The other day I got a package in the mail. I don’t know about you, but I love getting packages so I was very happy and put it in the kitchen counter to open it later with more time. From the counter I moved it to the table and then to the stairs where it stayed for exactly one week. I knew the content of the package was good and I actually needed it, but I was too busy to open it. I mean, does this make any sense? Couldn’t I find five minutes in my “busy life” to open a package?
So one day walking up the stairs, I saw the package and thought… maybe this is what happens with the precious gifts God gives us. We know they are good; we know we need them, but we are just too busy to receive them.
God has prepared for us amazing gifts, so I wonder why we don’t run to Him and open our arms to accept them, why do we prefer to fight our daily battles on our own when we have “the God of angel armies by our side” as Chris Tomlin reminds us in his song - Whom shall I fear.
“He will give you all you need from day to day if you live for him and make the Kingdom of God your primary concern.” (Matthew 6:33) When we put God in His rightful place, first in our life, then He will give us everything we need, more than we can dream of!
Have you ever bought a gift for a special person? First you spend some time thinking what would they like, then you check out the options, think some more, go and buy it and carefully wrap it. You are so excited and just can’t wait to see their face when they open it… you have put so much love into it because that person is really important to you and you want to find the way to tell them. Well, God does the same for us but multiply everything: the time He spends preparing it, the love He puts into it and the excitement He feels when we finally open it.
God has given us life “My purpose is to give life in all its fullness.” (John 10:10); He has given us peace “I am leaving you with a gift- peace of mind and heart.” (John 14:27); He has given us power “For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.” (2 Timothy 1:7); He has given us the Holy Spirit “and he has identified us as his own by placing the Holy Spirit in our hearts as the first installment of everything he will give us.” (2 Corinthians 1:22) He has given us eternal life “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.” (John 3:16) Have you ever stopped to think about everything God has given us? Have you ever read the promises in the Bible knowing they are for you? When He made them; He was thinking about you and me.
Maybe there are some gifts by your stairs waiting to be opened, maybe you have opened them, but you are still not too sure if all the contents are for you, or maybe there are still some instruction manuals that you need to read to take full advantage of your gift, whatever stage you are in, you can be sure that God is by your side, beaming with joy because you are opening His presents.
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