Tuesday, October 23, 2012

TURNING POINT: THE ONE ANSWER FOR ALL CHALLENGES

Life is not for sissies.

We experience first-hand destruction, depression, and desperation.

Everywhere we turn we find acquaintances giving up.  They've thrown in the towel.  It is most probable each of us has occupied this practice.

There is a turning point. 

I write about this because I have to practice it so much.  Life in the public eye is not easy; especially for one who shouldn't be in the public eye.  Yet, I saw something one day in the Bible that is the ideal reminder that I/we can make it.  We must not quit.

You surely noticed Jesus' closest of colleagues?  The twelve and then the three within the twelve and then the one within the three?  You surely noticed these to be a tight group.  Until.  Until the stress mounted and all hope (being Jesus) died. 

When hope died, Jesus' closest of brothers-in-the-kingdom-life bailed.  They gave it up.  Outta here!

One thing reversed course.  There was a turning point.

Jesus was resurrected.

We encounter and possess the identical turning point. 

I get very weary of trying to deal with a finicky brotherhood and a childish me.  Quit, though, is never a temptation for we personally know the turning point.  Jesus said to the cold bossy grave, OUTTA HERE!

When you feel cornered by task too large and criticism too close to home, remember your turning point.  When you don't know what to do any longer to make ministry flow, remember your turning point.  When you are up against all odds and it even feels like your labor is dying, recall that you do have a significant turning point.

Hebrews 12:1-3 admonishes us to fix our eyes on Jesus, the creator of faith....for his daring resurrection from the grave was his and is now our TURNING POINT.

Live in it.

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