Shake Well Before Use!

How many times have you seen that instruction? "Shake well before use"
Usually found on the outer wrapping of a package whose contents have settled to the bottom and require a vigorous shaking for best results. Man oh man can I apply this instruction to my walk with Christ! Right now, in fact, I feel like I'm in the middle of a blender; doing my best to stay clear of the blades!

Would somebody please press the STOP button and let me out of here?!

We've all felt like that. We wiggle and squirm like 2-year olds because life is not going the way we want it to go and we might as well throw in the last part... it's not fair!

Ok, now that we've got that out of our system, can we just talk about what's really going on?

Reality Check: Life isn't fair but God always is!

We'll never get to a place where we can fully understand all the stuff that happens. But we can know that we have a Father who loves us unconditionally and knows how to hang on to us through every turn of the spin cycle of life. Every "shaking" is preparing us for better results BUT you have to yield to the Lord's "shaking" to get those results. Follow His instructions (found in the Bible) and expect to get exactly what His Word says you can have through the ONE that died on the cross for us.

That's pretty powerful!

Someone got whipped to pieces for you! Someone was horribly murdered... for you! Someone got stabbed in the chest... you got it - for you!

Now think about it - why would someone go through all that and then simply forget about you?

Would you buy a 70,000 dollar car and drive it off a bridge? For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son Jesus to die on a cross for us all. THAT was a high sticker price and God's not about to waste the value of that extreme sacrifice!

There's nothing we're going through right now that's too hard for God. There's nothing we've done that's too difficult for Him forgive. For we have all sinned and fallen short of the glory so none of us can boast! All we can do is lay on the chest of the One who loved us so much and give ourselves completely to Him.

Have a great day in he Lord!