Do you Hear It?

Matthew 19:21 "Jesus said unto him, If thou will be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me" 

Shhhh...do you hear that? God is calling you! Listen closely...He's calling you out of bondage! He's releasing you into a new realm with new gifts, new knowledge, and a new life in Him - with Him. 

Scripture is timeless. In fact this same thing is written in the Bible in at least 4 places (Luke 18:22, Matthew 19:21, Mark 10:21, and Matthew 16:24). My favorite wording is Matthew 16:24 because it says "deny yourself" meaning give up things that YOU want to follow Me. What Jesus is saying here is essentially what He would say to us today; however, it would be give up your smartphone, ipad (tablet), computer, television, etc. We are a commited generation...committed to our careers, computers, cell-phones, hobbies, tablets, and etc. but we are no longer commited to one another and most of us aren't even committed to Christ. We are held captive by the things of this world so much so that we aren't able to bask in the REAL gifts that God has given us because we're so infatuated with the technology of our day. By no means am I saying all of this is sinful and we should discontinue use; I'm merely saying we can have these things, but we must be careful not to let these things have us. It's so easy to get caught up in the life of technology...it's cool, intriguing stuff! You know who uses cool, intriguing stuff as a distraction right? RIGHT! I don't even have to say it so this is why we must be careful. It's okay to use these things but once again don't let them use us! We must still be available to God...we must still engage in meaningful relationships, friendships, and kinships...we must still love thy neighbor...we must still serve the people of AND NOT of God...we must still give God total control of our lives. And when we do that we will then have freedom!

Over the years Marissa and I will often take time away from social media and even our cellphones to get clearer guidance from God. She'll text me "After today I'm no longer taking phone calls or text messages until God tells me otherwise" and without quesiton I reply "Okay" and vice versa. Sometimes you have to be willing to drop everything to cleanse youself so that God can replinish you. YOU have to free yourself from YOU sometimes to make yourself available to Him. It's not always the devil holding us in bondage sometimes we've enslaved ourselves to the things I listed above. Free yourself...God is waiting on you! 

#FearlessFAITH