“WHAT IF”

Me-Maw Thoughts
Number 403
November 20, 2018///

Before I share today, I want to give a little thanks.

Thanksgiving is two days from now and I want to express my gratitude to the Lord Jesus Christ for all the ways He has Blessed me.

I thank Him first for Salvation, the Holy Spirit who leads and guides, and the Bible that is our road map.

I thank Him for an amazing and incredible family and for their care for me. I thank Him that I have lived a long full life with many more years to go.

I thank Him for a wonderful church family that are full of grace and encouragement.

I thank Him for Love and the Peace that passes understanding. And I thank Him for so much else.
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So, how many of you, whether you buy lottery tickets or not have ever spent time imagining what you would do if you won millions of dollars?

Your mind can go down all kinds of roads and as a side point, the things you think of doing with the money may be the things that are most important in your life!

But let us look at what people do when they buy lottery tickets, register for the publishers clearing house, go to a casino, or other forms of taking chances. A few weeks ago, the lottery had reached an enormous amount and people who do not normally buy tickets were buying tickets.

Why? The odds of winning were so huge why spent hard earned money to take that chance? Because there was a chance.

I imagine there were thousands who were saying, but what if. What if I do win!!!

No matter what form it takes when you are willing to take a chance, no matter how slim, because of what if, you can let your imagination go and think of what you would do if it happened.

My question to you this morning is why are humans so shallow minded that they will take chances that are millions to one but will not Trust God who causes us to win every time?

One out of one die. Jesus came to give us life filled with perfection after death and a life on earth with peace in every situation.

Life lived with our Trust in a Heavenly Father who cares and Loves us, is a life that can walk through the ups and downs with great confidence that we are never alone, and He will fight our battles for us.

As long as we are in this earthly body, we will have times we just walk with our hand in His and Trust He will lead us through and there will also be the grand times when we will stroll through the flower gardens of life but again with our hand in His.

Psalm 118:1 (MSG)
Thank GOD because he’s good, because his love never quits.

Isaiah 43:2 (MSG)
When you’re in over your head, I’ll be there with you. When you’re in rough waters, you will not go down. When you’re between a rock and a hard place, it won’t be a dead end—

Hebrews 13:5-6 (MSG)
Don’t be obsessed with getting more material things. Be relaxed with what you have. Since God assured us, “I’ll never let you down, never walk off and leave you,”
6 we can boldly quote, God is there, ready to help; I’m fearless no matter what. Who or what can get to me?

My hearts prayer and desire for each of us is that we would understand when we take a chance with the Lord Jesus Christ, we never loose.

Just as we might say I will take my one in a million chance of winning big, may we take the sure chance that the Lord God Almighty has the winning hand and the winning plan.

What are you betting on today? More importantly what are you betting your life on? Or more specifically, whose care are you placing your life in? Yours or the Lord God Almighty!

What if…..all the promises God makes in the Bible are true. What if…. we Trust in the one who can.

2 Corinthians 1:20 (KJV)
For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.

Father, thank you for the security in you and the knowledge that with you we win every time. Let us walk with you and let you guide us into the amazing plans you have for us. I ask in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, the name above all names. Amen

Love and hugs
Me-Maw