Food Court Musical

This is great

NEW

I just received a new pair of hiking boots in the mail that I ordered online. I needed them for a hiking trip I am taking in May ( http://www.yosemitesummit.org ). I was so excited that as soon I got them I had to open them up and try them on. Check them out.

Pretty nice huh? I only paid like $30 for them.

What is our obsession with the word "NEW"



No, No, No, Not that kind of GNU.
N - E - W, NEW.
Although he is kind of cute. lol.

Seriously, when I was a kid I used to love waiting for the mail to arrive for something I had ordered. Ah, who Am I kidding, I still love to receive something new. If I get a new shirt or pants, I have to wear them within a week of getting them.
Isn't that like the unwritten rule?
In our society if something isn't new, its old.
And old is bad?
The word "new" creates an excitement around it. When advertisers put up a sign that says "like new," it sounds a lot better than "slightly used" or "barely used."
It is a buzz like the hyenas in Lion King create when they say the word "Mufasa."


And I quote
"Mufasa" , "ooooohhhhhhh, gives me chills" "Do it again" "Mufasa" "Oooooohhhh" "Mufasa, Mufasa, Mufasa."

Having New things is great! We need to remember that in our daily time with God.

2 Corinthians 5:17 says
"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation, the old has gone, the new has come."

We need to put aside the old ways of living and concentrate on the new ways of God. Treat God like you do a new item of clothing or a new toy. Let Him continually give you a new touch from Him. Allow Him to teach you new things about His character and your character everyday.

Steering Wheel

I was thinking as I drove into work this morning about the steering wheel. We can go anywhere we want all we have to do is turn this simple mechanical device and we head in that direction. When I was a teenager we used to love to find icy parking lots or empty wet fields and test the limitations of the steering wheel / tire combination. Yes I am talking about donuts

No, not those donuts


I am talking about donuts you can do by getting up a decent speed and purposely turning the wheel as hard as you can in one direction and slamming on the brake. What a great time we had testing the limitations of this theory.

If we own a car, we own a steering wheel. But who controls the steering wheel of our lives? Do we drive and let Jesus be our passenger, only stepping in when there is an emergency? Do we purposely let our "Cars" spiral out of control so that we can just turn to Jesus to take the wheel?
The problem is that we make a mess and then turn to Jesus to clean it up.

Jesus ain't no janitor

He is supposed to be the driver, not the passenger. If we relinquish control to Him and let him drive our lives, there won't be a mess to clean up.



So....Who has your wheel? Is God really in control or is he merely your passenger? Or even worse, is he just your janitor?
Take your hands off the wheel and let God take control!!