There is something about being in the middle that is comforting. You know, mediocre, middle. Not too far on one side or the other. Not too far down that one road that would be hard to find a place to turn around. The problem with the middle, though, is the obscurity. There isn’t much clarity there.
Have you ever found yourself in the middle thinking something like “I don’t even have to do anything because the people on the edges will take care of it”? When you firmly choose a side on a matter or in the way you live your life, judgment ensues. If you’re in the middle, rare is the comment about your position.
I found truth today. There is no sitting in the middle when it comes to God. You either get caught up in the world or you firmly place your trust and life in God’s care. I often think I must be a little weird because I can’t talk with others about the current fad of TV series. I can’t comment on all the world drama unfolding on the news and on the Internet. I feel sensitive to what I would call trash being shown, sung, and played out on social media.
Where does God have me in all this? I recognize his truth that you cannot serve two masters. You cannot function well playing on both teams. You are spread thin, compromised and depleted. How does one enjoy the cool things that the world has to offer without being sucked in and swallowed up by Satan’s clever tactic of diversion?
I just watched a cool little video where Prince is playing guitar. Someone I respect mentioned that Prince is the best guitar player of all time. So I watched Prince play “While My Guitar Silently Weeps”. How did Prince get to be that good on the guitar? Was it random happenings that took him there? Was it his 10,000 hours as Malcolm Gladwell might suggest? Or does his gift come from a different place? And while he was becoming great, where was his focus, who/what is his God?
There is no judgment here, just a question, complex or simple, you decide. Can I spend my life becoming great at something apart from God’s will and allowance? And if I focus my time on that thing, becoming the best, am I neglecting the One who has given provision to me in the first place?
All I know to do is give all that I know of me to all that I know of God. I choose Him and am curious to see how he works out my life. And do all that I do in a day to the glory of God!!
Listen to me, all you in the distant lands! Pay attention, you who are far away! The Lord called me before my birth; from within the womb he called me by name. He made my words of judgment as sharp as a sword. He has hidden me in the shadow of his hand. I am like a sharp arrow in his quiver. He said to me, you are my servant, Israel, and you will bring me glory. I replied, “but my work seems so useless! I have spent my strength for nothing and no purpose. Yet I leave it in the Lord’s hand; I will trust God for my reward.”…And now the Lord speaks…”You will do more than restore the people of Israel to me. I will make you a light to the Gentiles, and you will bring my salvation to the ends of the earth.” (Isaiah 49:1-4,6)
My friends pick a team today. Do everything that you are doing for the glory of God and there will be no need to worry that our work is useless. He has saved us for just a time as this. No one above the other, all just walking each other home. Focus on the One who saves and put your life in his hands.
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