Looking For DRY GROUND

He makes a difference.  One man.  I have not met him; however, I have heard about him more than once.  He lives in a fifth wheel with few possessions, working in a lumber mill, serving people, telling them that Christ has made the difference. He is honest about the storms of life that he is weathered; but it is clear that he is living on DRY GROUND . . . a solid foundation. As you might imagine, people want what he has. 

The thing is . . . individuals come into my office tired of the way they are living, wanting to experience life in a different way, knowing there is something more . . . because one man has more . . . living a way that is different than most do, even in the storms of life.  They are looking for the DRY GROUND.

Doesn’t it make you think?  The power of living does not come through the possessions or position that we attain, but rather through the presence and power of Christ. It is God that provides the DRY GROUND, even in the storms of life.

Too often, we become consumed with the stuff of life, allowing the reality of the goodness of life to disappear without a trace.  Sometimes I think we don’t understand that we have an obligation to live the best life we can.

We open the door to the enemy of our soul to kill and destroy our life and allow things into our life to take our focus off of God without thinking about how we are abusing the gift of life God offers.  It sounds harsh; however, what is . . . is.  Jesus told us:   "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly. John 10:10

Through Christ we can live differently, even abundantly. Abundance can be defined as plentiful and well supplied . . . the DRY GROUND . . . in the midst of storms. 

So . . . look at the people of God in the ancient days in the book of Joshua.  After being convinced to go where God wanted them to go, they needed to cross the flooding, raging waters of the Jordan River.  They would find the DRY GROUND where it does not make sense . . . in the flood.

The whole thing did not make sense then or now . . . the raging waters of a river will kill . . . rather than bring life.  They had to make the decision to step into the water.  And, the incredible happened . . . the waters parted and the ground was dry.  Can you imagine . . .walking across DRY GROUND with the flooding raging river heaped into big walls of water?  No mud . . . no puddles . . .dry.  Oregonians will tell you that dry ground is a gift.

God provides DRY GROUND in the most impossible situations that moves us to the place of abundant living.   

Think what it meant to step onto DRY GROUND: then you shall inform your children, saying, 'Israel crossed this Jordan on dry ground.' Joshua 4:22

God provided more than what was expected. The DRY GROUND was and is the reality of an abundant, plentiful, well supplied life. 

Refuse to step into the muddy pathways of life that lead to things that destroy and kill your life.

Look for the DRY GROUND that God provides, even in the midst of the storms and raging floods.

Step onto the pathway of DRY GROUND.

Walk on the DRY GROUND.

Learning with you to KICK START the day walking on the DRY GROUND,

Pastor Kerrie

 (written by Kerrie Palmer © 2010 All Rights Reserved)
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