The Next Level

Everyone has a next level. Whether you are a tbi survivor, a cancer patient, a stroke survivor, a person with cholestrol, a mom of five, a dad who works for a fortune  500 company, we all have a Next Level we can climb to. For me, I couldn't walk until I was strong enough to get up out of my wheelchair. I wasn't able to walk with a can until I had strengthened my legs enough to walk forward, and I wasn't strong enough to walk without assistance until I was strong enough to do so. I wasn't strong enough to run until my legs had enough strength and coordination and my abs were strong enough to support me.

In the same way, I wasn't able to go to college until I had graduated highschool, and taken the placement tests. I also wouldn't be able to speak to all the people I have spoken to now, unless I had gone through the journey I have gone through of recovering from a severe tbi and 6 strokes.   The cool thing is that in each of my levels, Christ has given me strength Philppians 4:13 to overcome them and He has been my solid rock Psalm 62:6. "He alone is my rock, I shall not be moved."

Maybe for you, your "Next Level" is walking again, passing a test, or being able to use your left hand again, or eating your food by yourself again.

God will give you strength at whatever level you are at, and He'll give you strength to master that level so that you can go on the the next level. For you, that may be just staying more joyful. Whatever your "Next Level" is I encourage you to press on. Philippians 3:12 says, "Not that I have already attained or am already perfected, but I press on so that I might lay hold of that for which Christ has laid hold of me."

Another point I want to make is that God loves extends His love to each of you reading this; I wants to pull you up out of whatever hopeless situation you are at, and bring you up to His level. His level is an amazing relationship with Jesus Christ who loves you more than you can imagine. John 3:16, "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son so that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have everlasting life."  Romans 10:9, "That if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, You will be saved."  Christ offers His hand to you to pull you up to His level, a relationship with His Son.

Stay Passionate
 
We all have levels