Good morning, world. Things are looking pretty good from the front porch of my farm in Virginia today. I met with the One Who Knew me before the earth was formed, and we had a long chat about my Life. My Biggest Priority in this Journey called Life is to be Pleasing to Him… and not necessarily to those around me. Though I’d love to please everybody all the time, I know from my Instruction Manual that it isn’t possible to please the world. So, as long as I’m Pleasing the Master of the world by the way I Live, Love, and Speak, everything’s going to be just fine, and all will be well with my Soul. When I looked at the flags on the front porch on any given day, they reminded me of my Life…I’m many things to many people, and I’m often wearing more than one hat. And just like the flags on the front porch, when you mix all the colors of Life together, you get a Masterpiece painted by the Hand of God. I AM A MASTERPIECE because of Him, and all the pieces of my Life work together for Good because I LOVE HIM and I’ve been Called according to His Purpose. Isn’t that the way you see your Life, too?

It can be so easy to worry about what everybody else thinks about who we are and what we stand for, but when we worry more about what people think than what God thinks, we become useless to Him. Refusing to stand up for the Living God is a form of denying Him, and He makes it pretty clear that “Whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in Heaven.” Some people feel better about defining God as “the same god to all religions by a different name,” AS IF the Living God is okay with being mixed up with untruths. No matter how many people worship whatever form of god they design in their own mind, there is only One God, and He makes it perfectly clear in His Word – “Do not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.” Plenty of people spend a lifetime making sure a loved one did not die in vain, and they do whatever they can do to be sure they aren’t forgotten…and that’s a beautiful thing. If only people had as much love for Jesus – if onlythey were Determined to Share His Messege so that He didn’t “die in vain” either, and IF ONLY they could love Him enough to make sure He’s never “forgotten,” the world would look a whole lot different than it does today. Unfortunately, with so many people of Faith opting to ride out their Journey as spectators, the world keeps getting darker and darker. As for me, “this little light of mine – I’m gonna let it shine” no matter what and what Jesus did for me will be shouted from the rooftops all the days of my Life!

As surely as I would stop to help someone with directions to a nearby destination, I will never lose the opportunity to Redirect a lost person when I see them being deceived. When I’m asked to “tolerate” other gods all in the name of acceptance…I refuse…because the Living God can’t be pleased with me if I entertain untruth just to be nice. I know that if the lost ones don’t get headed in the Right Direction, they’ll be lost for eternity, so I do my part to Redirect them before it’s too late. I have the Only Solution and I’m obliged to Share it with as many as I can in my Lifetime. I make sure to share the Truth with Love, and I know that lost people can’t deny the Joy they see in me. If they’re “offended” by Truth, there’s nothing I can do about that except to pray. I don’t Share because I judge them or because I don’t like them…I Share because I LOVE THEM! I stand Strong as a Messenger of Truth and an Ambassador to the One True God, no matter the price I pay because of it. The Living God has already warned me about how I’ll be treated, so it comes as no surprise to me – “Everyone will hate you because of me, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.” There’s not much to “hate” when we are silent, and there’s not much love in withholding Truth. It would be nice to be more popular for who I am and what I stand for but as long as I’m “popular” with the King of kings, all is well with my Soul.

I am many things to many people, and sometimes I wear lots of hats in this Journey called Life, BUT when you mix it all together and stir it up you’ll see that I really only have One Job, One Agenda, One Role and that’s to serve Him with everything I’ve got. I care a whole lot more about Pleasing the Living God than I ever could about offending man with Truth. I may not win a popularity contest in this Journey called Life because of it, but that’s okay because I’m much more Focused on being “popular” in His Eyes than I am the world.

That’s what Love looks like…that’s what Faith looks like…that’s what Surrendering a Life to Christ looks like.

What does your Life look like?