Choices

I was recently reading an article about Jack La Lanne who was know by millions to be the exercise guru in the fifties, sixties, and seventies. At the age of 42 (back in 1956) he set a new world record of 1,033 push-ups within 23 minutes. In 1959 at the age of 45 he does 1,000 push-ups and 1,000 chin-ups in 1 hour and 22 minutes.

I don't know about you but I'm good for about 10 chin-ups and 100 push-ups and pretty darn proud of myself after I complete that task before I head out to start my day.

Then there is George Muller of Bristol who impacted the lives of thousands of orphans by housing, feeding, and providing for all of their needs. The amazing thing about his story is that George Muller had no money when he started. The one thing he had was faith in God who promised to take care of all his needs.

He never had a campaign to raise money, nor did he ever ask anybody for financial help, the one thing he was committed too was prayer. For many years and thousands of orphan's all of the needs were provided for. The one thing George had was faith in the Almighty and he took God at His word that he promised to take care of all of his needs and the needs of the children.

I again reflect on his walk with God and compare it to my own life and wonder if I can ever increase my lack of faith and trust for the Lord. How can I learn to trust the Almighty who created the Heavens and the earth. Who has given us life within His creation. I trust and believe that the sun will come up tomorrow, can I trust he will take care of all of my needs?

The one thing I walk away from the two stories is that Jack La Lanne and George Muller had made a choice and committed themselves to certain disciplines. One was a life filled with a life full of exercise, the other filled with a life of prayer and exercising his faith in the Almighty God.

In either case, they had to make a choice to get out of their comfort zone. Not that Audrey and I come close to either Jack La Lanne or George Muller but it is all about making a choice to take steps towards exercising our faith and getting our of our comfort zone.

Our hope through this process that we will become more reliant upon our King and Savior Jesus Christ. I keep wanting to do this in my strength and not rely on Him to carry us through the journey we've embarked upon. My hope is that we will choose to exercise faith in our God and trust that he will take care of all of our needs.

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With love,

Tim & Audrey