Good morning, world. Things are looking pretty good from the front porch of my farm in Virginia today. It’s cold, sunny, and very windy and the flags are fighting to hang onto their proper place on the front porch. I watch as each flag “fought” to stay put knowing that eventually, each one will succumb to damage they’ve sustained over time by the high winds. One by one they’ll be replaced but that’s not true for man. A man never gets to the point of no return in the eyes of God and each man is made for a unique Purpose…with a Flight Plan to follow that is intended just for him. With that in mind, why do so many face the storms as if they’re on a ride of terror instead of on the Journey for Jesus? Flags are flags and nothing is expected of them but to make a statement and bring us pleasure…BUT man has a choice. Man can make the choice to Trust the One that calms the seas or to fly haphazardly through the Journey of Life until he wears out and gets replaced by someone willing to do the Work God created him to do. Isn’t that the way you see the Journey of Life too?

Unfortunately, we have been conditioned to believe that everything can be replaced. We don’t attempt to fix cars, computers, or cell phones because they lose value in our eyes and it’s too much fun to replace them. We toss food that could feed a hungry soul and we pitch clothes just for missing a button that could have easily been mended to make good for someone else. Yep, we’re in a disposable society BUT we have a problem because we don’t serve a “disposable God”. He has a Plan in mind for each of us and He’ll sometimes allow us to flap around in the wind to build the strength it will take to get the Job done and to see if we’ll choose to GO or GROW. When we choose to GROW, He’ll calm the winds faster than you can say “Amen” and it won’t take long for us to see what God was Teaching us all along. But for those who choose to GO because they’re too selfish or lazy to endure in His Name, well…He’ll eventually find a Willing Servant to do the Job you were created to do. How sad it is that your Kingdom Work will be assigned to someone else because you choose to flap around in the wind uncontrollably instead of calling upon the Name of Jesus to calm the storm and lead the way.

It’s sad to see so many people professing to know my God willing to do as little as they can to get by instead of striving to hear “Well done” one day. I’m a born-again Believer and I can’t lose my Salvation BUT I also understand that some people will make it into Heaven by the skin of their teeth and they’ll sit on the sideless of Glory for eternity because of it. The choice is mine. I want a front row seat in Glory. I can live like a flag with absolutely no control and powerless over things that are a threat to me….OR I can make the Choice to Fight Back…to Sustain…to Endure…to Persevere…to Overcome.

How about you?