Get off your butt and get to business!

^"In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water. ⁴ For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
⁵ And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years. ⁶ When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole? ⁷ The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me. ⁸ Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk." John 5:3-8

The thought came to me today. "Get off your butt and get to business."  So many times, I can get complacent, waiting for something to inspire me to action.  I am not waiting on God, God is waiting on me to act. The man was sitting waiting for a man to come put him in the pool at the right time so that he could be healed.  He believed in someone else's ability to help him but did not believe he could help himself.  Think about how many people passed this man ignoring him and his situation.  

Sometimes I feel likes this man, waiting for someone to notice my situation and be willing to help me overcome my challenges, and no one comes to my rescue.  But God does not want me to remain "impotent" he wants me to be whole.  

"Get off your butt and get to business." 

Instead of concentrating on my issues I will get up and get to work on all that has been placed on my heart.  I don't need someone to come rescue me for I have already been rescued.  Like the impotent man God has already given me the gift of healing, I just have to accept it and use it.  Whatever I desire God has already placed it in my heart and when I get to business my needs are met continually. 

So, if you find yourself, stuck, looking for a sign or something to inspire you to action.  Realize that you already have what you need, you just have to get off your butt and get to business.   

A handful of peace

"Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit." Ecclesiastes 4:6


As I reflect on this passage I think about all the times I have worked so hard to get my "hands full". By the time my hands are full I am too exhausted to enjoy what I obtained. When I study this verse it is not saying you have little but rather you have a handful. One hand is full while the other is free. Which to me means I have more than enough, as well as peace to go along with it.
When my children play with their toys, they gather all their toys in both hands so no one can play with their toys but them. They are so worried about someone taking what they have that they can't play with their toys. I rather have one "toy" and get to play with it and enjoy it than ten "toys" and never get to enjoy them.
Life is meant to be enjoyed.
Today appreciate the "handfuls" that life has to offer and embrace the peace as it comes with it.