Sell it all and come with me…. by Summer Bradshau
Sell it all and come with me…. By Summer Bradshau December 11, 2010
“Ok fine but where are we going? Dear child, no one knows where they go, you just follow me and you will find yourself there.”
How many of you can actually get down with that? Can you really sell your belongings, your happiness as you see it and follow Jesus? Find out who God really is and believe it…
Can you give up the comfortable life you have in exchange to follow Jesus, where he leads you? Even if you don’t know where that is?
Is that something, in your life and or your faith, you see yourself doing?
I am starting to understand what that may mean and in experience, the journey has been God’s all along, I am just the vessel he uses when he sees fit.
I sat down to write a few moments ago with no topic in mind and what came off my fingers were not mine at all.
“Sell it all and come with me” is what I typed and then, my thought went to… ok I can do that but where are we going? I do know that was a question maybe I not ought to have asked but it’s a natural question that many of you may ask yourself in the position. It’s not regular that you are told to sell all that you have so that things are not tying you down physically and mentally. People or spirits don’t just blurt that out on a regular. In the event you are standing in an elevator and the spirit tells you to sell all that you have and come with me, your first reaction is not just, ok cool. Ok cool is easy, we can sell our stuff, or can we? Would you have a problem with that? The next normal question was asked with many friends and family in a lifetime is, “where we going”? I think it’s normal to ask this of anyone in your life when they say “let’s roll”. Ok cool, where we going?
Not to be disrespectful but I kind of want to know where I’m going sometimes but if it’s not possible, right now in my life, I can pretty much adapt to anything that will allow me happiness.
So I see that I will be getting rid of things in my life that may tie me down to where God does not need me to be. I am paying attention enough to see that I am needed more than just where I sleep. Now that I have an empty nest there is a new position in my life. One cannot simply live alone, alone, forever, all by yourself. You should be out sharing love and helping to distribute world peace. What are we doing to make a difference in the world?
Are we helping to build better communities? Are we building more shelters for the homeless with guaranteed success or are we continually complaining about the subjects and not have a solution. That in turns makes us part of the problem. We are not helping to come up with solutions to help remedy the subject.
Sell your things and come with me can mean a lot of things, spending time with different family members, offering help and your service for if only for one day. You can volunteer to babysit, wash dishes or just be around to laugh at a TV show or help to feed the dogs. Whatever it is, God can always use your help to spread love around the world.
Where are we going, may mean everywhere or no-where at all. We can travel abroad to share the word and help out where needed or we can be needed right here at home but our lives are so consumed with stuff and work and things that we are missing it all.
You can work too much to try to have extra when God just wants you to have basics right now so that later you can have an abundance of whatever your heart desires. It’s not always worth it to live for another man so that he can rest easy and you are missing your whole life of blessings by being a slave for the sake of the money or fame.
We can need to sell the mansion and the expensive cars so that our focus is on living and not having. Foreclosures are at a high because God saw too much greed in the world and had to put an end to it. If you cannot afford to pay cash for it, you do not need it right now. Why spend 5.8 million on a mansion to live in and you are rarely home. That mansion is cold and hungry for attention that you will never be able to give it. You can buy a home that cost you 1.9 million, save money on the furniture bill, electricity bill and all the rest that went with the 5.8 million dollar beauty. You can add about 200k to making yours a winner and be more comfortable. The other 4 million you saved can be invested for your future. You are not guaranteed to be able to produce that kind of money on a regular. Now that is being a good steward of your money and your happiness.
Sell it all and come with me…
How many stars can respond to something like that? With all the money and things that are acquired as part of celebrities, can anyone of us actually sell it all and live according to his will and plan without it being yours?
When I asked “where are we going”, this is the reply: Dear child, no one knows where they go, you just follow me and you will find yourself there.”
Ok, cool. Again, I’m down with the whole thing. The last couple of years have been a learning experience for me. I am seriously paying attention to what role I have and am trying to live accordingly. But who in the world can really give up all that you have acquired in life and live for Jesus, with Jesus, through Jesus without a guarantee?
If we see someone with a need, do we turn another cheek or do we make a sacrifice and help out. Anytime you do something for someone without an expectation or return, it’s a great sacrifice. Can you do something for someone without even expecting a “thank you” in return? We are supposed to do things for people without anyone knowing about it according to the good book. Are you an Indian giver or a sincere giver?
“Follow me and you will find yourself there”, can be a little scary but is anything that God does scary? Of course it is because doing well is not normal. We are born through sin and sin is most natural for us. To do well is a struggle thus creating a scary effect of failure or natural instinct. I don’t know about you but in my life I have followed some crazy, lazy, mean, broke, lying, conniving, no good people and to follow someone who can guarantee happiness if I follow the directions on the box, is more of what I need in my life right now.
I want to find myself happy, free, giving, humbled, spirited, and everything else God needs me to be. I want to be a blessing to others. I want to find myself helping others more than I help myself. I want to see the laughter people have inside of them and the smiles that are hidden underneath the frowns. I want to follow someone what has a flash light and a horn. I want to see the rainbows after the storms. I need to follow someone with a GPS that is guaranteed HAPPINESS.
I want to live ….
Sell it all and come with me…. My bids are starting on eBay. I have no need for things that keep me from being the best that God wants me to be. It broke my heart to acquire it whether it was in my time or sweat and pain. I cannot take it with me when my expiration date arrives and my loved ones surely do not want it, so why am I wasting it by keeping it. Filling the house and garage to the rim of unnecessary things that are mentally and physically keeping us from living for God.
Sell it all and come with me can mean a lot of things… what does it mean for you?
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