The Clothespins
"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ." (Eph 1:3) NIV
Seven empty
clothespins. That's what I found when I went to take down
yesterday's laundry. No doubt the kids found the need to
liberate certain necessary garments from the line and had
forgotten to put the pins away. Or maybe I had forgotten
them myself, I don't know. The important thing was that they
were there -- seven clothespins, empty, forgotten, their
full potential completely untapped.
God's helping hand, His abundant blessings. That's what we
find on the Heavenly clothesline. The help is there. The
blessings are available. But if there is no person attached
to them, they just sits, quite like the clothespins, empty
and forgotten, their potential completely untapped.
God has a clothesline full of blessing and help hanging just
over your head, my friends! All you have to do is attach
yourself to one of His clothespins. God has done all that He
can do. He, through Jesus, died on the cross and rose again
to buy and pay for everything we will ever need. Healing.
Comfort. Financial freedom. Strength. Help. Patience. It's
all there! But He doesn't automatically attach Himself to
you. He waits for you to come to Him! If you do, you will
find yourself swinging from the Heavenly clothesline.
Connected to the source. All the help and blessings you will
ever need available at your fingertips..
But most will not accept that help. Most, in the face of
difficulty, will disconnect themselves from the Heavenly
clothesline. They will drop down from the clothespin of
blessing and leave it dangling there, empty and forgotten.
It doesn't have to be this way, my friends. All we have to
do is cling to the clothespin -- cling to the promise of His
Word. When we do, we are remain connected to the Heavenly
clothesline, and no matter how strong the winds of trials
may blow, we will stay attached until the trials have
passed.
Some say, "God has given me more than I can bear."
Has He?
Or has He simply given you more than you, on your own, can
deal with?
The next time it appears that God has given you more than
you can bear, reach up for the Heavenly clothesline. Attach
yourself firmly to it and stay connected through His
promises.
Will you stay connected, friends? Or will you, at the signs
of strong winds -- trials and tribulation -- leave the
clothespins hanging empty and forgotten, their potential
completely untapped?
The choice is yours!
Love in Christ,
Lyn
Lyn Chaffart, Moderator, The Nugget, Scriptural Nuggets (
www.sermonillustrator.org/minisermons/ ), Answers2Prayer Ministries,
www.Answers2Prayer.org ,