What kind of wake do you make?The above photo shows the wake from the fishing boat I was on recently. I was blessed with the ocean fishing trip on my birthday week here in Maui, and we caught some delicious fish to eat!
What is a wake? Wikipedia defines it as,
Let's break it down and we'll use the boat for our example. As the boat moves forward and cuts through the water surface, it leaves a trail or a wake, behind itself in the water where it's been. The size of the wake can be determined by the speed that the boat is traveling and the water conditions. Did you know that we all create a wake in life? We cause ripples, or a wake, in people's lives, as we pass through their lives both positively and negatively. Proverbs 18:21 from the Young's Literal Translation, tells us that "Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit." Words are containers of either LIFE or DEATH. Words contain great power! Hebrews 11:3 tells us that God created everything we see with His Words. New Living Translation "By faith we understand that the entire universe was formed at God's command, that what we now see did not come from anything that can be seen." If you want to study this out here are some corresponding verses that cross reference this. (Genesis 1:1, Psalm 33:6, Psalm 33:9, John 1:3, Romans 4:17, 1 Corinthians 2:7, 1 Timothy 4:5, Hebrews 1:2, Hebrews 6:5, 2 Peter 3:5) Did you notice that a wake is both ABOVE and BELOW the surface of the water? Many things we experience in life leave a wake on us emotionally. Emotions could be considered below the surface. Many of us hide our true emotions. Emotions definitely affect things above the surface! Our face, tear ducts, breathing, which are all "ABOVE" the surface show what's going on below the surface. Our emotions are great to experience when they're working for us and not against us. We should evaluate our emotions and see what they're pointing to. When we're angry, we should ask the question, Why am I angry? Have I been wronged? Has someone sinned against me? Jesus said to be angry and sin not. That means that anger is not evil in itself, but if we let it have it's way, we can enter into sin through full blown rage. The Bible tells us to guard our heart with all diligence. (Proverbs 4:23) Why? Because it's a matter of life and death. Words penetrate and affect us in our spirit, soul, and body. We can be negatively affected by the words and actions of others. Some people leave a negative wake wherever they go. You can tell that certain negative people have been through an area because the people that got hit by their "waves" are still left in the aftershock. Yikes! I don't want to be like that. On the positive side of things, we can leave an uplifting and encouraging wake in people's lives. (I want to be like that!) Don't we all know someone who can encourage us even when we'd like to choose to camp out in the depression blues? We feel better just being around them! Their smile brightens a room. Their laugh encourages others to laugh again. We can leave a good "wake" wherever we go.. if we will learn to be led by the Holy Spirit and yield to the love of God that's been shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit. We should endeavor to give people the gifts of support, grace, mercy, love and forgiveness that we have received from Jesus Christ. Prayer for today... "Heavenly Father, please help me to leave a positive wake in other people's lives. Help me to love others like you have loved me. Forgive others as you have forgiven me. To truly show mercy as you have shown mercy to me. I choose life. I choose love. In Jesus' name, Amen." Until next time... Adam
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Alessandro cuccaro
4/11/2016 04:48:55 pm
Awesome message.
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