Blessed to be a blessing

During a time of recession and struggles we tend to get focused on the negative things that have happened to us during these times. We see things like our income go down, losing jobs and our savings accounts shrink. Sometimes we get so focused on these things we neglect what we do have that are blessings in our life. We wonder why the principles that God has given us don’t work the way we think they should or why they work for others and not us. I believe God sometimes presses the pause button in our lives and interrupts the path we are on to get focused on what is important. He done it to the Israelite s and we are no exception to the rule when we lose our focus on what He wants. I can get focused on building my kingdom and ignore the One that I serve. When life is going well we get focused on what we can get and forget that we get these things to be a blessing to others in the world. I think when God holds back the blessings we are working towards it is a good time for a recalibration on our part. I have been given these things, not to see how much I can accumulate, but to help others. I challenge you to take an inventory on what you do have and let the creative juices flow to where God wants you to be in your life. Maybe we should be using these tough times in our life to squeeze out the things we should be doing to be a blessing to others. What are the talents that you have been ignoring because you thought it was some crazy idea that could not produce anything to help you. Maybe those ideas are to help others. What if you have been called to teach a class or serve in an area that you are interested in but feel like you are not qualified to do so? Why don't we serve there until we get better and then we will start seeing the blessings flow to others and us when we do. I believe once we get our focus off of ourselves we will see the world around us open up and life will flow out of these areas. Consider the areas that you have strong convictions in and begin to move forward and be a blessing to the world! Maybe the blessings are waiting on you to act on a dream you have had in the past. “The man who looks for security, even in the mind, is like a man who would chop off his limbs in order to have artificial ones which will give him no pain or trouble.” Henry Miller “Security is not the absence of danger, but the presence of God, no matter what the danger.” Tim West Go West Coaching 12-14-11