It's no secret I am a believer. I would guess because you follow my Blog you are a Christian as well. I have learned however, there are different kind of Christians. There are sold out, lukewarm, convenient, traditional, moderate, Christmas and Easter, born, and even undecided to name a few.
What kind of Christian age you? What determines the kind of Christian you are? Your decisions. What you do with what you know determines how deep in Christianity you will go. Some of us are swimming in the Word of God we are totally over our heads. Others are only knee deep in the waters of the Word and it is much easier for them to get in and out. Getting in and out for some Christians is the level of Christianity they have chosen. They are in on Sunday and out on Monday. While I was out of the country it revealed what kind of Christian I was.
When you don't know what to do it reveals who you are anchored in. Most would think my life was tossed to and fro in the ocean while the winds blew and the waves crashed. For me the focus was on the anchor. What was God going to do now? Allow me to give you some examples.
We needed some Euros so we went to find a Banking machine. That part was easy. Operating the Banking machine was not so easy. The prompts were all in Italian and the machines were very different. As my husband and I were fumbling through the prompts and waiting for the machine to respond a man approached us and said, "May I help? I speak fluent Italian and English." He approached at just the right time. We had no idea you have 5 seconds to grab your card and if you don't the machine retracts the card and you need to go to the bank to retrieve your card. Did I mention it was Friday after 5 PM? I would have had to wait till Monday to get my card back. Now that's a storm. The Anchor held and the storm passed.
Another time we were both tired. We had driven from Croatia through Slovenia and on into Venice, then Verona, and finally reached Brescia. That being said, "drivers fatigue" had set in and now the one way narrow streets were taxing our physical and mental capabilities. Our feet were tired and parking spaces were non-existent. Just when I was about to give up to keep the peace and spare our bodies and minds, a Nun about 85-90 years old walks out of a stone building from nowhere. I literally chased her down "that was the easiest part of the day thus far). I asks her for help and she held on to my arm and lead me around the to the city offices I needed to find in order to trace my family roots. The Anchor held. The storm had passed and it was sunny again.
Why am I sharing this? Because when you are sold-out, in over your head into this thing we call Christianity it tells God, "I am doing my best here but when I run out of rope it is your job to keep me from sinking." That unwavering faith in the Savior of my Soul is what sets us apart from others. We will all run out of rope in life. We will all have days we are weaker than the wind that blows, but when you are soldnout, the Anchor will hold. The person you need will show up at just the right time. An angel will appear out of no where. There will be a ram caught in the thicket. The waters will part.
Today I encourage you to determine to get in over your head. Go as far with God as His Son went with you and you will always have Resurrection power available to you. Join me and an unnumbered amount of believers who have gone on before us who have determined that they too are sold out and hence experienced the Anchor holds, He never leaves us alone, He is an ever present help in trouble. He is all we need.
What kind of Christian age you? What determines the kind of Christian you are? Your decisions. What you do with what you know determines how deep in Christianity you will go. Some of us are swimming in the Word of God we are totally over our heads. Others are only knee deep in the waters of the Word and it is much easier for them to get in and out. Getting in and out for some Christians is the level of Christianity they have chosen. They are in on Sunday and out on Monday. While I was out of the country it revealed what kind of Christian I was.
When you don't know what to do it reveals who you are anchored in. Most would think my life was tossed to and fro in the ocean while the winds blew and the waves crashed. For me the focus was on the anchor. What was God going to do now? Allow me to give you some examples.
We needed some Euros so we went to find a Banking machine. That part was easy. Operating the Banking machine was not so easy. The prompts were all in Italian and the machines were very different. As my husband and I were fumbling through the prompts and waiting for the machine to respond a man approached us and said, "May I help? I speak fluent Italian and English." He approached at just the right time. We had no idea you have 5 seconds to grab your card and if you don't the machine retracts the card and you need to go to the bank to retrieve your card. Did I mention it was Friday after 5 PM? I would have had to wait till Monday to get my card back. Now that's a storm. The Anchor held and the storm passed.
Another time we were both tired. We had driven from Croatia through Slovenia and on into Venice, then Verona, and finally reached Brescia. That being said, "drivers fatigue" had set in and now the one way narrow streets were taxing our physical and mental capabilities. Our feet were tired and parking spaces were non-existent. Just when I was about to give up to keep the peace and spare our bodies and minds, a Nun about 85-90 years old walks out of a stone building from nowhere. I literally chased her down "that was the easiest part of the day thus far). I asks her for help and she held on to my arm and lead me around the to the city offices I needed to find in order to trace my family roots. The Anchor held. The storm had passed and it was sunny again.
Why am I sharing this? Because when you are sold-out, in over your head into this thing we call Christianity it tells God, "I am doing my best here but when I run out of rope it is your job to keep me from sinking." That unwavering faith in the Savior of my Soul is what sets us apart from others. We will all run out of rope in life. We will all have days we are weaker than the wind that blows, but when you are soldnout, the Anchor will hold. The person you need will show up at just the right time. An angel will appear out of no where. There will be a ram caught in the thicket. The waters will part.
Today I encourage you to determine to get in over your head. Go as far with God as His Son went with you and you will always have Resurrection power available to you. Join me and an unnumbered amount of believers who have gone on before us who have determined that they too are sold out and hence experienced the Anchor holds, He never leaves us alone, He is an ever present help in trouble. He is all we need.
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