Hey Jonathan, in small group we watched this nooma video by this guy named Rob Bell. I have put a short clip of it on here for you to check out:
As I watched this video I really began to look at my own life. Now, I have been really stressed out lately with our new student center remodel and getting ready to preach this weekend in the adult services and launching the new middle school and high school services, and their websites etc... and it has been stinkin taking a toll on my life. I have been staying up late, getting up early and I feel like I am running so fast...faster than I want to. I have been running so fast that I haven't had time to really ENJOY my relationship with God. I have been spending time praying and reading but not just sitting and BEING with Him and enjoying His presence. So, we are watching this video in small groups and it hit me. My life is a breath. And the breath that I have has been given to me by my Creator! and it was time for me to slow down... to spend time ENJOYING the most important things in my life. I feel like we get so often get consumed with the day to day work and school and entertainment that when it comes time to be with the most important people we have in life (i.e. GOD and family) that we are either too tired or too stressed to spend that quality time. See there is a big difference between spending time, and spending quality time.
So all this stuff is going through my head and I sit down on Monday night to do my daily devotional and I read this scripture that jumped off the page:
Phillippians 4
4 Always be full of joy in the Lord. I say it again rejoice! 5 Let everyone see that you are considerate in all you do...
6 Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. 7 Then you will experience God's peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.
Holy CRAP! It was this divine moment that God was clearly speaking to me through His word. I have read this scripture many times but on Monday night when I sat down I had no idea the impact it was going to have on my life. I have been doing exactly opposite of what this verse was telling me to do. I had been worrying about everything and viewing everything as a task instead of taking joy in those tasks and I had no peace. So that night everything changed and believe it or not the past two days have been some of the best days I have had. FULL of JOY and AT PEACE.
So I am saying all this to tell you: SLOW DOWN...Count it all Joy...Stop Worrying so much about the future and enjoy God today and He will take care of it.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Count it all Joy
1 comments:
Wow that is a great video and blog post. It makes me think about the brevity of life and how we have no real control over it. I had read this before Mr. Hanson passed away but with his passing it even takes on greater meaning for me. I am sure you will agree we will not enjoy every moment of ministry but we can't get so wrapped up in it that we miss enjoying the God we serve in ministry. We should enjoy Him and the ministry he has called us to.
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