Well, I'm really just posting because I'm in one of those rare moods where one just feels like saying something constructive to thousands of people online...not that thousands read this blog just yet, but we all know what I'm talking about.
God has been doing a lot in my life recently. He's truly been challenging me to look beyond my circumstances. Have you ever felt like God wasn't there for you when you've needed Him most? I know I feel like that plenty of times. We tend to get distracted by just the stuff of our daily lives, and so God seems far away as a result. As a student, I'm pretty much busy from the "time I wake up 'til the time I go to bed, He's in my heart and in my head...." Okay, just ignore that quote. What I was saying is that my schedule is pretty full. It's hard to see God on campus, or at Wal-Mart ( or at a red box movie rental machine...but I'm not going to go into that story ) if our hearts are not in the right place.
If all we're looking at is what we're looking at, then we're missing the point. Think about that last sentence. If we think all there is to life is what we can see with our own eyes, touch with our own hands, hear with our own ears, smell with our own nose, and taste with our own tongue... ( There goes the five senses for you ) we're missing the big picture. Its truly a culture shock every time I come from somewhere and go to church after wards. But why is it such a shock to me? Should it be a shock? I'm starting to think that it shouldn't.
We must get to a place where we're not compartmentalizing different aspects of our lives. What I mean is that most of tend to say we "have a life" after school or "have a life" after church or "have a life" after work; this is the partition mentality. Where we segregate every different area of our life. Notice how I said these are all areas of our lives. We really do only have one life, people. And I don't mean life in the sense of living and breathing, I mean it in the sense of our day-to-day existence. What is a normal day in the life of Christina? I go to school during the day, then do extracurriculars ( school clubs and the like), and last I'm off to a meeting at church or a special event ( and if nothing's going on, I go home and relax, think about doing my homework, and get ready for the next day )
And this is where the problem starts. See how church is separated from everything else? Why do we do that? Aren't we the Body of Christ? Are we not the church? If so, why does it take us getting within those four walls for anything meaningful and significant to happen? Shouldn't our relationship with God bleed into every part of our existence? Is our spirituality merely something to be taken into consideration on Sunday morning? I know this might be intense, but we must begin to realize that our lives should so be impacted by God that we can't help but see others around us being touched by His love. We don't need to conjure something up; the move of God should be natural in the life of a believer.
What I want you all to do is just think about your day-to-day life. When was the last time you prayed for someone at school? Helped out because you genuinely wanted to make a difference in your sphere of influence? Seen a person's life touched simply due to the fact that you were there and open to what God was doing in them? Picked up someone's pencil or pen when they dropped it? When was the last time you made a difference?
Why does it seem no one knows that you're a follower of Christ? Why doesn't your life reflect the changes you say have taken place in your heart? Where is your passion for the kid sitting next to you on the school bus or your co-workers on the job? When will you take a stand and actually do some of the things you've always wanted to do? If you've always wanted to see a new dance team started up that's focused on honoring God, then start it. If you've always wanted to see your classmates surrender their lives to God, then start talking to them about it. If you want to see the things that will impact your school, home, workplace, doughnut factory, whatever...be the change. Be the one to take a stand. If you're passionately pursuing the heart of God, then you have everything that you need at your disposal.
What are you waiting for?
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