Something More

In his acceptance speech of the Nobel Prize for peace Dr. King said:

“This faith can give us courage to face the uncertainties of the future. It will give our tired feet new strength as we continue our forward stride toward the city of freedom. When our days become dreary with low-hovering clouds and our nights become darker than a thousand midnights, we will know that we are living in the creative turmoil of a genuine civilization struggling to be born.”

Dr. Martin Luther King~Acceptance speech of the Nobel Prize for Peace ~December 10, 1964 ~Oslo, Norway

We have a choice to experience something more in life . . . a birth.

With God . . . there is never a dead-end but a new beginning.

Christ, God with us, revealed the reality of something more in life.

Thousands of people were hungry.

Only one had food, a little boy.

Nothing much.

Five loaves, two fish.

Not enough for a crowd.

But there was more than enough:

“After everyone was full, Jesus told his disciples, “Now gather the leftovers, so that nothing is wasted.” So they picked up the pieces and filled twelve baskets with scraps left by the people who had eaten from the five barley loaves.(John 6:12-13, NLT)

Someone could have said it was time to go home . . . there was nothing to eat . . . but . . . there was something more to experience.  

Jesus used what was there.

Nothing was wasted.

The thing is . . . we often become so immersed in our circumstances . . . so absorbed with our personal need . . . that we see the impossibilities rather than something more, constrained by our limitations and inability to see more.

When it looks like there is nothing else . . . God always has something more . . . look for it.

Stop.

Breathe.

Become aware of the presence of Christ, God with us.

Believe there is more in Christ.

Act on your belief.

Worship: Brandon Heath: Wait and See

Pray:  Give me eyes to see something more.

Learning with you to KICK START the day . . . seeing something more.
Pastor Kerrie

(written by Kerrie Palmer © 2009 All Rights Reserved)

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