contemplations on my own little piece of the world

I love being where I'm at. To me, there's nothing greater than knowing you are loved by God. God first thought of me, wished me into being, created my world around me, then chose to show his love to me. That's a lot of 'me' but it's really all about him. His thougths, his wishes, his creations, his choices... I may be self centered when it comes to a lot of things, but sometimes that self centeredness just returns me back to God. It seems a bit backwards, but consider this: next time you are looking at some great thing that you accomplished, say to yourself, "that's cool, but can you grow a palm tree in the antarctic?" God could.

God doesn't want us to think of ourselves in a negative light, but he does want us to focus our attention on Him. Here's one way, albeit different from the way most people think...

You hear someone talking about their 'calling'. The magnificent idea that God wants us to do something productive with our life; that sounds like a great idea to me. I do not negate that God, indeed has a plan for all of our lives and we all do have a purpose, but what if God made you chose between His calling and Him? It sounds a bit strange, but consider yourself involved highly in a ministry that reaches out to millions of people daily and spreads the love of God to all corners of the world... would God ever ask you to give that up? He could. He can do anything. Our initial question is, "Why would God ask me to do that?" but our question really should be, "If it was between spending time with God and following His calling in my life, would I give up my calling?"

I hope the answer would be yes. For Christians, our primary point in life should be about Jesus. It shouldn't be about what He wants to do in my life, how we can better his church, and all the trimmings. It should be about Him. Jesus. The person. God. Redemption. When he says to drop everything and follow Him, he's asking us to drop the life we hold onto for something much better. It's our relationship with Him that matters. Everything else is gravy.

Would you let go of your calling for Jesus?

Acts 26:15 "Then I asked, 'Who are you God?'"