Yesterday was a day of meetings purposefully planned for strategizing how to get work done in the most efficient way. There's a moment when I've been in one too many meetings and feel compelled to do something besides talk about we need to do. I take my own responsibility for planning my share of meetings. But. Seriously, Americans can meet like no one else. I'm not saying we should quit meeting, I believe in the value of planning and preparing; however, I'm saying we need to rethink the way we use time, quit talking about everything that needs to be done, and do something. It works the same for lists. I've always been the kind of person who found more enjoyment from checking off the list than making it; spending time making lists makes no sense, if, we are not going to keep track of what is and is not done.
Learning to Kickstart the day doing something--actively participating in life,
Kerrie
(written by Kerrie Carlisle Palmer © 2011 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED)
My point is this, nothing is going to happen until we do something. I wonder how much we miss when we settle into a routine of getting through the day, "talking" about life without "doing" whatever God has planned for the day.Consider.
Then Jesus said to him, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.” At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked. (John 5:9-10, NIV)I've wrote about this section of scripture before. It speaks to me about actively participating in the plan God has for us, doing what Jesus says to do. These words are from a conversation between Jesus and a man, who had been paralyzed for decades, stuck on a mat beside healing waters, watching others dip into the water, experiencing healing. The man sat back and waited for help as if he did not have any responsibility in his own life to actively seek a way to get into the water. Jesus told him to do something: "Get up! Pick up your mat and walk."
The thing is . . . life in Christ is not about being rescued . . . but about being redeemed, made new, actively participating in life, doing what God says to do, experiencing the gift of the day.Sometimes we get lost in the stuff of life, distancing ourselves from God, missing what has been planned because we do not trust what God has said to do:
- Stop.
- Breathe.
- Reconnect with God.
- Step into the plan God has for you today . . . participating in life, experiencing the gift of the day.
- Get up--take action.
- Pick up your mat--do something!
- Walk--follow Christ, strengthened and empowered to do all things He has for you to do.
Learning to Kickstart the day doing something--actively participating in life,
Kerrie
(written by Kerrie Carlisle Palmer © 2011 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED)