enough.'

Things are always more easily said than done, this especially being one of them. We can talk a good game, but when the game begins, do we show up? Can having nothing but the joy of the Lord really sustain us; and to the fullest at that? Well, I've never had the Lord ask me to sell all of my possessions, but I've been challenged lately pertaining to that possiblity, wondering 'What if?'

What if the Lord asks me to sell my car? I NEED to get to work and to school.

My computer? I NEED to be able to keep contact with friends far away.

My clothes? I just won't even go there...

Quit my job? I NEED money.

Are you catching my drift? I need, I need, I need. But what really do we need? Would the Lord really claim that He is all that we need if it weren't true? Can we really experience joy everlasting if we have nothing?

Along with that last statement, we never have nothing. We always have something. And that something is the Spirit of the Living God that dwells within us! I don't know about you, but AMEN!!!

Recently I had $100 dollars stolen from me. Lately I find myself just thpraying for this person, whoever it might be. That the Lord would bless them. That he would reveal himself to them in a mighty way. That he would surround them in his love, as there may be something going in their life that caused them to take the money in the first place. Maybe they felt as though they had no other choice.

I am not telling this story to sound high and mighty. It is through the power of the Lord, not by anything I have done, that I am able to pray this prayer in the first place. If it were me, I'd be condemning them, saying things like 'How dare they steal from me? Lord, make your wrath to shine upon them. May they overwhelmed with guilt and shame.'

My point is this: As I was saying that prayer, I was joyful. Indescribably joyful; in praying for someone who had taken away something of mine. Joyful in knowing I have the privelage to pray blessing upon another of God's children. No way in a million years could I pray this prayer, let alone be joyful in it, if it were from me. But the Spirit of the Living God spoke through me unto the Father, and it was beautiful. $100 dollars less, and yet overflowing joy.

I'm not saying this is easy. It takes a submission to the Lord's heart for people, as well as a great deal of trust in that the Lord truly is all the we need.

Is your home really that important when thinking about the joy of the Lord?

Do you really need your car when the Lord is your direction?

All else pales in comparison to the surpassing and glorious riches of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Dios te bendiga!

Courtney