The Yellow Brick Road

Transformation -

The story of The Wizard of Oz is a pretty old story but I believe can show us something that within our normal lives we end up doing today. Too often we go through life believing if we can just get some secret ingredient that we will be different and our lives will become as we feel they should be. But the deception that we live with something missing is a lie, it started back in Eden when Eve was tempted with the belief that they weren’t like God, that the fruit would give them that ability. The truth was they were created in God's image, they were like God but they believed a lie.
Here in The Wizard of Oz the Lion, Scarecrow and the Tin man, the same story is playing out, what they needed was already within their being.
In trying to chase after what they believed was needed to allow them to live a full life, or to complete their destiny kept them doing allsorts until a defining moment required them to Be different.
They stopped thinking about themselves and what they believed they needed and stepped out to help Dorothy who was trying to get home. And so we see that all the time they were trying to get something they already had. They allowed their minds to deceive them to chase after a thought of lack. When God created you, you were complete. Everything you need for your future is in you now, there is nothing missing.
Maybe the missing ingredient for you is focussing on others rather than yourself then watch how the real you awakens.
Our powerful God does not do things by half, look at creation around you nothing is half grown or lacking, everything God put His hands to he said It was Good.
Today believe that you do not need anything added to make you whole, just Be who God is calling you to be and believe what God's word says. You are who you are; enjoy the fact that you are complete.
Romans 12:2 Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

Living a Fluid Life

Definition of Fluid -

pertaining to something that easily changes its shape; capable of flowing. 

changing readily; shifting; not fixed, stable, or rigid: fluid movements. 

This month I was thinking of water and the properties that it has. It has an ability to flow and pick things up, like at tide lifting boats in a harbour. Water is a fluid; it can change direction or find a way through or around where there seems no way.

Water can be poured into soil and soften the hardest ground, water can evaporate turn into small clouds and become relief for famine lands, water can be risky and dangerous or gentle and refreshing.

Water can bring new life, sustain life, water can be beautiful or practical to clean the dirtiest object.

Water has the ability to flow through its surroundings, smaller streams pushing through and creating waterfalls that are uncontainable. Small streams coming together to become a force to be reckoned with. Water is the biggest part of our planet and the biggest percentage of our body.

I think we should have a fluid lifestyle, have the ability to change and move in whatever the direction requires. To join with others, to risk, dare to try new things and not be contained, become fluid in our thoughts flowing, shifting, growing and not become rigid. Find new ways  to include others and bring life, clean, grow and sustain those who need living water.
In 2010 lets bring refreshing and reveal the nature of the One who directs what we do.

^{2Pe 3:5} But they deliberately forget that long ago by God’s word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water.