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i have a staff meeting every Wednesday at 9am. we always start our meeting off with some sort of a bible study led by one of the staff members. we currently working through one chapter of the psalms per week. this week was juan, our hispanic pastor. i got some thoughts in this discussion i though i’d share…
tonight, i am teaching out of romans 12:1, where it talks a little about God’s mercy, and the idea of “worship”. this had been on my mind. the idea that everything we do is a spiritual act of worship has not left my mind, which i suppose is irony at its best. so im not sure if ill share some of this tonight or not, so i figured id jot them down here.
“lifestyle worship”, or the idea that worship is not “singing” for 20 minutes of a sunday, involves everyday little choices that either point us to God, or away from him.
another thought that has been roaming my brain is many people think life is boring. or to be more specific, they think the “Christ-following life” is boring. a life with a bunch of “do’s” and “do not’s”. pretty uneventful to say the least. but what i have found, in the roller coaster that is my “spiritual” life, is that the Christ-following life is never boring. and usually if it is boring, if i find myself in a rut, or subscribe to the ideal that being a christian is just adhering to some rules… lets be honest… its my fault. (the afoirementioned statement is a tough one for me, as to say, if you have ever talked to me for more than 3 seconds, you will find me to not only be an incredibly flawed person, but most of all, pretty prideful… but i digest…)
we (i) look for things to fill our (my) boredom: myspace, facebook, txting, TV, movies, music, emailing, blogging, calling people, and there are so many traps that i face on a day to day basis.
but, what i found, is that if we (i) commit ourselves (myself) to God and walk with him, life will never be boring! sometimes it might be painful, dramatic, exciting, embarrassing, or challenging, but never boring.
“certain of uncertainties”: to hold tight onto God, and hold everything else loosely. psalm 19:30 says God’s ways are perfect, and jeremiah 29:11 elaborates on the idea that God has a plan for you (me) and its awesome!
but the final thought that put the delicious icing on the cake was this, we (i) as busy people, have to plan to be interrupted. we have to build into our lives moments where we’re looking for God. if we do not plan to be interrupted, we will continue on our merry way, as planned by our (my) blackberry’s and never give any thought to a God that is waiting for us to try his way out.
but the scary thought is, once we try God’s way, we know there is nothing better… and what do we do about our “lives” we have behind in pursuit of a God that has saved us, redeemed us, consecrated us, loves us, and has a perfect plan for us?
the choice is our i suppose. and that choice lyes there, masked in the everyday ordinary choices we think has no bearing on our walk with Jesus. and i suppose thats the trap.
i hope you try to make yourself available.
i hope you try and make yourself aware of what God is doing.
and i pray you (i) say yes to God’s perfect and pleasing plan he has for you… and me.
-A
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