We're talking about success this week
and all kinds of things that have been going great.
And you might be saying, "Listen.
"That is not my life."
And, the way that you can test this is
someone probably asked you recently.
"Hey, how's it going?"
And you might have said like, "Fine."
But in your mind you're thinking, "Meh.
I spilled coffee on myself this morning.
And the dog's been a pain.
And the kids aren't doing great in school.
I'm going through a divorce.
And my relationship's not going good.
All these things kind of add up.
So, my question is, how do you handle
when life isn't very successful?
I think there's stuff we can do, to be honest.
We could self-medicate, and we could get drunk.
We could eye-guzzle Netflix.
We could go buy some stuff because it makes me feel better.
We could talk down about other people
because that makes me feel better, too.
But, here's the issue.
All of these solutions for our problems
are just temporary.
Right? Eventually you sober up.
Eventually, you've got to pay the credit card bill for the stuff you bought.
Eventually, people find out what you said about them.
You know, all these things tumble.
What if we just shifted?
And instead of looking at our immediate circumstances
to determine if we're doing okay right now,
we step back and we look at how God looks at us.
And this is how it's described in Romans, chapter 8.
And I would actually elaborate there,
success or failure.
So, when God looks at you he says,
"I don't care if you've made mistakes."
He says, "I don't care if you're the most successful person in the world.
"Those things don't matter to me."
God does not have a measure.
God's only measure is that, through faith in Christ,
he sees you as his child.
Now, think about that.
When someone says, "How's it going?"
I'd say it's going pretty great.
Let's pray.
Heavenly Father, we just
simply thank you that you have made
us a success through faith in Christ.
Not in this world's terms.
But in your terms.
One that says we are holy and we are blameless
and we'll stand before you.
We ask this in Jesus' name
who made us holy and blameless.
Amen.
One of the passions of Time of Grace
is to reach people by whatever means possible.
Through television. Through Facebook.
Social media. However we can connect people to God's amazing grace.
And that's why recently, we've started to connect in a more intentional way to Instagram,
a social media platform that's reaching especially a younger demographic
who might not know as much as many of us do about Jesus.
I would love for you to connect with me on my Instagram account at @PastorMikeNovotny.
You're going to catch some inside looks of my life and
especially how I try to connect my day-to-day life,
my family and my work
to our incredible savior and his amazing word.
So check it out and I hope it's a blessing to you.
And may God bless your week.
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