Day 28 - Deeply rooted
Scripture focus: My counsel for you is simple and straightforward: Just go ahead with what you've been given. You received Christ Jesus, the Master; now live him. You're deeply rooted in him. You're well constructed upon him. You know your way around the faith. Now do what you've been taught. School's out; quit studying the subject and start living it! And let your living spill over into thanksgiving. Colossians 2:6-7 (The Message)
There's an amazing amount of dynamic tension between listening and living.
As we "eat this book" - God's word, it's like having a picture to follow as one works on a puzzle. Without the picture, it would take us forever to figure out a 2000 piece puzzle. I happen to be working on a massive 2000+ puzzle of Vegas. If I didn't have a picture, I would have no clue what I was trying to put together.
Forrest Gump believes life is like a box of chocolates and he makes a compelling argument. I think it's more like a puzzle. And only as we look back on our life from the bird's eye view of heaven will we see the wonderful tapestry God wove in our lives.
So live.
Listen.
Live some more.
Wrestle with the discomfort that comes as we try to live life God's way. (Trust me, it is harder to live independently of him but giving up the habit of trying to get our own way all the time is like detox.)
Learn from the dis-ease.
Go live what you've learned.
Return to your listening.
Knowing in all of this that your life is being molded and shaped by the master.
Recommended reading: Psalms 19-22
- click on the word comments and join our conversation
Copyright 2009 NorthStar Community
No comments:
Post a Comment