Directions anybody?

So here is my first attempt at a blog! I’m not sure how I feel about it yet, but it is exciting…
If you know me pretty well you know that I can talk about football (mainly niners), leadership/management/vision, music, theology/Jesus/grace, and a few others for quite a while. Probably each one of these topics for at least a week straight. But on this first blog I would like to mention a story first, it goes like this:

Alice came to an icy fork in the road. Panic stung her as she stood frozen by indecision. She lifted her eyes toward heaven, looking for guidance. Her eyes did not find God, only the Cheshire cat leering at her from his perch in the tree above. "Which way should I go?" blurted Alice. ’That depends, . . . ."said the cat, fixing a strange smile on the confused girl. "On what?" Alice managed to reply. "On your destination. Where are you going?" queried the Cat. "I don’t know," stammered Alice. "Then," said the cat, with a grin spreading wider, "it doesn’t matter." Alice in Wonderland


We are having an Alice in Wonderland Party for our youth ministry next week and as there are quite a few things that stick out about this movie, one part that jumps out is this little story. If you take a deep breath you could miss this part, but oh how it resonates within those who have eyes to see and ears to hear.

Many have no clue where they are going in life, and because they have no direction they end up floating around in life being blown about ending up in whatever situations life puts them in. There is no anchor, there is no direction, there is no meaning, there is no light, there is no truth, there is no freedom, and there is no life.

This is not life, and definitely not life more abundantly.

Jesus said ”I am the way the truth and the life.” And ‘The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.” Paul said “Where the spirit of the Lord is there is freedom.” David said “The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?” David also says “He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.” Proverbs tells us “Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take.” The Hebrews writer speaking of God’s promise and hope says this ” This hope is a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls. It leads us through the curtain into God’s inner sanctuary.”




Jesus is our anchor, our direction, truth, freedom, light, and life. As the song states “Nothing else matters, nothing in this world will do, Jesus you’re the center everything revolves around you, Jesus you.” C.S. Lewis said “I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.”


Thanks,
Jesse