I am sitting in a coffee shop...listening to some music...trying to figure out what it means to keep up. Blog this...Twitter that...and not to mention face book. It's easy to make ourselves available at any given moment! And I'll admit I fall into those little techie marvels just like anyone else...
But sometimes I wonder... What would it look like if I chose to make myself available for God in the same way that I make myself available to everything else. There is always a new demand, a new thing to try, a new course of action to take - which are often very legitimate. In fact allot of those ventures I would put under the God category...but in pursuit of doing things for God, how often do I miss my intentional time/availability/openness to God?
Every day I wake and a new adventure lays before me. Instantly I recognize the lists of things that have to get done today, the people to reach out to, the "problems" to solve. Somewhere in those moments I hear a whisper. I will be the first to admit that I ignore that whisper...again...I have so much to do!
That whisper speaks to my heart. Are you available to meet with me today? Are you available to move to the beat of my heart? Are you available to answer my call...CHAD, ARE YOU AVAILABLE TO ME?
I want my answer to be yes! However, my life must be a reflection of the words that come out of my mouth...Will I be available? Will you be available?
Hi there,
ReplyDeleteWe've never met, but my friends attend your church and I visited one time, soon to be twice. Ironically enough, we are now also friends on Facebook, the one place where you can be friends and strangers at the same time.
I followed your link and enjoyed reading your first blog post. Welcome to the blogosphere as we call it. I've been blogging for almost two years and it's a place quite like home for me.
What you spoke about, listening for God's voice and being willing to listen in the busyness of our lives reminded me of a passage from the book I'm reading. It's called "So you don't want to go to church anymore" by Wayne Jacobsen.
The passage speaks of two men discussing the letter from Jesus to Ephesus in Revelation.
"He (Jesus) chided them for losing their first love. ...What they lacked created such a vacuum that any good they might have accomplished was swallowed up by it. They had left the ravishing love they had for Jesus in the beginning. Without it, their service was meaningless. You can get so busy working for Him that you lose sight of knowing Him. Too little of it was motivated by their love for Him or His for them. That made everything else they did not just worthless, but destructive actually."
It gave me some good food for thought, and I hope it does for you too.
Sincerely,
Kelly R.
Thanks Kelly for your thoughts...It's so true how ofte we operate out of a pereived love for Christ but not really a passionate love for Christ. It seems to be more obligation then real. When you come visit again, i'd love to meet you!
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