| | ok, so i have been taking alot of flack for not posting. so i am now posting.
post.
anyway. i dont have much to write of. i am continually pushed by god to
be his hands and feet. i like this. ill be honest, i dont know exactly
what this means, but ill do it. when i sit and think about being hands
and feet i think of going and doing. i work with my hands all day. im a
carpenter and i make beautiful things out of long sticks of wood and
blank walls. i am constantly on my feet. i have to walk across the
house to use my hands to install the piece of moulding i have just cut
to the right size for the fit i need. ACTION. going and doing requires
action. where does action come from? MOTIVATION. what is compelling me
to make the right cut and walk across the house and install the
piece? what is it that would prompt me to move to uganda to teach
displaced children simple english and math. why would i want to go to
honduras and work with two people i barely know and with kids that have
a disease that scares me to death in a country with a language i cant
understand. what is my motivation for not having a cigarette at work
when i really want one, or not saying something i shouldnt in front of
someone who might not know me so well and think of me as a
hypocrite. what is my motivation? CHRIST. he gave up his life for
mine. That is love. "greater love has no one than this that a man lay
down his life for his friends." And we are even greater than
friends. this love is not just for me, but for the whole
world.
My whole point is that we need to put action to the motivation of the
holy spirit in us.... being the hands and feet cannot be easy. its
against everything in us. have we forgotten that lost art of suffering.
did paul not say he had to beat his body into subjection. if its
tough, does that mean its not Gods will, tell that to a
missionary whos about to lose his head for going and doing. tell
that to the business professional who turned down a bribe for thousands
just so he or she could honor christ. the hands and feet get things
done at all cost. the hands and feet move and pursue. the hands and
feet serve. the hands and feet love. the hands and feet look past
themselves. the hands and feet look past the temporal and to eternity.
the hands and feet look for truth and act on it. the hands and feet
trust. the hands and feet live above reproach so there will be no
question. the hands and feet are the motivated that will do whatever it
takes to fulfill that motivation.
just a thought.
|
| | Posted 2/1/2006 7:00 PM - 45 Views - 8 eProps - 4 comments
- recommend
  - recs0
- share
- email
 - sent0
|
