All In All

 11/26/2020

Galatians 6:14 “…Save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

Today is Thanksgiving Day, and even though the tempest of 2020 rages around me and my family (both personally and globally), I am grateful. I appreciate so many things about my life. I have a wonderfully faithful husband who loves me dearly. I have an intelligent, creative, faithful, and caring son. I have an amazing extended family who all share their lives, make me laugh, understand me, and love me. I have an incredible church family, and wonderful friends. I have a job where I am part of a fantastic team with a mission that changes people’s lives. I have a beautiful home and food to eat. I am blessed.

All these tremendous blessing, however, cannot compare to the one thing I am most grateful for, and that is Jesus’ sacrifice on the Cross at Calvary. He saved me, and all people, from the death of sin. He reconnected me, and all people, to the Heavenly Father. He sent the Holy Spirit to dwell with us. He loves me and shows me mercy and grace. He is the Lord of my life, my Savior, and my best friend.

Today, once again, Chambers references Galatians 6:14 and asks me to consider the tragedy of God. He writes, “Cut yourself off from prying personal interest in your own spiritual symptoms and consider bare-spirited the tragedy of God, and instantly the energy of God will be in you. ‘Look unto Me,’ pay attention to the objective Source and the subjective energy will be with you. We lose power if we do not concentrate on the right thing.” How true that is. When I lose my focus on Jesus, I can easily grow weary and let the cares of the world crush in around me. Conversely, when I am focused on Jesus, I have the power of the Holy Spirit and know that all things on this earth are temporary, the sorrows as well as the joy. So, I must be grateful for all of it, and never lose sight of the One who is my all in all.