A friend of mine has
traveled the world helping children be freed from oppressive harm. She is one
of the individuals that believe God does have a plan for the poor, the
discarded, the hurting, and the helpless.
Put simply and succinctly, the plan is that you and I are to reach the
world through our life in Christ.
Do the plans of God
drive us or our we driven by our own plans?
Living beyond our
busy-crammed-schedule can seem impossible despite the desire to make a
difference. The thing is . . . it may seem we do not have enough time to be interrupted . . . even if it is God
who is knocking at the door of our life.
Have
you been there?
It is frightening to
think that I could miss out on God’s plan because I am too busy. In the end, you and I need to admit that
busyness is more about being centered on self than on what God has planned for
us. We become so obsessed with the
daily details that we forget our purpose. Yet . . . in God’s grace . . . we
have been given the Spirit of God to transform our mind:
And
do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your
mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and
acceptable and perfect. Romans 12:2
We have got to know
that there is more to life than an all-consuming calendar. Clarity comes through the presence of the
Spirit of God rather than crossing one more thing off the to-do-list. The key is an ongoing relationship with
Christ . . . going to His Word on a daily basis . . . guided and led through
the maze of things that seem so important to do. Change, i.e., transformation, occurs as the
mind is renewed through reading and studying of God’s Word on a daily basis.
Live out the plan of
God.
Renew your mind.
Refuse to let your
life be directed by a busy-crammed-schedule.
Learning with you to KICK START the day renewed,
Pastor
Kerrie
(written
by Kerrie Palmer © 2010 All Rights Reserved)
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