Run Until You Finish

I remembered this video I saw a long time ago. I think we showed it at the SBGC Spring Concert: "I'm Running For My Life" but I'm not 100% sure (Sorry choir!!) but if we didn't then we surely should have. The video is of Derek Redmond, a track runner who apparently tore his hamstring mid-race. He was crippled for a while and couldnt move from the floor. He gets up and starts to hobble to the finish line. It seemed like it was all over...until his father came and not only helped him up, he helped him finish the race. Once his father came, he now was able to fully rest upon him, cry out and let it all out because he knew his father who had now come, was able to carry his load.

More importantly, we must understand that we will fall. It is OK to fall because your ever-present help is coming to help you up and help you finish running that race. When he comes, you can sit there and cry and scream and yell and tell him all about your pain and your problems. Because he's going to carry you over that finish line. No matter what.

Eat Up!

I'm starving! I look around and some of my friends are full, some are full off of junk food and some are starving but dont know they're starving. Let me explain

Everyday we need to get our fill of the Lord. We need to eat, sleep and breathe Jesus. And to be honest, I've been on an unhealthy diet as of late. I wasn't eating my breakfast of my daily devotional that I developed a habit of reading when I woke up. I missed lunch and forgot to read some scriptures during the day. Sometimes I even skipped out on dinner and forgot to pray before I went to bed. You can imagine how hungry I had become. Not really, because when you're dieting from one set of food, you're bound to fill up on another type. In all honesty I make this post to you while listening to some old school G-Unit freestyles from back in my high school days. I find myself sometimes skipping over the gospel songs and blasting some good ol' mid 90s rap (but I did just download that new Israel CD gonna check that out soon, but follow me because I'm trying to make a point lol) My diet has become bad and I know it has so what am I doing to change it?

All it takes is one worldly meal for someone to get off track in their walk. One set of oreos after midnight to make you get off track. All it takes is one set of junk food to shake your foundation. So how am I getting back on the right diet? Well you're reading it right now. I needed to come back to this blog. I needed to minister, I need people to read what I have to say because it is the Holy Spirit speaking through me. It was hard to come back. It's hard for me to pray as hard as I used to, it was hard to read the Word, it was hard to remember to say grace before eating. It's hard to get up when you stumble but the glory is in the process of getting up. So I'm not mad that I fell. I'm not disappointed I cheated my diet. Because in a way, getting back on track makes it all worth it. Now I have a testimony to tell. And you can believe that when I come back, I'll be stronger than ever.

Now back to the beginning (this blog post is Christopher Nolan story telling method inspired ie The Prestige, Memento) Let's take into account Matthew 26:26-28 [While they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, "Take and eat; this is my body." Then he took the cup, gave thanks and offered it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you. This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.] Now I have friends that are full. They are eating good. They get their healthy dosage of the Word and they are firmly grounded. Some are full off junk food. They get their fill off the world. Secular music, TV, parties, alcohol and all the likes. At one point, we all had a strict junk food diet though you know! Now some people are starving and before I know I said they don't know it but I rather explain it as this. They are starving but don't know what to diet on. They're torn between the sweet junk food that looks so appealing and familiar but know that is NOT what they need. And then they have that lean healthy dish of Jesus that comes with a side of ever present help and salvation but this isnt what they're used to eating. Since it is new and life changing, it scares them. They dont know which plate to choose. It is our job to show them. But you have to lead by example. You're diet has to be on point because only then can we introduce the correct way to dine to others.

It is very possible to become spiritually depleted. But the Word is SO powerful that one scripture is enough to fill you back up. One verse can fill the cracks in your foundation. One chapter can be the wind beneath your feet that get you back on track. We all take our turns as the Prodigal Son, in our own ways and in our own experiences. We all end up in a foreign land STARVING! But we all have to come back home, cuz Daddy is waiting with open arms. It's time to EAT yall! It's always dinner time in the house of the Lord and you're invited!