A New Kind of Altar

You have heard me say more than once or twice, "If you keep doing what you are doing, you will keep getting what you are getting." One man said, "If you don't like what's coming up, watch what you are planting." Today we learned about the life of spiritual maturity is one of moving from a land of slavery mentality to one of possessing the land in which God has promised you. To do that you must first move past the problems of ordinary life. Second you must move past the ordinary life of spirituality. Ordinary spirituality is a life of mundane. Walking through a life with God that is niether exciting or extravagant. Third you must move past the struggle of past failures. Failures are the anchors to our pasts. When you see failure as a stopping point you fail to move to the place God has promised you. You must see failures as an opportunity to learn from mistakes. John Maxwell calls this "Failing Forward" As long as those things that have not turned out the way you think they should have cause you to move forward in life you can, as Paul says, "Count it all Joy" Till next time.