thrive or just survive

There is more to life than just getting by, just surviving, yet it is difficult to live in a different way. The status quo or the normal every day life is to take care of yourself, provide for your family and if you can help others a little, that is all good.

I challenge that thinking. God says life is more than the getting by. Life is really lived when we accept His offers and see what He sees.

Let’s take another dive as the new year is only a few weeks old. I love these verses and ask that we spend some time seeking God for the application as well as the challenge of helping those around us live with meaning.

Read on…

John 10:10 NASB

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came so that they would have life, and have it abundantly.

Abundance is God’s promise, but we have an enemy doing everything in his power to kill that thought for us. Choose God’s promise of abundance.

Ephesians 1:18 NLT

I pray that your hearts will be flooded with light so that you can understand the confident hope he has given to those he called—his holy people who are his rich and glorious inheritance.

May we see what God wants us to see, but we need to know that enemy is trying to blind us to this hope and sight.

Psalm 139:23-24 NLT

Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 24 Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.

Here is where we learn. Ask God to teach, lead, change and care for our path. His guiding makes all the difference to our getting by and thriving!

Joshua 1:8-9 NLT

Study this Book of Instruction continually. Meditate on it day and night so you will be sure to obey everything written in it. Only then will you prosper and succeed in all you do. 9 This is my command—be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.

His book and is for us. Literally, the Scriptures is His love letter and guide book. Listen in. Think about it. Be strong because of it and remember He is with us!

Joshua 24:15 NLT

But if you refuse to serve the Lord, then choose today whom you will serve. Would you prefer the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates? Or will it be the gods of the Amorites in whose land you now live? But as for me and my family, we will serve the Lord.”

That is it. We are blessed. Abundance is ours for the taking. May we see what God wants us to see and enjoy the thriving and be a difference maker.

The choice is yours and mine. But as for me …

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