James 4:14 (NKJV) 14 whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.
Life is precious and fragile.
God has put each of us here for a purpose. One that’s unique to us. And He has created each one of us uniquely, to fulfill that purpose while we’re here on earth.
We can get sidetracked with so many things in the world. We face struggles and trials. We get knocked down and, with God’s help, we get back up again. There are times when those trials and struggles can try to choke the life out of us.
It can be hard sometimes to keep our focus on where it needs to be. Because when we’re in the midst of the storm, all we can think of is how we’re going to come out of it safely and with everything still intact.
But during those storms, that’s when we need to adjust our focus and make sure our eyes are on God, our refuge and sustainer, not on the obstacle in front of us.
Most of the time we’re so busy trying to hold onto the things that we think we’re in jeopardy of losing, we forget to hold onto God. But if we hold onto God and trust Him with our situation, He will protect us and bring us through safely.
It may not always mean that we get to keep our possessions that we were fighting so hard to hold onto, but in the end, those possessions are just “stuff”. When we’ve lived our lives and we take our last breath, that stuff will get left behind anyway.
No, God doesn’t mind if we have earthly possessions. But if letting go of them is what’s required in order to hold onto God and survive the storm, then so be it. Let’s let go and stay alive!
Trust Him, people of God. For He is our source, not the things that we sometimes hold so tightly to.
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-315-0902
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