That success thing

I will soon be throwing in some goodness in regards to a weekend road trip towards the west - Portugal and spontaneous living. Until then I hope you enjoy what God gave me to write. We are mightily blessed because of Him.

I love this quote and want to share some about it...
"If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with success unexpected in common hours"
- Henry David Thoreau

I live with the endeavor to make God known to all nations, all tongues and tribes, to every people in the world. It is a mission - not from me or some preacher; a task given to us by God. A proclamation with a global extent - to make His glory known in every square inch of the earth - every head reaching up to His sky, every foot treading upon His earth, every set of lungs taking in the air He gives, every set of eyes gazing at the horizon line He drew, every mind considering wisdom He established, every heart beating to read the next sentence desperately needs the gospel. We all need it everyday. I need it and you need it; afresh in our hearts, ripe, ready to be picked and shared with a hungry soul. The world is craving the gospel. We advance because of Christ and sprint in the directions of His plan for the world because He snapped the chains that hindered us. God crafted in C.S Lewis the words to describe God's longing for our souls and His glorification beautifully:

"In the Christian story God descends to reascend. He comes down, down from the heights of absolute being into time and space, down into humanity, down further still, down to the very roots and sea bed of the nature He had created. But He goes down to come up again and bring the ruined world up with Him. One has the picture of a strong man stooping lower and lower to get himself underneath some great complicated burden. He must stoop in order to lift. He must also disappear under the load before he incredibly straightens his back and marches off with the whole mass swaying on his shoulders. Or one may think of a diver, first reducing himself to nakedness then glancing in mid air, then gone with a splash, vanished, rushing down through green and warm water into black and cold water, down through increasing pressure into the death-like region of ooze and slime and old decay. Then up again, back to color and light, his lungs almost bursting till suddenly he breaks surface again, holding in his hand the dripping precious thing that he went down to recover."

The great things is this: we are racing, ultra light converses laced to our feet, with this message in our hearts and spirits because Jesus gave it to us. The son of God didn't email this message to us and ask us to simply forward it to 10 people- He came personally, live a perfect life as a man with the divine nature of God, suffered pain on the cross as the sacrifice for our sins, and rose from the dead, putting death and sin in the proper place- beneath His feet. That is why the 72 went out in Matthew with just a staff and cloak. The gospel is worth anything. How could you repress that good news? We like our birthdays more than the gospel. I talk more about the Ole Miss Rebels than the great news that Christ's saves. I want to let God fix that. Our souls resonate with the knowledge that God didn't send money, gold, a check, or supplies to save us... He sent Himself. And for that my mouth will open and speak. God put it on my heart to write about Him... so i did. If we are believers i hope we all feel a terribly strong passion to shout God grace and saving power out from the deepest cellar's of our lungs. Let us begin to define success by God's terms and not ours. Endeavor to live and dream radically for Christ and His Glory. Be broken for what breaks Him and be passionate for His passions. Then we will meet with success undefined in common hours - the response of the Father saying to us, "well done my good and faithful servant". THAT IS SUCCESS! Don't you want it? He has filled us so we may pour out. Start giving because He gave everything to us not to hoard but to share. Your talents aren't yours. They are His. Gifted to you so He may be glorified and so in that you may have joy.

If this is all new to you - God's mission, His task is your soul and giving you His love and grace. That diver, Jesus leaps off the rock for you and the whole world. Each one of us is that "precious thing" He came down to recover. That is better than a warm, glazed, doughnut at Krispy Kreme falling apart in your mouth. Put it in your tummy and wear a smile on your face and in your soul.

Much love to all. Enjoy your spring break Ole Miss and If you get a chance check out Clark Brewer's blog titled "Glory" - beautiful stuff brother. Strength and Honor