Thursday, May 30, 2013

You’re on a need-to-know basis.
God is Able

You may have heard it said that you “win some, lose some, and some are rained out, but you have to dress for all the games.” That means that no matter what, you have to be ready. If you aren’t ready you can’t win, only lose or at best hope for rain, but if you’re really ready you get to conquer, rain or shine.

When we confess our fielding errors to Jesus and trust Him as Savior and Lord, He forgives us, and we are on His team. God is then able to make us more than conquerors every day and in every game on the schedule.

We may still bobble the ball from time to time. We might even drop the bat or walk out of our sneaker by not being in step with God, but in the end we still win. At times we might feel like we’re behind and wish it would rain, but in the end we win. It’s all there in His Great Play Book called the Bible.

Isn’t it nice to know that what you need-to-know is to Trust in Jesus no matter what? He will provide the victory when we show up to conquer life in His name.

Now straighten up that ball cap and get out there and cover all the “bases” now that you’ve tagged the basis about trusting Jesus.

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

You’re on a need-to-know basis.
God is Searching

Are you feeling you aren’t worth a nickel? Are you lost so far down in the upholstery of life that you think it is impossible to be found? When you try to climb out, do you find that some derrière just won’t let you up? It might be the result of some bad choices on your part, or maybe life just opened wide and you fell into this dark abyss?

Jesus told a story to illustrate how God is searching and finding lost coins (people) everyday. Actually He knows right where we are and which chair we are in, but it is our sin that prevents God from reaching under the cushion for our rescue.

To be within God’s reach, we need to ask for His forgiveness of our sin and accept His Son Jesus, as Savior and Lord of our life. God will then put us in the palm of His hand, and we can never roll out again.

You have heard, “Jesus Saves.” Yes, He just loves collecting us nickels. We are so valuable to Him that He died for us. He won’t settle for just our two cents worth, but wants the whole coin (person).

It’s also nice-to-know that once found, we are investing our nickel’s worth in His Kingdom for eternity.