Stuck

Hello.

2 things today - the first one is from yesterday's reading in 1 Samuel 21v5.  I know it's taken out of context but it really made me think...

Holy all of the time

v5 'The men's bodies are holy even on missions that are not holy'.

I love this verse.  How often do many of us act all super holy in church, raise our hands in worship, nod in the right places and so on, and then argue with our family, swear, get angry, or whatever when we step outside of that holy place?  How many of us act all holy when we are 'supposed' to be holy, i.e. on missions trips, with other Christians, and so on, but then forget to be holy at other times?

We need to be holy all of the time, whether we are in church or surrounded by Christians or not.  Just like the men referred to in this verse - we need to be and pursue holiness even when we are not on a 'particular' mission.  We should be holy all of the time.  Even on 'missions' or in places that seem less holy and less Godly.  (I would also argue that we are on a mission all of the time...)

Interesting thoughts.


Stuck in traffic - point 2

Awesome stuff - yesterday I decided to do the long drive home mid rush hour and visit my family for the bank holiday weekend.  Inevitably there was lots of traffic and lots of stopping and starting.  Crawling for 6 junctions is not my forté.  Neither is patience.  However it got me thinking...

My purpose was to drive.  My destination was Liverpool.  Yet because I was slowed down and restricted, it was so frustrating!  It felt almost like my vision and purpose were not being achieved and that my destiny was being hindered.

In our journey as Christians, sometimes we can loose sight of our destination because of certain choices or factors which crowd in and hinder us, or put things on hold.  Other times we are hindered or restricted by external factors which are not our fault.  But what do we do?  Here are some thoughts.

1 - Do a pitstop check - make sure we are carrying on smoothly without hinderance.

2 - If we are being hindered, what is holding us back and can we remove it or stop it?  Perhaps it is a negative lifestyle choice, a bad relationship, a decision that needs making and so on.

3 - Live ready.  Sometimes, unfortunately, things do get in our way and there is nothing we can do about it.  I really feel (as I have expressed previously) that I am destined to preach and bind up the broken hearted.  It is my vision and my destiny.  Yet so often it is hindered by external factors like life in general.  Yet if I am not living ready and putting myself in a place for this to happen, should God give me the green light, I may miss the opportunity.  If we are stuck in traffic and are not ready to move when the road ahead clears up, we are going to get into all sorts of trouble - beeping, other drivers taking our place, more hinderance...

4 - Hold on, keep the vision alive, have something to aim for, keep hoping.

Finally this is a good verse to end on from the King James Bible...

Proverbs 29:18
^'Where there is no vision, the people perish'

Have a blessed weekend :)