Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go...Genesis 28:15a
The Bible is full of crazy people according to the world’s
standards. To name just a few, let's look at Noah who was building an
ark to prepare for a flood in an area of the world that had never seen
rain. Joseph who took care of his family in spite of being sold into
slavery by them when he was young. Moses who gave up all the
comforts of Egypt to lead the Israeli nation into the wilderness for 40
years. There are so many stories in the Bible about people who looked
like losers but died winners.
God has created us to be a winners not losers. The one thing all of these "crazy" people have in common is that their natural ability played a minor role in their success, instead it took courage & faith. These individuals had supernatural success. When God is with us, we cannot fail. It does not matter who we are, what we have gone through, or what others think of us; what matters is that God is with us, in us and for us.
Kay Warren writes in her book, Choose Joy: At
Saddleback Church, sometimes we repeat this sentence together as a
congregation: "I'm broken, but I'm not crazy." You can sense the release
and relief that washes over those gathered as we affirm this truth to
one another. God has created us to be a winners not losers. The one thing all of these "crazy" people have in common is that their natural ability played a minor role in their success, instead it took courage & faith. These individuals had supernatural success. When God is with us, we cannot fail. It does not matter who we are, what we have gone through, or what others think of us; what matters is that God is with us, in us and for us.
A picture I took of one of my grandkids, December 2013.
