Success Overdrive

As I prepare for another work week of squeezing the thousands of things that I need to accomplish into a five day gap, I contemplate “What next?” As I continued to ask the same rhetorical question, my list expanded. This question is really endless and can be very overwhelming. I am answering the question with more tasks, but really, what is next? How far or deep to I want to take it. What am I trying to prove? What goals just absolutely have to be accomplished? We all have a drive, and that is cool, but when does a normal drive, shift into ‘OVERDRIVE”?

Why is it that often when we get what we want, we still feel empty? We work so hard to succeed, but our lives just end up becoming more about us. I will tell you why, success is like lust, she’s good to the touch. She’s good for the moment, but she’s never enough. And everybody’s had her. And success can turn on you.  Considering the current climate of our world, I know it is hard not to go into a mode of doing everything you can to protect what you already have and do everything utterly possible to survive. (The next survivor series should be Survivor: Corporate America Edition) But when do we say enough is enough. And at what point do we let faith and favor take over?

When David said that he never saw the righteous forsaken, this was an absolute. God doesn’t take care of us out of necessarily, but out of obligation. The examples that we are currently faced with are reality simply to make God’s obligation absolute truth. The Sabbath was man’s obligation to promote God’s responsibility. When we rest, when we let go, when we take a break, we are saying God I trust you with this, here you take over. So this next week, hustle hard when needed, but Sabbath when commanded and let God take over.

CHURCH

Bringing Sexy Back

Forget about Justin (although I have to admit I'm a fan), Jesus was the one who brought sexy back.

Think about it. Since Day 1 (meaning Gen. Chapter 1) the purpose of God's creation of man kind was for connection. We were in the garden and the word says that we were in constant connection with God. This all soon changes when disobedience took place therfore bringing disconnection. The curse or punishment was disconnection not just from God but also between the Earth and each other. God created the disconnection, but he didn't leave without a way to reconnect.

Our sexualtiy is what He left us with. Think about it. When we follow after just the sexual act of physical sex we are attempting to connect with a person on he most intimate levels. Sex creates a euphoria that brings momentary joy are pleasure. But this euphoria is not just limited to physical sex, some people have even said that there are natural chocolates that give you a rush that is simiular to orgazism. Our sexuality is our ablity to connect to the world around us and enjoy it. This is what separates us from animals and angels. Neither one was created like us. Animals have sex but is is nothing more than an instinctive act that only results in procreation. Angels don't have sex but they have a permanent connection to God, but man was given both.

So let me finish. Man was disconnected but he left us with a connection and that is our sexuality. Our sexuality is two fold. It is being aware of our disconnection, but it is our attempt to reconnect to our world and enjoying it. This is why sexulaity cannot be limited to sex itself. The cool summer breeze on your face is sexy. A man holding a newborn baby is sexy. A woman holding a puppy licking her face is sexy. A walk on a beach barefoot is oh so sexy. These things give us a euphoria that compares to nothing else, and it is great. These things help us enjoy the things that God created just for our pleasure. The bible says that "all things were created by Him, for Him"(Colossians 1:16). That means everything.

Jesus came to reconnect us. Not only did He come but He died and rose as proof of the reconnection.

CHURCH