11th September, 2007
We Should Never Forget
What a time to hear from the Lord!
I was leaving Costco today (after shopping for the churches fellowship dinner). I noticed this you man sitting at the edge of a pillar. He had a piece of paper in his hand, green with writing. He had just taken it from a folded and wrinkled envelope. I asked him, “Is it worth it?” He looked at me with a twisted grin mixed with amazement and confusion. “What do you mean? Is it worth it? What are you talking about?” I stated with calmness and intensity (that is possible, Jesus did it!), “The paycheck in your hand…” He looked down at the green check and looked back at me. I looked deep into his eyes and said, Is it worth it? Working all week long for the check?” He looked again at the check and then back at me and responded, “I don’t know, I guess.” He seemed to get a lift of happiness though that he had a tangible reward for his labor. It took a paycheck to bring him a lift!
Then the Lord spoke to me: “Why do people treat their relationship with me like a paycheck?” I said “What?” He said “They get a lift, a moment of joy when I bless them, then it’s back to the…does He really love me thing!? Wow, He is right! We live for the blessing not for the blessing giver! Ouch that one hit home. Bullseye! How about that for being in the Costco parking lot preparing for ministry?
Peace
Dennis
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