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Charlie's Quest
How to live a life of provision.
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Outside our kitchen window is a little garden. Hanging baskets and a bird feeder swing peacefully under the bowing tree limbs. It’s a beautiful scene any time of the day.
This year, as in the past, a squirrel we named Charlie has taken up permanent residence in the bird feeder tray. He sits and swings as he eats his fill. So to outsmart him, we moved the feeder, hanging it on a higher branch, suspended from a 10 foot twine. Yet, he remains undaunted. He simply climbs down the thin string and takes his position in the tray. This furry fellow has one driving force – to obtain
his provision. All day. Every day.
So what’s the point of this story? Single-mindedness. |
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Steadfastness. Determination. To set one’s face like flint. |
Imagine if we allowed that same single-mindedness that drives Charlie’s day to direct our own. A better question may be … what is it that we should be single-minded about?
The answer is almost 3,000 years old and can be found in the book of Isaiah. We are simply to trust God. We are not to fear. We are not to allow ourselves to yield to fear’s companion, worry. We are simply to keep our gaze steady and our eyes on Him. And in this single-mindedness, we will know that we will not be left wanting. We will, like
Charlie, scurry through a life overflowing with provision. A life where all of our needs are met.
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“For the Lord God will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded:
therefore have I set my face like flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.”
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The Holy Bible, The Old
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Isaiah, Chapter 50: Verse 7
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