I use that phrase a lot these days \u2013- just to remind me I haven\u2019t worked out for a few days and I need to get back to the fitness center. The principle of \u201cuse it or lose it\u201d is universal. If we don\u2019t exercise, our muscles get smaller (or flabbier). If we don\u2019t use our minds, we will get less sharp as we get older. That\u2019s my rationale for playing word and number games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If we have a talent and we refuse to practice or use it, we\u2019ll lose that talent. If we want friends, we are friendly. How could we withhold God\u2019s love from others when God has given us so much?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If we do use what God has given us, we get even more of it. If we use our muscles, they get bigger. If we take a little bit of money and invest it wisely, it gets bigger. I think that\u2019s also true when we give into God\u2019s Kingdom, our monies will multiply. \u201cGive and it shall be given, pressed down, shaken together and running over.\u201d (Luke 6:38)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let\u2019s do a self-analysis. What could we use more of in our lives? How about more friends? Or money? Or energy? Or time? Or talent? Or a fit and healthy body?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I know the secret! I\u2019ve proven it to myself and others. Whatever we need more of, we should take the little we\u2019ve got and start using it to better our own lives, as well as serving others unselfishly.
You might say \u201cI don\u2019t have time to serve other people. I already don\u2019t have time to get all the things done I need to do. How could I add anything else?\u201d Why do we think we don\u2019t have time? God never meant for us to spend all our time on ourselves. Why would God give us more time if we\u2019re just going to spend it on ourselves?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s like the principle of tithing (giving God the first part)! My parents taught me from a young age the importance of giving God first before I spend all my money on me. God\u2019s Word says this in Malachi 3:10 \u201cI am the LORD All-Powerful, and I challenge you to put me to the test. Bring the entire ten percent into the storehouse, so there will be food in my house. Then I will open the windows of heaven and flood you with blessing after blessing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When we give that 10 percent back to God, God takes the other 90 percent and makes it stretch further than we would have if we kept 100 percent for ourselves. And that is true with our time. That is true with our talent. That is true with anything in life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If we don\u2019t use it, we\u2019ll lose it. I have seen how God gives us everything we need in life when we use our time, money, and talent for Him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This gal, ME, is speaking to my dear friends today with the voice of experience. I know that sowing and reaping is important to a farmer. When he plants and waters his seeds, then he can expect a bountiful harvest. My children in Rusk TX proved that to be true this year. I\u2019ve seen AND tasted their bountiful harvest!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I know God\u2019s harvest. I used my \u201cseed\u201d faith when I started blogging back in 2010. My daily planting not only gives back to me and fills my life with so many dear friends and followers, but I get to hear how something I said opened their eyes and hearts to change, to blessings and peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We just can\u2019t do too much, give too much, share God\u2019s love too much. It\u2019s God\u2019s way \u2013 and His way is so rich in blessings!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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