When You Run to God You Run to Life!

     I remember a recent trip we took for the ministry to Shreveport, LA to attend an independent author/artist event.  It was last September in 2010 and it was an awesome event. We got to meet a number of great people, sold some books and cd's and ministered poetry at a local poetry club and Morningstar Baptist Church on Sunday morning.  The weekend was a blessing but here's the point to this blog. 

     We stayed at the casino hotel there in Shreveport and if you've ever been there you'll see that they have many, many casino hotels in the area. Well our event was hosted right next door to our hotel (which was beautiful by the way).  The parking lot was connected to the casino by a catwalk so every day when Marlas and I came into the hotel parking lot, which was day or night, there was a constant flow of people coming in and out of the casino.  Now the interesting thing was there were people getting out of their cars who had many disabilities. Some were walking on crutches and there were a few people I saw get out of the car and remove their motorized chairs so they could make it to the casino from their cars! Amazing!

     I asked God what would we be like if we had that kind of overwhelming desire that no matter what happens to us we WILL be in the house of God when it's time to learn, grow, praise and worship together!  Imagine if people had that kind of fortitude when it comes to attending church on Sunday or any other day.  No matter what they wouldn't let anything, including physical limitations stop them! How much could we do for God if we made that our priority.  The Lord showed me how people will flock to the casinos to give away their money to the devil and his kingdom but won't give nothing but a crinkly old dollar at church instead of paying tithes, which helps to keep the Kingdom of God operating and growing.  The benefit of paying tithes is in the following scripture: "Bring all the tithes (the whole tenth of your income) into the storehouse, that there may be food in My house, and prove Me now by it, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. And I will rebuke the devourer [insects and plagues] for your sakes and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground, neither shall your vine drop its fruit before the time in the field, says the Lord of hosts.  And all nations shall call you happy and blessed, for you shall be a land of delight, says the Lord of hosts". (Malachi 3:10-12, amplified)

     When we get to the point of trusting God instead of the things of the world we will begin to see God work in our lives in amazing ways! When we get on fire for God we will "see the salvation of the Lord" as He told Moses after telling him to cast his staff over the Red Sea right before he parted it so the Israelites could escape. 

     Change your focus starting today and you will find that when God becomes the center focus of your life, you will never be the same again.

God bless you!
Robert T Sells
http://www.robertsellsonline.com/
www.youtube.com/theanointedpoet