“What do you want to do today?”
“I dunno. What do you want to do?”
My husband and I did this, back and forth, for
almost an hour. It was a beautiful Saturday morning, the kids were gone and Greg
and I had most of the day to ourselves. We just couldn’t decide what to do with
it. We’d come up with good ideas but indecision and lack of motivation just
couldn’t separate us from the couch.
The sad thing is I’ve done this more than once. Not
just trying to decide how to spend a Saturday afternoon, but how I should serve
the Kingdom. There may be a lot of good options, but indecision and lack of
motivation keep me sitting on the couch.
Sound familiar? Have you wasted precious time trying
to decide what to do with precious time?
“God, what do you want me to do?”
“Did I really understand what you said, God?”
“I’ll just wait on You, God, until I feel I have
heard you more clearly.”
Have you said any of these before? Are you saying
them now? All too often we wait to see a heavenly neon sign before we’ll begin
our journey of faith. But that’s not what God wants from us. He wants us to
lace up our shoes, push the door wide open and step out in faith. Instead, we
sit on the couch batting around a few ideas but don’t pursue any of them.
Trust me; I know how it feels to be afraid,
uninspired or even indifferent. But I also know how it feels to be excited,
motivated and invigorated. It wasn’t until I decided to do SOMETHING to serve
God that He led me to the RIGHT THING. ‘You can’t steer a parked car!’ Just
start somewhere.
Oh, in case you were wondering how our Saturday
turned out. Greg and I found a restaurant we hadn’t been to, shared some tasty Mediterranean
pizza as we discussed our plans for the future, and then saw a movie in which a
lot of things got blown up. It was a Win/Win! And it all started by leaving the
couch…
Be blessed,
Jennifer
“Commit
to the Lord whatever you do, and He will establish your plans.” Proverbs 16:3
1 comments:
Love that, "you can't steer a parked car!" Thank you Jennifer!
-Adam Carey
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