ARE YOU WORKING WITHOUT A NET?

Last night I was listening to an interview with Nick Wallenda and the reporter asked him, "You are a husband and the father of two children. Why would you do these stunts without any net or tether?"

Nick responded, "I have learned that if you know you have a safety net you will not try your very best to stay focused and complete the task. When there is no net, trust me, I stay very focused and give my absolute best!"

At the moment I thought about us, as followers of Christ, Christians. Do we give our very, very best each day? 150%? Do we stay focused on Christ throughout each day in such a way that no matter what the enemy throws at us we can still praise God for ALL he has given to us? Do we resist sin and temptation with everything we've got and focus on the Holy Spirit living within us?

When it comes to our eternal life, there will be no "safety net". There is a heaven and a hell. The tightrope we are walking today is called "life" and what can give us balance and success is a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Christ will also ensure a victory celebration for us in heaven...the "other side".

If you have not given your life, or this day, to the Lord, do so right now! Live for Him. Focus on Him. Do it with everything you've got. You will be victorious and not fall! 

 Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness.  ROMANS 6:13

BE AUTHENTIC!

Over the weekend I spoke to a woman who had just sold her home. I asked her what the key was to selling it so quickly and she told me she had a "stager" come in and "stage" the home. In other words, arrange it and present it in a way that is not the norm. That made me wonder, how many of us "stage" our lives and attitudes to appear in such a way that we may "appear" to be Christians. But on the inside, in the heart and mind, we are still holding on to sin. We "stage" ourselves to look good to everyone on the outside, but behind closed doors at home, where "normal" is, there is quite a different picture.

Those who are "in Christ" have been "bought" for a price. God gave His only Son, Jesus, to die on a cross as payment for our sins! I pray that God gives me the grace I need to be authentic...not "staged.  Staging may be acceptable when selling and buying a home.  But when it comes to our souls, Jesus knew exactly what He was paying for, and He bought it anyway.