Christ Jesus is trying to offer each one of us a firm foundation in which to build our lives on, but I think many times we over look this offer. Why? Because by the time that we are conscience of this offer from Him, we are so damaged by life that we have long been living as Pain as our foundation, not Christ. To begin to live upon the foundation of the Lord Jesus Christ means that you begin to allow yourself to understand that you’ve been living among instability. One of the quickest ways to start identifying this instability in your life is to ask yourself how many times you feel “overwhelmed” in a given year. How many times do you begin to believe that if “just one more thing goes wrong”, it’s going to break you and be too much for you? When something goes wrong in your life, does it unravel the entirety of your emotional and physical being? If you are finding yourself answer yes to any of these questions… TAKE HEART!!! Many of us have lived in this state and are learning to live differently. (Instability in life sneaks up on us. Often times, I am finding that many of us have never truly lived within the Peace of Christ and this is the catalyst to our instability.) The most important thing we do in a road to changing is to make the decision that we WANT the change. We decide that we WANT to get well. Once you’ve come to the understanding that you are tired of living in the instability that you have been and that you want something different, then please allow yourself to take in this next statement as the truth that it is. Jesus Christ is more committed to being the help, support, and shelter you need as you set out on this goal, than anyone in your life! His offer to help you is iron clad and never reneged on. His support, help and shelter that are being offered to you are explored by your involving Him in your journey. Therefore, the next step you want to take towards living in stability with Jesus is to PRAY! This prayer is one that you will offer in variation over and over through the course of your life from now on. Why? Because we are to give the Lord Jesus Christ our First thoughts, desires, wishes, hopes, dreams….. The Bible very clearly tells us that we can do nothing without Jesus Christ. He means this not egotistically, but more rather from this aspect… Jesus Christ knows how hard life pushes at you, and He knows that you, just like He when He was here on Earth, need divine guidance through your journey. By involving Christ in the very beginning of anything you set out to do in life, you are “opening the door” of your heart, your trust, your thinking to Him. I will leave you with this thought tonight. This section of learning to live in stability, where your feet are starting to find firm footing is very important. I am going to break this blog up into section so we can take our time over the matter. As your day comes to a closing this evening, please allow these statement to wash over you. Christ didn’t intend us to live this journey of life alone. He didn’t want us to be stressed and overwhelmed by life. Many of us are, but instead of that being an area of condemnation, let it be the cry of help it needs to be in your life. Each of us are in need of help in life, and Christ is willing to fill that need. Tomorrow we will continue this journey towards learning the idea of applying a new thinking towards living without instabilities in our lives. Pastor Daniella