Quite often I examine my sensitivity to God’s voice as I move through the day, aware of His presence. I remember going to work each day and doing the things that were expected of me in order to bring home a paycheck at the end of the week. My routine seldom varied, yet I was happy. I’m not one for sports, physical fitness at a gym or meeting people that I don’t know. It was just a content-filled environment that I had grown accustom to.
I’m conscious of God’s presence and I know His voice when He speaks, but the problem I surround myself with is non-involvement. Yes, I share Christ with others when I have the opportunity, but ministries that I once involved myself with is the deficiency that troubles me. God is speaking to me through this writing and I hope you hear His voice as well.
The older I get the less enthusiastic I am in committing myself to something. I’m enjoying retirement and the status-quo of doing nothing. The passing of time hasn’t changed, but I’m cognacs that it’s slipping by as the Bible stated that it would. Life is but a vapor; here today, gone tomorrow. My drive for adventures is not what it once was and I wonder why, but in my heart I know.
We can become comfortable doing nothing; getting up in the morning; going to work or in my case doing what I want to do; and then go to bed, only to repeat the same things over again the following day. The next thing we know it’s Friday and the source that supplies our living has paid off once again—the payroll check being the ultimate goal, or for me, just another week gone.
The problem with a contented, non-eventful existence is that it has limitations. Though we are comfortable living the life we have chosen, we sense something is missing. We watch the sun’s light dissipating as night greets us and we utter to ourselves, “It’s another day gone.” We not only limit ourselves the experiences of new ventures, we allow our God given talents and testimony to be hidden from view. The longer we sit idle the deeper we enter into the, “No Work Zone.”
I’m not talking about our jobs that pay the bills; I’m talking about the work of the Lord. When a person ceases to motivate themselves by stirring up life that’s within them, another day passes with little to look back upon. When we were busy doing God’s work, the praises that came from our lips at the end of the day went something like this, “Today was a glorious day to serve the Lord!” Remember these words? When was the last time you spoke them? Have they become only memories?
We have ourselves to blame for the limitations we place upon our involvement in doing a work for the Lord. There is something about the thrill of looking forward to an event. It keeps us healthy and stirred up with excitement about living, while we walk by faith and allow God to have His way in our life.
Memories of long time friends, past experiences in serving God, and those special times when God worked mightily through us, become just that…memories. We need to kick ourselves in the pants and have an every day adventure with God like we once did. It’s only ourselves keeping us from enjoying the energetic and inspiring walk we once had with God. Though things are in right prospective with Him, and we serve and love Him each day, still He wants us to live victoriously with vim and vigor; with a skip in our walk.
Look at Moses. He was up in years when a new zeal captured his daily routine. God and one man set the course for generations to come through his obedience to God.
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God wants to work through you to set the captives free from bondage of sin. All He needs is a willing heart, and He’ll do the rest. Every day will be something to look forward to, because you are alive with anticipation of, “What’s next!” Today’s ventures will be the talk of the evening as the sun sets in the West. All it takes is a made up mind to draw closer to God and a plan of action to help you achieve your goals. Follow through is the solution to the dawning of a new walk with Jesus.
Papa Boyd
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