How many times have you heard the phrase, "Let go and Let God"? It has become a mantra, a chant, a catchy saying to tickle our ears...but is one of Satan's most destructive lies whispered in the ear of the believer.
Living the Christian life requires diligent, intentional, purposeful exercise. Just as your marriage will fail if you fail to participate in it, your life in Christ will flounder if you sit back and passively wait for God to orchestrate life around you in your recliner.
First of all, the Christian life begins not with us, but with Christ. It is in HIM we find all power and strength and might. It is in HIM we find our hope, our comfort, our worth. Once we understand this, then Jesus tells us in His Word, "If you love me, you will obey my commandments." Really? How do you love God from your chair? How do you "do good to them that despitefully use you" from your chair? How do you "assemble yourselves together" from your chair? Oh, and by the way, Jesus gives us FAR more than "10" commandments!
Diligent, intentional, purposeful exercise. Reading God's Word. Praying. Searching the scriptures (not just "reading"). Seeking spiritual food through hearing God's Word preached. Exhorting one another - not just you being encouraged by someone else, but YOU encouraging others!
You don't train for a marathon by running only when God's blows the $5 bill out of your pocket and you have to chase it across the parking lot - you train by running, walking, stretching, climbing, jogging, lifting...you have a PLAN. It's not accidental.
Your Christian life should not be accidental (or incidental) either.
"Study to show yourself approved unto God; a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." 2 Timothy 2:15 Think about what this verse really means; don't gloss over it because it's familiar. ASK God to give you a hunger for His Word...He will give it to you!
Don't float through life today - live unto God intentionally.
~Tammy~
