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Ephesians 2:10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

When, Who, through, and why we were created, all by God, and all for God. The depth of that passage is as deep as his sovereignty. Just to simplify it, you were created by God, for God, and he has blessed you with this life to do so, because he loves you. Anything and everything you do in this life can be used to worship God, to draw glory to him in your daily walk through the life he has blessed you with. He loves you so much, he died for you, and wants you to die to yourself for him. So many get hung up right there. The servants heart still struggling with the sinful pride, the reason Satan fell from Heaven too, the pride stops us from living the full life of Jesus’ disciple. The joy found in the servants heart is one of faith in the future, and trust for the day, all to be used by God; the days they walk in communion with the Lord, are as sweet as the honeycombs the Bible speaks of.

This weekend was incredible as my family saw the growth of our  race team. God has brought my testimony full circle, returning to the arena that was once my god, to tell of how we can love Jesus more than dirt bikes. I have been blessed to be able to open a National Race series in prayer, and I told the kiddos Sunday morning, “You can still be a Christian, and race dirt bikes on Sunday.” Kids are simple, and kids are direct. Many of them are likely viewed by their peers as not being Christians, simply because they don’t go to church like them on Sunday. Jesus condemned the supposed religious throughout the New Testament, and repeated how it was a matter of their hearts for Him. Matthew 9:13 But go and learn what this means: “I desire mercy and not sacrifice.” For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance. God simply wants your heart for him daily, he wants you to walk in communion with him daily through prayer and his Word. When you do that alone, God takes care of the rest, and you see the evidence of God before you almost daily.

We had noticed a lot of people checking out my bike when I had it parked up front when I was praying. I had a guy roll up to me on the starting line, and make a comment about it. We began to talk, and he was so thankful for his 91 year old mothers healing from a broken back. I asked him if I could pray for him right there on the starting line, we did, and I could see the joy of the Lord through his helmet. We went out to eat on the way home, and the encounter I had with an elderly black lady that was truly an encounter with an angel. She spoke to me as a “man of God” the first sentence, and we spent probably 15 minutes sharing our love for God with each other. After sharing business cards, I hope to hear from her again, but it won’t surprise me not to, because “angels” might go back to Heaven. Y’all……you don’t have to go to church on Sunday to be a Christian. You have to understand that Jesus gave you the only way to Heaven, and that you can never do enough work, be super religious, be a good person, not be that bad of a person, or anything else you might think pays your way. Once God helps you understand John 14:6, your life will change, and you will sacrifice this life each day, for the One who sacrificed his for you. Doing the good works is from the heart of love, not of duty, but just spending each day trying to show him how much you love him too.