Someone said to me a while back, that if you honestly believe that God has told you to do something, isn't it rebellion to not do that thing completely. There are areas of my life where according to this statement I am living in rebellion, and I MUST fix this! I must!
I believe God has been asking me to do.
(1) more sleep, water, & movement
(2) prayer & praise and study & meditation
(build and maintain home altars)
(3) honor God in the "doing"
(work is my worship and mission field)
(4) love, trust, rejoice, be thankful, and be a blessing
Years ago when I jumped out of illness and disability into a full life, I was warned about taking on too much. But I was so eager to have my life filled again with productivity and doing, that I over-filled it with "I can do that"s, and did not fully heed the warning about the costs. I have paid (and in some ways I am still paying) those costs; the neglect of valuable "other things" and erosion in critical areas of life and health. Now it is time to rebuild. Rebuilding starts with demolition, the removal of the things that no longer belong here and/or are not part of the new plans. Rest assured, as in many renovations, not everything is being removed. There is some solid good stuff in my life that will stay; there are things in my life that are healthy and beneficial to life, love, and Godliness. However, some things will be removed in the process of building a new thing. For now, in order to "do more", I must "do less".
It may seem like I am retreating but really it is just the shifting of some things to pursue a commitment to health, righteousness and excellence in ALL areas of my life.
I move forward in my determined commitment to change (to obey and do the things God is telling me to do) with the hope of renovation and restoration.
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