Daily Huddle - Fri Apr 3, 2020 Return

Love you all, praying for you. 
 
Do you know what is one of my favorite things in the whole world?  Momentum.  I love momentum, because it makes things easier.  If you’re on a roll, it’s easier to keep rolling!  Isaiah 44:22 -  I have swept away your offenses like a cloud.  Return to me for I have redeemed you.  Sin makes us legal property of another – the devil.  That’s why we need a Savior – to redeem us – to buy us back.  Like Hosea’s wife – who left voluntarily to follow after another, but her husband still buys her back.  Wow!  Redeem - to release from bondage or the possession of an enemy.  To liberate or rescue from captivity or bondage. To regain possession of a thing alienated, by repaying the value of it to its possessor.  Offenses lead to captivity – you can be held captive by sin, it’s always crouching at your door…  Return to me.  Repent - to think differently about what you’re doing.  To realize it’s wrong, to ask forgiveness, and to return… to stop doing what He didn’t tell you to do, and do what He told you!  Return doesn’t just mean come back – it also means turn - again and again.   The quicker you turn the easier it is to turn.  The more you turn the easier it is to turn.  It’s called momentum.  You don’t need to return when you’re neck deep, you can return when you’re ankle deep – or better yet – before you even dip your toe in to test the water – it’s nasty… don’t go there.  If God didn’t tell you to do something – don’t do it.  Be busy doing what He told you to do today.  That’s why PIVAT before dinner is so important.  You get God’s plans for you for today – they’re better than good, they’re the best!  And by staying in PiVAT all day – you finish the first thing – Praise God!  His Grace!  And you’re on to the next… momentum.   By doing what He told you – you are turning from what He didn’t tell you - so you can turn over and over again.  Every time you think of him, you're re-turning, every time you praise, you're re-turning, every time you worship you're re-turning, every time you pray you are re-turning, every time you do PiVAT or PRISM in His Word, you are re-turning  Every time you do your 4C's - to give an account of His money, you're re-turning.  Every time you turn from evil - from anything He didn't tell you to do, you're re-turning.  Every time you do the next thing He told you to do, you're re-turning.  That’s where the joy is!  That’s where the victory is, the success, the hope and the favor is.  It’s where the blessing is and the peace is!  That’s where life is – the most abundant, overflowing good - that you couldn’t even imagine.  I pray you always re-turning there.    
 
Love you all,
dad