Took the long way home......

I understand when you have a baby sleeping in the car why you wold want to take the long way home!  I can understand when you are out exploring and seeing new sites why you might take the long way home.  I can even understand you trying to prove a point to someone else about how this way is longer than that. What is the shortest distance between two points all of you math majors?  When God has already said he gives you this land, why on earth would you choose the long way home?

Do you know the calling God has placed on your life?  Have you been given a glimpse of your hope or future?  Why do you not run towards it but drag your feet away from it.  It happened with Jonah, the people of Isreal, and many other examples in the Bible not going the correct direction the first time.  How many more examples do we need to understand that God knows the plans he has for you yet we don't accept them?  Have you ever thought about how quick of a trip the children of Isreal could of had if they did not grumble and complain?  Have you looked at how quick of a trip you could experience if you see giants and accept God's word of victory over them?  Who or what are your giants that are causing you to not accept God's plan? 4 days or 40 years with death, it's your choice!

Strange things are a foot at the Circle K.....

Doesn't it seem like only weird things happen at your local corner store.  In the movie Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure they find a time machine phone booth.  There is always drama to be found at corner stores because this is where people meet.  Now imagine seeing a talking donkey.  That would be a real money maker, but not in Numbers 22.  It is interesting that while the children of Isreal are complaining that they wish they would die than continue living in the desert.  God sends an angel to stop the donkey Balaam is riding on.  This donkey has been with Balaam for a long time and it is unusual that the donkey acts this way.

Isn't strange that Balaam doesn't even recognize that the donkey is talking to him.  Balaam is talking to the donkey all the while these highly esteemed people are with him in this journey watching this crazy man and donkey having a heated argument.  It isn't even a second thought that he would be talking to his donkey.  It is a conversation that is not normal but it hasn't registered that it is the donkey answering him.

Now he goes and never questions his donkey again all because of the angel that is shown to Balaam.  How many times do we enter into conversations that don't make sense all because we are frustrated or mad.  Not realizing that there may be something going on that we need to see and learn. This takes a relationship that Balaam and his donkey had but more importantly to be prepared spiritually to see the things that God wants us to see.  All the while He is guiding us if we allow Him.

Giving....

What have you gone with out?  What would you go without that you would miss?  Things we do in our routines are things we don't think about until we don't have time to do them?  When you wake up, what things do you have to do or your day will be fully messed up?  These little things we allow to control how our day goes! We allow these influences to change our decisions on how we live our lives.  What things can you give up today or this week that you will miss but will allow you to have more focus?  I dare you to make that sacrifice to change your life! I dare you to move!  See what happens over the course of a month, or year.  What addictions are holding you in the same place?  Your potential has never left you.  You chose to hide it. You chose to bury it behind your other priorities!  Dig it up and out.  Let it shine.  You are limited by your decisions!

Chicken or the egg?

Funny how we say things like don't count your chickens before they're hatched. Don't put the cart before the horse.  How about asking silly questions whether the chicken came first or the egg.  It all boils down to what priorities are in your life. What is cool, is that you get to choose your priorities.  Have you ever took instruction booklets to make sure you have put something together properly?  Have you ever realized that after you have put a piece together that it seems to have gone on backwards or up-side down or.......  I had a basket ball hoop that needed to be put together for my kids. It seemed like I built that thing twice, because I didn't pay attention to what end the holes needed to be on?  I would put one piece on and realize the the next piece won't fit because the hole was on the opposite end the instructions illustrated.  

See guys read instructions, but this guy didn't pay attention.  It is important not to get the cart before the horse.  So my question to you is this, "what priorities do you have in your life out of order?"  There us a reason for certain things to happen, before anything else?  If you simplify your life to the bare necessities, what things would you need and what things could you do without?  Sometimes in the instruction manuels you find description of the pieces needed and/or required to complete each step.  Sometimes the manufacturer is smart enough to put EXTRA pieces.  In life you don't get extra pieces. In life you don't get another chance to out something together.  In life you can prioritize the needs and wants to ensure you focus I. The important things and disregard the fluff.  Find time to work on the important, do you priorities and MAKE life happen with your input. It will happen without you if you let it. Be on-purpose!