Yesterday, I was blessed with the invitation to come and speak at one of my dear friend\u2019s (Russ Ferguson) No-Retreat Men\u2019s Archery Shoot. It\u2019s some thing that he does annually. It\u2019s a fundraiser that they use to give contributions to someone in the area who needs it. Most often, it\u2019s with someone who is going through a health battle. What is pretty awesome about the location, is that it is the exact location where I got to meet Russ. Years ago. When he was doing a very similar thing for a young girl, who had just been in a car accident and paralyzed. Very similar to me. I am humbled by invitations like this. But I definitely feel like I\u2019m not qualified to do such a thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We spoke about the trail that God has laid before us to come to him. The trail is our direct path to eternity. Because it brings us right to Jesus. and that\u2019s how we receive eternity in heaven. Through him. No way around it. But we must take the first step and move that direction. I look back at my life before Jesus. And what I realize is how far off path, or the trail, that I was. I was searching for happiness in all the wrong places. I didn\u2019t realize that I was going to get exactly what I needed from God\u2026when I turned to God. And that\u2019s how he operates. He will give us exactly what we need when we need it. And sometimes we don\u2019t realize it\u2019s what we need until we do get it. Isn\u2019t that cool! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
So now, here is the challenge. Here is my request of you. If you\u2019re off the path, get back on it. Get back on the trail. Remember, the worlds tells us what it has the offer is what we should want. And that\u2019s why there\u2019s such confusion. It\u2019s a mess. Because what the world offers is self gratifying. Plain and simple. And the self gratification is temporary. It\u2019s going to end. For example, if your friendships are built on something that is self gratifying, your friendships are going to end when it is gone. I know from experience. Another way of looking at it is that soft gratification is a Band-Aid. What I mean by that is, eventually it\u2019s going to come off. And you\u2019re left with the problems you had before. There\u2019s only one way to receive the peace and hope we are all looking for. And that is by following the trail to God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Yesterday, I was blessed with the invitation to come and speak at one of my dear friend\u2019s (Russ Ferguson) No-Retreat Men\u2019s Archery Shoot. It\u2019s some thing that he does annually. It\u2019s a fundraiser that they use to give contributions to someone in the area who needs it. Most often, it\u2019s with someone who is going … <\/p>\n