People thought the world was flat . . .

Question to think about: Does it feel like your world is flat and you might fall off?

A revolution of life comes when we are willing to be outrageously radical. Long ago, when people thought the earth was flat . . . yes, I am almost that old . . . I spent a weekend with a woman named Corrie Ten Boom, who was one of the most radical people in the history of humanity. The thing is . . . I did not want to be there . . . my dad, who never insisted . . . insisted. I could not imagine spending a weekend with an "elderly woman."

The process of change in my life began at high speed in that one weekend. One of the first things Corrie ten Boom talked about was the adventure of life that occurs when we get the "I" out of our life, referring to Galatians 2:20 (of course she used King James) . . . "Not I, but Christ."

She endured a Nazi concentration camp, the death of her family and friends, and poor health. Those personal events were a catalyst for a major change in her life . . . she became an evangelist, writer, and speaker for Christ, laying her life down for Christ. All those who encountered her, including myself, wanted to change, drawn to live fully and authentically for Christ.

Too often we feel like there is nothing more to life than our circumstances . . . it is very similar to the mindset that people had who thought the earth was flat and if you went too far . . . you would fall off.

The thing is, Christ offers a life that is whole. We are created to live beyond the limits and circumstances that we find ourselves in. Christ gave a picture of what life is to look like . . . a spring of water gushing up:
Jesus said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again,but those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life." (John 4: 13-14, NRSV)

Think about the picture of limitless life residing within you . . . the spring of water gushing up.
Evaluate your thoughts, words, and actions: Are you living like the earth is flat?
Are you willing to trust God to remove the "I" and live without fear that you will fall off the earth?
Breathe.
You are created to live empowered by the presence of the Spirit to go beyond the limits of circumstances.
Learning with you to live beyond the limits of a flat earth,
Shalom,
Kerrie
(All devotions written by Kerrie Palmer ©2008 All Rights Reserved)