Feb. 24, 2013 " Without God in Your Life, Life Does Not Work"

    This past Sunday service was unlike any other. Why, you may ask? This service was completely different because it just so happens to be the very last service Discovery Church will ever have at the Willow Creek location. "Can I hear a Good Amen?" as said by Pastor Steve. Therefore concluding the end of a staggering era.
    The topic of Pastor Steve's sermon was, what has the church or God been saying the past 30 years that this church has been around? What words have actually stuck with you instead of flowing in one ear and right out through the other?
    Yes, Pastor, tackled the subjects of loving one another through whatever trials, silencing the gossips and rumors today's society may judge us with, and never doubting God when things don't go our way. But the one phrase that really implemented itself in not only my heart, but deep, deep down in my brain

"Without God in your life, life does not work"   

    Now, I know some of you readers are nodding in agreement with this statement, but do you really know what it means? I mean truly? Not just the everyday routine of praying before your morning cup of joe or having your daily devotional time when you get home from a busy day at work, but I mean in every little detail of life! From the short talks you have with the teller at your bank or the around-the-table stories your wife and kids tell when you all sit together for dinner. To the confusion of doing your own taxes at home or the rise and fall of the stock market. God is everywhere and in everything. He is in your heart to fill you with the endless love you have promised to share to others. He is in each word you use to spread the joy of truth to each person you come in contact with. He is in each movement you use to move through out your day and lead by example of a saved life. God is in your finances, in your work out routines, in your hobbies, in your music and video games! God is on your hiking trips, your family vacations, at your place of work, and in each of your relationships. Even when it seems like God isn't present in those times of confusion or chaos, man, that's where God is most noticeable. 

    But that is how it works. God has designed us to desire Him. How a toy car needs a battery for it's remote control to work. We, as human beings, can not even function without Him. We weren't created to run on our batteries or our own energy because we will fall short every time. God is our endless supply of strength and rejuvenation that will keep us running till the end of time and then some. I never saw this statement in the perspective Pastor Steve put it. God designed us to specifically to run off His spirit. He is our Energizer Bunny.

    I hope I didn't run off topic too much or rant without explanation, but I did want to share a little food for thought I learned a couple years back. Some of you may be familiar with Louie Giglio. He is a  respected speaker and Pastor that travels to different churches and selected areas to preach. One of my favorites is when he speaks of the human body and it's intricacies such as our DNA, our fingerprints, the hair on each head, and so on and so forth. He brings up a major protein called Laminin which are proteins in the basal lamina (one of the layers of the basement membrane), a protein network foundation for most cells and organs. Without this protein our bodies could not function. This is what holds us together and allows our cells and organs to do their jobs, in lameness terms. Now, to my point, if you have not heard of this, you probably do not know what it looks like. These pictures are actual microscopic snap shots of Laminin. 

    Try telling me, any human being can continue without our God now.