I was once given a thoughtful and lavish gift. My friend, Carey, had a favorite coffee drink that was an experience she wanted to share with those she loved.
The espresso shot was served in a special shot glass with sugar on the rim. She drank it with a mouth watering caramel at one of her favorite coffee bars in Seattle. She liked it so much, she wanted the people she loved to experience it, too, and for Christmas one year she went to considerable effort to make it possible.
My husband and I received a box with carefully wrapped shot glasses, ground espresso, Torano vanilla syrup, sugar, caramels, and beautifully printed step by step instructions on how to prepare it, all for the purpose of sharing her beloved experience.
It was a gift of love that had intention and design.
Although we gratefully received it and marveled at her generosity and kindness, we never did as instructed, thus we did not experience what she went to all the trouble for. We truly intended to do it sometime, but just didn't get around to it. (How often the "have to's" rob us of the "want to's!")
We were in possession of something we did not experience, and because we rarely saw Carey, we didn’t feel compelled or accountable to follow it through, though we were blessed by the expression of love she had demonstrated.
Thus it is with the Gift and promises of God.
How often we live our lives in a reduced state of consciousness, emotionally and otherwise, because we have never followed the instructions and actually experienced God's intention.
We are in possession of all of the components required for abundant life.
Joy is available! Victory has been bought and paid for! He Himself is ours for the taking.
Let's find and discover all that He has and all that He gave and live the life He intended to be ours.
What an indescribable Gift.
