But & Butt

I've been trying to think this last week of what one word do i want to define my life, family & ministry this next year, I think I have my word.

However, as I've been thinking about this word's implications I've e had another word keep creeping into my mind, the creeping word is the word "BUT".

Being a parent I have come to HATE this word because it seems to accompany nearly every request i make of my kids...

• Get ur coat on it's time for school -- BUT I want to say goodbye to the dog
  
• Finish your diner -- BUT I don't want to
• Time for bed -- BUT I want to stay up
  

When my kids use the word but it's a word of both disrespect AND disbelief. The disrespect is obvious but the disbelief is that in that one little word what they are saying is,

• I don't believe you know best
  
• I don't believe you love me enough to know what's better for me than i do
• I don't believe there are consequences to ignoring you
• I don't believe there is life in obeying you

The word but isn't just disrespect, it's a conscious choice to DISBELIEVE.

As my one word for the year 2011 sets into my mind & my prayers I feel the but trying to push it out of the way. I have strong feelings about what God wants to do in and through me & my family and my ministry this next year & so does the but. And so it whispers to me...

• But you're not smart enough for that
  
• But you need more money for that
  
• But you have to much junk in your life still
  
• But it hasn't happened yet, so why this year
• but But BUt BUT -- kinds like that, each time it gets bigger & louder.

And you know what the but ultimately leads you to do -- NOTHING! It pushes you, in your doubts, away from God and His promises & your hopes & dreams in Him & has you sitting on your BUTT doing nothing!

The thing is, it's not just disrespectful to God when we say BUT, it also shows our disbelief in Him and His power too. It's disbelief in His plans, His protection, His prosperous nature, His wisdom, His sovereignty, His love, His everything!

What's your word for 2011 that sums up what you want to see God do in your life, family, relationships, & ministry? And what are the buts that are trying to push you to your butt.

Believe this year that God wants to do amazing things in you, through you, to you and around you. Believe this year that He knows, and that He knows BEST.

Begin to ask the Lord Jesus to define this year for you in a sentence or in a word & whatever He says to you

BELIEVE it and DO it!!!