Success Makers!

"I will bless you with an abundant increase of favors. And I will make your name famous and distinguished and you shall be a blessing." ~ Genesis 12:2

Many Christians view the concept of "faith" like a convenient light switch. You turn it on and off, as you need it! Faith, however, is not so much an act, but it is a perspective that drives us to act in any situation like the one we really believe in, God. We actually believe and have confidence that He will act on our behalf. According to Jim Cymbala's book, "Fresh Faith," to grow in our faith, we must learn to trust in the promises of God. He has blessed us beyond our wildest dreams! Why? He loves us, and, He wants us to bless others. This is the process of the kingdom. This is part of the covenant blessing. We are not a depository of the outpouring of God's blessings. We are a channel through which God's blessings can flow out to others.

We are blessed to be a blessing! We must understand this, and it must be part of our covenant with God. It is our mission and mandate as a local expression, as a member of the body of Christ... the Church! We are blessed so we can invest our gifts to serve eternal purposes. The parable of the talents in Matthew 25 clearly points out that we have been given gifts to use, and we are called upon to make wise choices with those gifts. Only what we do for eternity has any real merit... and the only way to affect eternity is to be faithful with our talents and gifts.

We are blessed... so, let us set our course to... 1.) Love the lost! 2.) Commit ourselves to the community of faith! 3.) Engage our talents and gifts for eternal purposes! God has called all of us to this process of blessing. You are blessed...to be a blessing! You are a Success Maker! Your future will find its greatest fulfillment in this principle. Jeremiah 29:11-13 states: "I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart."