I kinda like being comfortable. I like it when things are ordered and moving along as planned. It is nice when things move along smoothly. Do you like it when things are comfortable and ordered and all seems good?
Yet it is dangerous to live on cruise control. When we are just cruising down the rut it is sometimes hard to see what is going on outside of our little trench. And isn’t a little excitement OK sometimes? Isn’t it invigorating to feel the tension of the unknown or the “what if”?
In John 14 Jesus states that He is the way, the truth, and the life. To know Jesus is to know God. It raises the question in my mind: how well do I know Jesus? Do I really know enough of Him? Or am I on cruise in my relationship with Jesus? Or do I read the Word with questions? How will I know Him better today? How will this word cause me to grow? To trust Him more?
No one is ” there” yet. All of us have room to grow, to know Him better, to trust Him more. To seek these things brings us to the edge of the unknown. Step out – it’s kinda exciting out here.
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In Charge by One
When Samuel went to Bethlehem to anoint Israel’s next king, he was looking for what we often look for in a leader – strong, powerful, mighty, charismatic… Some of these are surface characteristics but others are ‘hidden’ or are things we can sense about someone. But this is some of the typical list that we look for in our leaders. They are also characteristics that many of us would like applied to ourselves as well!
But God told Samuel ‘No, no no!’ God told him that it is what is in the heart that matters. In essence, God told him, ‘To rule my people Israel, faithfulness to me is what matters.’ A heart for God is what counts. To rule or leas from the perspective of God is what is needed.
It is still what matters today. It does not matter if you own your own business or if you are in charge or a large number of people. To live with a heart turned to God matters just as much as if you are only leading yourself. Most of us fall somewhere in between owning our own business and leading just ourselves. It does not matter. Leading a God-filled, spirit-led life is ALL that matters. And we each are fully in charge of whether or not we live that way. Seek God. Love God. Share God.
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