There is an abundant life awaiting us on that Day, but we also have an abundant life to live now.  Regardless of what you see or how you feel, regardless of how long you have been waiting for prayers to be answered and for life to change, press in and learn to live in God's abundance now.

The word is clear. If you commit your ways to the Lord, He will establish your plans. He did it for me. He can do it for you. The book that has been on my heart to write is now complete because of him. Just like that, He made a way. You can check it out at the link below.

Mosaic: a man in pieces

Where do you place your trust?  Whether life is going well or has become an utter nightmare, where do you find your security?  If we think for a moment that we are sustained by any of our worldly possessions or achievements, we should think again.  Those have never paved the way to everlasting life.

Our hope is not in this life or in this world, but do we all have the same measure of hope in our future promise?  Do the circumstances of this life guide our measure of hope?  Do they change how willing we are to let go of this life?  Should they?

They got it right.  The shedding of innocent blood cannot stand.  But this battle is not yet over.

The joy of the Lord is to be our strength, but what is it?  Have we experienced it?  Can we define it?  We certainly need his joy in this world, and if it is a source of our strength, then we must know how to find it.

Where do we hang our hope?  Who do we seek in our need?  What fuels us to face our days with purpose and honor?  What gives us our sustenance and support?  Is there not one place, one person to fulfill all these?  Do we not already have all we need in him and his kingdom?

The story of Samson and Delilah is short but compelling.  We will encounter many people, things and ideas in this world which might seem good to us in one way or another but really have seduced us for our harm.  Let us pray to have more discernment than Samson, to see the seductress for who she is and flee her.

Jesus is the Lion of Judah.  He is the original lion, but there is a counterfeit on the hunt.  He went after Job, and he will go after us.  The question is whether we are conscious of this daily battle and prepared for it.

We come before God with filthy rags, poor and dirty.  He gives everything so that we can gain everything, and then He rewards us for the work He himself has done through us.  He does it all, then He gives us eternal reward in return.  How rich we are!