The Promise Land

Welcome to the first ATIC blog post. The very first thing you might want to know is why the name "The ATIC?" Also, it appears that the word "ATIC" is spelled incorrectly and should include the letter "T" twice. Well, put that thought out of your mind. ATIC as the name of this blog stands for "All Things In Common." This phrase is taken from the scripture reference in the heading of this blog, which is from the book of Acts in the Bible. "And all who believed were together and had all things in common (Acts 2:44 ESV)."

The theme of this blog, "All Things In Common" will focus in on wonderful promises from the Word of God that we as Christ followers can claim, believe, and receive. If the early church in the book of Acts experienced wonderful blessings and miracles, what is there to stop us from believing and receiving from the same God in whom they believed? Absolutely NOTHING!

In this first post, I want to talk about the "Promise Land." When we think in terms of this phrase from the Bible, we most likely think of the land that God promised to his people. Also, I recall Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr using "Promise Land" in what would be his final speech. In the "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech, he says, "And I've seen the Promise Land." 

I want to talk about the "Promise Land" in terms of each of us as an individual child of God getting to our purpose. I wonder what would happen and how different this entire world would be if we each lived in the purpose for which we were designed and created (placed on this earth) to live in? I for one have made a conscious decision that I am going to seek after God to the point of being pesky until I'm living in and walking out the purpose for which I was created. And the funny thing is that I think God wants to lead and guide me into my purpose more so than I want to find that "Promise Land." So, it really won't seem like I'm a pest to him (LOL). 

I can no longer be satisfied with the status quo. There just has to be more. I want the more that wakes me up with a passion of excitement about a new day of what is ahead for me in living out my purpose. I'm not saying that there won't be challenges or difficult days ahead, but there are things that I know I'm called to do and walk out that float around in my head, which gets me so excited. I'm now at a place where I not only want them to float around in my head, but I want to live them out. Are you with me? There is a "Promise Land" for each of us as God's children. I for one don't want to get to the end of my life with a lot of "would haves, could haves, and should haves." I want to be bold enough to take the leap and the jump, and to just go for the gold. I want to see God just flat out "Rock my world!"

Come on, it's time to get going into our individual "Promise Land" that flows with milk and honey. Let's do this!