Whatever it Takes

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God, will do WHATEVER it takes, to save you. I'm serious. He isn't a God like we see in the modern Religions. You know, the God's who sit back, and never get their hands dirty, the ones that let their followers do all the work, I was speaking to a wise young friend of mine earlier who put it well- "It's not like God's out of the way, we don't need to have ceremonies and go through Rituals to hear from him, it's a Relationship." -This is so true. Our God is a God who became human, like us, stepped down, put aside his infinite power, suffered, and died, for us. And nothing we could have ever done could put us in  a position where we deserved that. Thats huge, right there, Stop and actually consider that, we could never, ever, even if we gave our entire life to God and never held back from him, we would never earn that. We would still fall SO short, but he chose to do it regardless. Put yourself in God's shoes. If you had infinite power and glory, wouldn't it be so tempting to just sit back and do nothing? I mean, who's going to tell you off? Your own creations who you love so much are turning from you, isn't it SO much easier to forsake them and punish them? My heart breaks for God. Its like, he is standing there, his entire self exposed, and its like were just sitting here, even now, shouting Crucify him. But never, ever does he raise a hand back against us. He cops it all, because he loves us that much, knowing, that maybe one day, we'll start to love him too. Now, you, if you're a Christian and reading this, thats awesome, Well, well done. I Commend you for choosing to walk a hard road. But, i'm challenging you today, to make it a little harder. If we want to Love God, and start to reverse that process of pain, we need to tune our heart into God's. We need a servants heart. If he were willing to serve us, we should be at the very least, as willing if not more willing to serve than he was. He served us before we had even earned it, and yet we stand still.


So many people stand and pray, and beg for God to start to work around them in their lives, but when Push comes to Shove, they back off. When God say's, yeah, dude, of course i'll bring Revival, you just have to be ready to be my hands and feet, we often back off and go whoa, God, aren't you going to do it? God's not a one man act. We gotta get down in the ring and work with him. Believe me, he will give you the Strength, Motivation and Tools to do what you need to do. Here's what you need to do- Luke 19:10- "For the Son of Man came to seek and save those who are lost." That's right. Get out there. Don't just ask God to save the lost, go, you are in a perfect position to go save the lost. Find the lonely kid in your class, and go out of your way to Bless them. Give money to that person who maybe can't afford their bus ticket, little things, and big things, but go out of your way to not only seek the lost, but save them, and intervene in their lives. Luke 11:9 puts it well for us, look it up. Soon as we go seeking, God's going to open the door.


But Josh, it's SO hard, and sometimes I really don't want to. I mean, there's just NO way what I do is going to make a difference. Is everything i do just in vain?
Thats the thing, when you sow a seed, you don't always wait around to see it grow. But, i promise you, it will. If you sow God into someones life, it doesn't always remain your responsibility to watch over. If you can, thats great, but just because you have a random encounter in the street doesn't mean its over. God will cultivate that seed and grow it, whether or not you see it. Like that Parable in Mark, that says- Just because you plant a seed in your backyard, doesn't mean it stops growing at night simply because you can't see it. It's always growing, and God's always providing- New King Josh Version (Haha yeah, that was it put into my own words Incase you can't find those exact words, its in Mark 5 though). 1 Corinthians 15:58 says this- "Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain."- Notice that last part? ".... your labor is NOT in vain". I like to think whoever wrote this got a little excited when they wrote that. Just because you don't see a purpose, doesn't mean it holds no purpose. I challenge you, this week, to go out of your way to make a change in someones life. Be ready to serve, and have a servants heart for God, Whatever it Takes. Even if its minor, guarantee you'll find that if you do it with the right heart, you'll discover a passion for it. God will enable you too; If you see someone sick, go pray for them. God may not heal them straight away, who knows he may, but your faith, and you stepping out, is meeting God half way. All we have to do is believe, God brings the response, and Healing will come! Believe it! Thanks for taking the time to read this, I hope you enjoyed reading as much as I did typing. Be Blessed.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiHSDcx_3IE


Luke 14:12-14


(As for the Star Wars reference in the opening paragraph, that was for a mate)