Our phones and Internet have been down at the office since Monday – that is a blessing and a bummer!  A blessing because it forces you to work on other things in other ways.  A bummer in that life seems much easier with open lines of almost instant communication!

That got me to thinking about our communication with God.  It should always be open and available, but often times it is not.  The reason is not on God’s end – it is on our end!  We allow sin to come in between us and God and the sin gets in the way of the flow of information and communication that makes our life meaningful.  Often the sin that we allow to get in between us and God is a lack of taking the time to communicate.  Or maybe it is taking the time, but rushing through it, so that it really does not mean anything!

Take some time to check your lines of communication with your Creator.  Make sure that the lines are open, working and free from any distractions.  Our life will be better for it and we will really appreciate what we often take for granted!

This morning I was reading in the Old Testament book of Malachi and I was reminded that we need to be very careful to make sure that we are giving our best to God.  The priest were offering sacrifices to God that were blemished or second rate.  I am sure they were thinking:  “It’s just being burnt up in a fire – what’s the big deal?”  The big deal was the reason it was being burnt up in the fire – as an offering to God.

Many times in life we think:  “What’s the big deal – I am doing the best I can with what I’ve got for God?”  But stop for just a moment and be honest!  Is what you giving God in the moment by moment daily living of your life – really your best?  I have to admit that I found some room for improvement in my life.  Just something to think about and maybe motivate you to change some things!  Give your best to God – He gave His best for you!

Where are you and where do you want to be in this thing called life?  I hope that each of us have learned to become BETTER and not BITTER during this past month!  Most people that I encounter in life – want to be happy, but many never seem to get to that place.  Is happiness really an elusive place, floating some where out there in space?  I don’t think so!  I think we have to learn to look through different eyes to really see!

I hope you will join me on Sunday morning as we take some time to think about “The Power Of State!”  God will work in our lives – whatever the circumstances!  And God will use our circumstances to grow us into happy, fulfilled and productive Christ Followers!  God has given us RIGHT DIRECTION and that means that RIGHT DIRECTION living is a possibility – so let’s live it together!