Sunday, September 5, 2010

THE WINNERS' CIRCLE

"But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness;
and all these things shall be added unto you."
~ Matthew 6:33 ~

Almost everyone, everywhere, loves being a winner--stress-survivors included.
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As children, back in the 50's and 60's, we had something we called a winner's sucker. These suckers were favorites among us kids because, as the name implies, they were winners. Sometimes.
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When we bought a sucker, unwrapped it, and pulled out a little white strip of paper that had "Winner" written on it, we'd win a free sucker.
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We spent nickel after nickel, trying to be a winner. And when we didn't win--even back then--we'd become aggravated and upset.
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Since then we've moved on and matured, of course, we're still holding on to that winners' mentality.
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Who among us does not stress over winning? Winning affection in private; winning praise in public; winning recognition on the job; even winning consumer "rewards."
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Fortunately, we've been exposed to a much bigger and better winners' circle. In this particular winners' circle there's no stressing over whether or not we're going to win. WE ARE GUARANTEED TO WIN.
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GOD guarantees when we seek HIS WORD and HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, "ALL" things will be added unto us (See Matthew 6:33).
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Please understand, with this win, as with our winners' suckers, there's a part for us to play. We must seek God's way--first. We must conform to His will in doing and being right. Then, for certain, we'll be in THE WINNERS' CIRCLE.

Peace I leave with you . . .

2 comments:

Destress Yourself said...

I love that scripture, Matt. 6:33. You did it again, great post. I love it when we have someone to remind us to turn to the Lord. Thank you.

Elizabeth

I'm Saundra Kay . . . said...

Hi, Elizabeth,
I love Matthew 6:33 too. It's crucial that we remain focused on God's truth. Thanks for standing with Let's De-Stress.