May 28, 2017
Winners
It’s been an awesome day. I covered morning reservations and we went to church. I always feel refreshed and ready to conquer the world after church. Today the discussion was about winners. We talked about how all believers are winners in the end because we get to go to heaven. (You know, we all start out winners too… only the fastest one made it!)
Everyone loves to win. It’s embedded in our genetics.
The whole “winners” thing is just an attitude adjustment. It means looking at life like we know the end. (We do!) Seriously, people in the early church thought it a blessing to be persecuted for Christ’s sake (it’s there over and over in the Bible – “counted it an honor” means the same as us saying “blessed”). How can someone say “it is an honor to be persecuted for Christ’s sake,” after the verse before says they were beaten, and be like “but that’s awesome!” They tell us why! Because they know they will win. They know they will go to heaven. They know the end.
You see, if we equate our life as “everything will be smooth and easy” we are really missing it. We aren’t really touching people if we aren’t messing up some applecarts. Our life here is meant to touch others – to “win” others to Christ. Does God bless His people? Amazingly! Are those blessings always financial? Nope. We miss things like the sunrise, oxygen to breathe, babies to snuggle, friends to laugh with, clean water to drink, and food. Being a winner means focusing on all of the many gifts God gives us every day and rejoicing in any situation – finding the good in anything. There is good in any situation. Sometimes it’s a challenge to find it.
Bankruptcy – we can start fresh. Moving – new people to touch. No dishwasher – be thankful for running water. Hard day at work – be thankful for a job. Remember the story of the little girl who was always finding something to be glad about? Always looking for the good in people? She is ridiculed and rejected often, until finally her positive attitude changes a whole town! That’s how people are touched, by our lives standing fast and having the joy that comes from within despite what’s raging around us.
But we do have an advantage. We do know the end. We are winners because the battle is already won. If we believe that, how can we not be a winner?
Thanks for reading!
Type at you next time,
~Nancy Tart