Life, in my Mind

     Life, in my mind, is not a relentless pursuit for us to find Christ, but an endless attempt to help Christ find those far from Him. It's not that we, as followers, need to convince the population to find Christ but for us to get them to let Christ come to them in their life. How may times did people come to Jesus and ask for His help in the Bible? How many times was Jesus on His way somewhere with no intent of stopping but someone nearby brought the person in need to Christ's attention? How many times did people bring their friends in need to Christ and give them the proof they needed? Now, how many times did people simply say "Hey, you should go find this Jesus guy and check him out." Not nearly as many people as those who brought the proof to the ones who needed it. Our job today is not simply recommending others should seek Christ, but to bring Christ into their lives and give them proof and a reason to accept God and follow Him as so many others have done.

God is Good

Spread the Word.

     How easy is it to proclaim God's word? All we have to do is whatever He tells us to, that's it. Literally the only thing we need to do is follow what He says to the '-T.' Now I can't speak for the divine, however I can almost guarantee that if you do whatever it is He's calling you to do, you will be greatly rewarded. So if it's so easy then why are there so few people doing it? Excuses. Free-will, ego, and not trusting God. Free-will is the thing that allows us to not be mindless robots, (an ability that society is slowly taking away) our 'ego' is what we get when we take free-will for granted and mix it with societal views, and lack of trust is pretty self explanatory. So if we take this relatively simple task God asks us to do, tell the world about Him, and look at it through our human eyes it suddenly becomes complicated. We make excuses when He calls us to spread the word and our free-will gets in the way, "I'd rather play video games than tell people about God." or our ego is too big, "I can't do that, people will think I'm some bible thumping weirdo!" {GOOD!!} or maybe we just straight up don't trust God "No one would listen to me, I'm not a good speaker and I wouldn't know what to say." (I'd just like to point out that Moses wasn't a very good speaker either but he led the Israelites out of slavery from Pharaoh [Exodus chapter 3&4]) Now we've got a seemingly impossible mission with all of these obstacles between us and our goal.
     First, that ego has got to go, my #1 prayer is to become someone who is fearless in their faith so I can proclaim the Gospel at all times and if that labels me as a weirdo, I'm cool with that. Second, we need to re-route our free-will self motivation plays a big part in that. If we take a passive approach to our motivation that can end up being our number one downfall. Changing our free-will approach and being more self motivated can be the number one help we have. Lastly, trust in God. Placing complete trust in God is quite possibly the hardest step in any spiritual journey and at the same time is the most pertinent. It is so difficult because the devil like to play games and make us think we don't deserve our calling or cannot carry out such a task, but I'm here to tell you the devil has NO power over us because Jesus gave His life for our salvation. So, with that bit of information, help from a spiritual mentor, and lots of prayer we can overcome our human inhibitions and move forward to, for, and with God.

God is Good

You can't get anywhere if you don't start somewhere.

     That is probably the most basic rule when it comes to travel, travel for vacation, travel on our career path, even travel for our life. Each persons starting point is different, as is their end place. Physically we (hopefully) all start the same, as babies, but spiritually we're like snowflakes. Each spirit and faith grows and molds separately, two people could have the exact same life experiences yet come away with different spiritual views, but if they've not been given anything to build their faith on, both will crumble. That's where we come in, we are the carpenters and foundation layers with our trucks full of timber and concrete and it is our job to help other people build upon the foundation that is our God. In Matthew 28:19 Jesus tells us to "go and make disciples of all the nations...in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit." Boom! There's our starting point wrapped up in a pretty little bow. All travel uses some sort of guidance source: map, GPS, other people, and sometimes that travel can be a little scary to do alone and that's where we come in, again, we are the hands and feet, not only for those just starting the journey but also for those who have been traveling for a long time. We can be guides for others on their journey and help them find and stay on the path towards Christ and as guides we are equipped with our own GPS (God, Prayer, and Scripture) that we use to lead others. However, we can't do our job as guides unless we do our job as builders, helping people find the right place to lay the foundation for their faith. Read Matthew 28:19 and pray that God will give you (and me) the words, wisdom, and opportunities to lead others to Him.

God is good.