Song Title: The Loser
Artist:
Switchfoot
Album:
Learning To Breathe
We all have plans. We plan out our days. We plan out our nights. We plan our weekends. At work some people even plan for their plans. We have short term plans, long term plans, five year plans.
What are your plans? Are you planning for college? Are you planning for a job? Are you planning for vacation? In all your plans are you leaving room for God's plan for you? Are you praying that God make the plans for you or bless the plans that you are making? All of our plans amount to nothing if the Lord is not in them.
In the song The Loser, Switchfoot tells us of their plan to lose it all. It's okay to plan to get something that you enjoy, but remember these things that we accumulate in life are going to stay here when we leave this world. Its best to think about how these things can serve the Lord in some way. Even better we should share the abundance we have with those who need it more than we do.
When was the last time you gave away something of yours? When you practice giving it helps us not to be selfish. It can also make someones day.
BTW there are some things that you can't lose if we follow the advise of Colossians 3:2 "Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things". These things above will be stored up for us in heaven. We won't lose them, but we are going to lose all the earthly things.
OK, so why does all this make us Losers? The world is focused on getting more and more stuff. Success is so often measured by wealth, but if our success is measured by our obedience to God and our walk in faith then we might just look like losers to the rest of the world. Who said that walking in faith was going to be easy.
So, are you planning to give it all away? Are you planning to lose it all? Are you going to be a loser or not?
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