What do you own?

July 7, 2007

Joh 3:26-27 KJV
(26) And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.
(27) John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.

Everything that I have comes from God. John's followers were upset that the people that followed John were now following Jesus after he had pointed to Jesus as the way. John, however, knew who the power source was. God had given him those followers and God could move them to other people as He saw fit.

It is that way in our own life as well. We are the ones that want to hold on to everything (and sometimes everyone) that we have. But they do not belong to us. Often we need to learn to let go and let God run things.