ON LOAN

Have you thanked Him?

Have you praised Him?

Have you made it your priority to agree and cooperate with Him today?

Have you taken that deep breath and listened for what He has for you today?

1 Timothy 2:1 (The Message)

1-3The first thing I want you to do is pray. Pray every way you know how, for everyone you know.

Psalm 136:1 (ESV)

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good...

"To be grateful is to recognize the Love of God in everything He has given us - and He has given us everything. Every breath we draw is a gift of His love, every moment of existence is a grace, for it brings with it immense graces from Him.

Gratitude therefore takes nothing for granted, is never unresponsive, is constantly awakening to new wonder and to praise of the goodness of God. For the grateful person knows that God is good…” ― Thomas Merton

GOD is so GOOD.  In fact He A MOST gracious loan officer.

For did you do realize that EVERYTHING we experience is on LOAN from GOD, right?  We don’t OWN anything.  We think we do. But we don’t.

James 1:17 (NCV)

EVERY good action and EVERY perfect gift is from God. These good gifts come down from the Creator…

Therefore we need to treat all these perfect gifts of GOD with respect, care and gratitude.

How differently would you approach the “things” you had if you embraced the truth that they were on loan from GOD?

Would you discard them quite so quickly?

Would you complain about them so frequently?

Would you take them for granted as often?  Discount their relevance?

They are GOOD and PERFECT gifts on loan from GOD after all.

GOD’s provision and oversight in our life needs to constantly be recognized and appreciated.  The minute we start thinking we have anything to do with anything we are on a slippery slope.

“There's a direct connection between delusions of personal sovereignty and the crushing disappointments that grip us in life. We forget who we are and begin to believe that our hands are really the hands on the joystick.” – Tripp

Don’t do that.

It leads to pride and we know where that leads…(Proverbs 16:18)

Instead embrace GOD’s loans with gratefulness.

You have experienced the goodness of GOD with the first breath drawn when your eyes opened.

You have experienced the goodness of GOD when you lifted the handle on the faucet and the water emerged.

You have experienced the goodness of GOD even in the midst of difficult and confusing times because He has loaned you His constant and personally breathed Word as a way out or through.

These are precious gifts; precious loans. 

And GOD loans them to us because He loves us, He wants to watch us fulfill the plans He has for us so He equips us to do just that.

That should stir a little awe and wonder today.

So treat your gifts graciously as you embark on today.  Experience them. Respect them. 

Use them to HIS glory!

Remember they are on loan for just that.

Have a blessed day…

I love you all!

Freedom Church