A reminder for
today
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and
the Last, the Beginning and the End [the Eternal One]. (Revelation 22:13)
When you are reading this, I will be well on my way to my
parents. Today is their moving day and we are off to help. Now, when it comes
to moving I am almost an expert. We moved a few times and I can tell you it was
never fun. Even still today our furniture starts to shake when a truck drives
by. Now moving is all about boxes. Your stuff goes into the box and then onto
the truck and finally at the new destination the stuff comes out of the box. One
thing I can tell you is that with every move our stuff got lesser and lesser, because
I gave some away that I thought we do not need anymore. Some would think I just
made it less and easier to move. I would argue the opposite, but surely everyone
is entitled to their own opinion.
When we look at life it is a bit like moving. You see we
experience things in life and we box it. This could be a number of events from
friendship to pain to heartache to loss and even mistakes. As life progresses
we unpack some of those boxes for experience or knowledge or just to remember. Sometimes
we unpack pain when the pain box just falls open. As we grow in life and in
faith we remove some of those boxes like mistakes and sin and bad experiences. The
place is still on the shelf, but the box has no more effect on our lives.
Some boxes we hide deep into our shelf and we only open them
when the hurt returns for example the loss of someone. Now think about this:
God is the ultimate moving company. He is the beginning and the end. He is the
first and the last. He was there with you during every box that you packed, and
He helped you move them from the hands of the enemy to the new shelf of grace
and forgiveness that He made with wood and nails. When you go back to the shelf
and you open one of those boxes, He goes with you and He looks into the box
with you. If it is pain, He will comfort you. If it is sin, He will remind you
that this box is removed and that you do not own it anymore. If is loss, He
will remind you that they are with Him and you will see them soon. No matter
what the content is, God will be the one that helps you move it.
As I am driving my thoughts will be with you as I wonder
what your shelf looks like, because I know that soon it will be completely
empty. When that happens, God will fill your shelf with new boxes that is ready
for your new stuff with Him. These boxes will be much bigger, because our God
is a great God and when He enters into your life, small is over.
Lord, we thank you for unpacking our boxes and helping us
empty them so that we can fill our new boxes with you. In Jesus name.
Have an awesome day, dear friend of Jesus.
Cheers
