None of us would ever admit to thinking that we are God, but a lot of us like to put ourselves in the position to play God!  The problem with this is – in order for us to get in the position to play God, we have to remove Him from the throne of our lives and put self in that place.  The really big problem with this, is that it can happen and we almost not even realize it!

God is the only One that deserves to be on the throne!  When we take Him off of the throne, it is always with the purpose of replacing Him and the usual replacement is self!  When we put self on the throne, our worship has moved off of the Creator and onto the creation and we know that this is nothing but trouble!

I have noticed and I hate to admit it, but this is almost a daily battle for me!  Just when I think that I have this battle won, something comes along to prove to me that I am not even close!  While I hate to admit it, I am glad that I can admit it, because admitting it – is the first step to heading life in the right direction!

Admission is a good place to start, but it is only the beginning!  May God help me with this journey!  I guess the best way to start is to say:  “Hi, I’m Michael Joe and I’m not God!”

Wayne Coderio, Pastor of New Hope Church in Hawaii ask a very interesting question in one of his messages called “Increasing Your Time!”  The question:  “What is the 5% that only you can do?”  There are a lot of things that we do on a daily basis that anyone can do.  There are some things we do, that a lot of other people with the skills and training could do.  But there are some things that only we can do and these are the things that we need to be giving the bulk of our energy and effort to!

Your spiritual growth is your responsibility!  No one else can grow spiritually for you!  What do you need to do to grow spiritually?

You have to figure out how to stay inspired with a right attitude!  What do you need to make a part of your “Inspiration Package?”

You are the only one that can love your family the way they need to be loved by you!  How do you need to love your family?

You are the one that God created to serve Him in the unique and special way that only you can!  What will you do to better serve God and serve others?

You are responsible for your 5%!  You are the one that has to figure out what you 5% is!  This 5% is what you are going to be accountable for when you stand before your Creator!  What is your 5%?

So you made a mistake?  Stop fretting over it!  Don’t let a mistake wreck you, instead learn from it and move forward!  Too many times in life, we let our mistakes get us off track.  And if we don’t let it get us off track, there is usually someone close by, who is  more than willing to throw it up in our face to try to help us get off track!

The truth is:  We all mistakes!  If you are a human being, then you have made and are going to make mistakes.  It does not matter how talented and gifted you are.  As human beings, we are created with free choice and choice means every now and then you are going to make a bad or wrong choice.

Don’t let mistakes get you off track, hold you back or get you down.  Just make sure that you invest a little time to learn from the mistake.  In fact, if you learn from the mistake, then you get to move it from the mistake category to the education category!

What did you learn today???