Before reading, please watch this: Background
That song pretty much wraps up everything I'm hoping to say in this post, but as this is my blog for my thoughts on life, here are a few words from me:
Often I find myself letting God play the background in my life, instead of the other way around. While God has a voice in my life, it's not as loud or as important as my own. And as I pray that y'all find it easier to let God take the lead in your life, I can't help but think that at least some other person who reads this has the same problem as I (whoever you are, this one's for you!).
I'm humbled as I write to you that this very day I have lived more for myself than for the Lord who died for me. While I read my Bible and prayed, sang Christian music on the way to work (and at work (my coworkers just adore me (sarcasm))), my focus was not on glorifying my maker, but on glorifying myself. And at the end of the day, how do I feel? Broken hearted over lost time and lost opportunities.
Most of my coworkers are "Christians" (as in, claim the name but that's about it), and I truly want to be a light to them. But I think I was stuck in this mentality of "waiting on God." And while this is a completely Biblical principle, I was going about it completely wrong. When we wait for God to move in our lives, we are to be already moving in order to be God's tools for spreading his fame. It's not a time to sit down and waste time till God shows up; it's a time to be moving towards God and inviting him to show up. Practically? It's not a time to be quiet about God until it pops up comfortably in the conversation. It's time to speak up and act up for God knowing that he will show up, because in reality he's been there the whole time. It's time to get on our knees and invite God to take center stage of our lives, to give us the courage to take the background. So instead of it being my life and God can chime in when I stop talking, my life is now His, and if I speak it is to reflect what he says, and if I move it is to reflect what he did. You see, when God takes center stage in my life, I'm the shadow. I don't question the next step to take or whether God will show up soon, because I'm just following his lead, I'm right behind him.
So will I continue to wait on God? Yes, but not by sitting still and letting my life take the forefront till God wants to do something else. My job is to prepare the way for the Lord, and I can't do that when I'm focused on me. So I'll be stepping to the background so God has as much room to move as possible. It may mean not saying that rude comment, it may mean not being cool, and it may mean some difficult conversations, in fact, I believe it will mean all of these things. But since God's the lead and I'm just the background I can trust his direction. I can rest assured that my labor is not in vain.
Christ died for me, therefore, I die daily to myself. I am not my own, I was bought with a price. And so were you. Therefore, honor God with your body.
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