Don’t Lose it!!!

Hebrews 12:16 
Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.

2 Samuel 1:21
Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.

Matthew 27:5                                                                                                          And he (Judas) cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.

Here are  three individuals who have prominent backgrounds, present privilege, and promising futures.

• Esau the son of Isaac
• Saul the first king of Israel
• Judas a disciple of Christ

They all had in their possession something valuable but eventually they lost the appreciation for the worth of such treasure Esau had the privilege of having the birthright and Abrahamic covenant. Saul had the kingship and a kingdom, while Judas had the apostleship and heaven. With these kinds of possessions and privileges you would think they would be protected and fought for. However, Esau sold his birthright, Saul disobeyed and rebelled, and Judas sold Christ.

As a result, an opportunity, anointing, and a soul, were not lost momentarily but for eternity. When we forfeit our God given privileges then our potential remains as just that – potential but never released to manifest a future. Think about what could have been and how different these stories could have been. Each of them had the potential to have a different ending. 

• Esau might have been in the Messianic line
• Saul might have died in peace and been a great king
• Judas might have become a great apostle

In baseball when a team leaves one or more runners on the bases after the third out he announcer will say “they left two runners stranded.” I wonder how many people at the end of their lives leave potential stranded because of decisions made that thwarted the plan of God for their lives?

The church needs to stop dying with potential and anointing still in its bones like Elisha did. When Elisha died, he still had the anointing and potential still unused lying dormant. It was supposed to be transferred upon another but that person forfeited the right to have it, and thus Elisha died with it. What would have been written about Gehazi if he would have made the right decision and remained faithful? We will never know but he could have been the greatest prophet that ever lived.  

Your opportunity in life is great. Your choices determines your destiny. What you are and what you may become are two different matters. All may become living examples of what the grace of God can do for a person. Choose wisely and fulfill the script God has for you. Don’t die with a “what could have been” but with a

I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith

Rebuilding Trust–Yes it’s Possible!

How do you rebuild trust after it has been broken? An age old question that has left many destroyed in its wake. The usual end result is frustration and coming to the conclusion it is an impossible feat to reconstruct relationships, after they have been decimated by the hurricane of broken trust.

However, there is hope and it is not an impossibility. Here are a few pointers to help the reconciliation process and rebuild the relationship to be even stronger than before.

• In order to restore trust you have to stop arguing about the details of the past and start talking about the design/blueprint for the future.

Arguing about what happened yesterday and focusing on who is at fault becomes an endless and futile venture. It yields nothing positive for the future. Concentrating on the past removes all ability to build a future.

• You will never rebuild trust on the ashes of the past.
• You have to replace your view of the past with a vision for the future and realize it’s going to take time to rebuild that trust!

Speak more about where you are going instead of where you have been. In other words, fix NOW so you have a FUTURE.

• Don’t make a monument to your failures and give your past permission to ruin your future.

Stop making it as reference points in the life whether in your own life or the other person’s. Throw away the black book! A fatal mistake is revisiting the monuments of the past as if they occurred yesterday when in reality it could have been 20 years ago. Let it go and never go back!

• Don’t allow the Devil to trap you in a world of misery that you cannot change.

Satan’s favorite place to visit is a person’s past. If he can lead you there and get you to build a house and dwell there – it will be a world of total misery. Nothing changes in that world. The best policy is to leave it and close the door and throw away the key!

• Go through the Cross and forget the past’s existence, because the future is waiting.

The power of the cross is to remove the guilt and shame of past sins. If God has forgotten about it, why shouldn’t you? A life that is refreshing and guilt free is waiting on you today. Let it go so you can take hold of a bright future.