Let’s get back to normal

Psalm 16.11

You reveal the path of life to me; in Your presence is abundant joy; in your right hand are eternal pleasures.

Let’s get back to normal! What in the world does that mean? Are you normal? Well. I’m as normal as the next guy. You may say. For too many of us what is abnormal has become normal to such a degree that when normal happens we think it is abnormal.

How do we get back to normal? Simply first we have to understand what normal is. All this sends us back to our creation. We humans are created in the image of God. At creation He looked at man and nodded His head smiling in approval, “Now that is very good!” What did He see in Adam that caused this response? God saw Himself. In other words from the very creation God determined that for man to be normal he must be filled with the Spirit of God.

Normality for us is when Father-God is seen in anything and everything we do, and say, and simply are. The only way that we can accomplish this is through Jesus in our lives. Now we come to our Psalm.

David got a glimpse of normal and the pathway to it. He called it life. The Father shows us the path to normal (life). Here’s the cool thing this path is not a lonely walkway. We have a traveling companion and it produces in us overflowing joy. Jesus walks with us filling us, guiding us, equipping us, and encouraging us in His presence; making us normal.

You want to be normal today? Release your natural thinking, planning, and walking to Jesus’ control. Allow your mind to be renewed in Jesus. Relax in His presence and let Him live your day through you. Let God be God in you today. Normal may seem abnormal but finally you are enjoying real life.

Always Enthusiastic,
Dr. Rusty Newman