Pastor also talked about three practical things we can do to realize our limitations and show our dependance on God. Did you commit to one of the three things - to establish rhythm, sleep well or play well? Are there other practical things we can do to show our dependance on God? Share your thoughts here.
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for me to come into contact with my limitations is both a discouraging and optimistic thing. so much of what i read in scripture about love, peace, reconciliation, and justice challenges me and make me feel so inept and unworthy to follow Christ. who am i, anyway? it feels so often like the calling of a Christ follower is the greatest and most difficult call one could accept. it really is a call to suffer and do whatever it takes to be used to bring about God's Kingdom in our earthly structures.
this week as my thoughts and perspectives turn inward it has been tough to see just how much of me and how i operate is so unlike Christ and His Way. there is so much of me that needs to learn and grow in faith. i want to be the kind of person who loves people without expectation or agenda. i think this is what God is calling me to and challenging me to let Him shed all the stuff that gets in the way.
i feel so humbled that God loves and cares for us all. so humbled that He calls me His child. i feel loved.
“Who am I, anyway?” That is such a great question. It is one that I have asked time and time again. Personally, this question is always followed by another…”and what am I supposed to be doing?”. Pastor Andy said in his sermon that people always start with the question “What do you do?”. How can I respond when the truth is, I don’t know. Here is what I do know, I am a Christian called by Christ to live a holy life, to worship Him, and serve Him. I know that God has intended my life to be so much more than it is right now…I have a calling to some greater purpose. Unfortunatly this is so general. I still am not clear on where or how this calling is supposed to be played out in my life. I am studying Theology to prepare me for a future that is not even clear.
In recent weeks I have realized my need to take my understanding of my calling, what little understanding that may be, and turn it into action. I have realized that it does little good to sit and ponder what I am supposed to do if in the end I fail to do anything. To do this I am seeking out ways in my day to day life that I can serve God. Whether this be helping at church workdays, volunteering to take on some extra duties at work to help out a coworker, or simply providing an ear willing to listen to a friend vent. I also realize that in order to serve God I must rely on Him and this includes taking personal time to “play” so that I can be rejuvenated.
J,
I really resonate with your resolve to turn faith into action. The things you listed are all great ways to serve God (especially the work days!). I have been challenged on that very point as well. I have been asking myself the question, Do I really practice what I preach? Are my words backed up by my life? When I call people to build relationships, am I building relationships myself?
My prayer is that I would be an Action Christian. One who not only professes faith with my mouth, but shows faith in Christ through the works of my hands. I pray that we would be a community of action as well.
May we serve well together!
P.S. A great book to read on being a person of action is An Irresistible Revolution by Shane Clairborn.
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