Life! On Purpose!

The Land of Israel gets is a thread which runs through the program as Mike is recording from there. What drives our passions and convictions? If it is the wrong thing, the results may be a disaster!

Scripture states that Israel is the “apple” of Yah’s eye. His gaze is always on His Land. What happens when we begin to look where He is looking, gaze where He is gazing? Daniel and Mike share their testimonies this week of walking in a love for His people and His land. 

Is a person of conviction born or made? Well, it is obvious that every person of conviction was born, but what if they do little with that birth? How do we become a person of conviction? Do convictions change over time?  Shouldn’t maturity bring forth stability. What if instead it brings isolation?

Our lives are full of choices. What are those choices based upon? Do we live our lives to please, be accepted by or fit in with others? Can we even explain why our lives are what they are?

Have you ever walked into a room and the room went silent? You wondered if those in the room were talking about you? Did that make you a bit uncomfortable? It is one thing to have people talk about you when you are alive, but what about after you are gone; say long gone? How long do you desire people talking about you after you are gone? A week, a month, a few years? How about living in such a way that people talk about you for centuries?

What is the purpose of Scripture? How about we liken it to the building of a house? What is the purpose of the designer or the builder? Is there job to bring forth what is in their minds or what is in the owner’s mind? What if the end result is a work of seeming beauty, safe and stable, but does not match the original drawing? Scripture gives us the blueprint for the house Yah desires to build. Man normal seeks to change it to what he wants it to look like.

Scripture tells us that salvation is a free gift. Has that been twisted in our minds to think that since it is free, it has little value or worth? The free gift of salvation had a very high price. When we understand that price, it’s worth is beyond value.

Wars have been the norm since Cain killed Able and Jacob wrestled with Esau. What makes this war any different? Why should we be concerned with something so far from our homes? Is there more to this war than an earthly conflict? How do we explain killing if we are told to love our enemy? When good men do nothing, evil men will prevail!

“It could never happen to me!” These are the famous words of people who became victims. We are not called to walk in fear, but faith. That does not mean we simply walk through life with our heads in the clouds. Time to be aware of the world we are walking in!

How easy it would have been for your life to be very different right now. Instead of hearing a rocket alert on your phone, you could be hearing the real alarm and running to a shelter to save your life. It is time that we begin to take life seriously, but never forget the joys of life in the midst thereof.