Above the Water

Now that I'm starting to get more oxygen (even though I'm sick right now), there are a couple things I'm realizing:

1. Doing service just for the sake of receiving recognition is its own reward. We have to posture ourselves to become servants instead of just serving on occasion to feed off of the praise of men. MUFHH: It is ingrained in us that we have to do exceptional things for God—but we do not. We have to be exceptional in the ordinary things of life, and holy on the ordinary streets, among ordinary people—and this is not learned in five minutes.

2. God will provide everything you need if you put his kingdom and righteousness first. There are way too many short cuts in this country and not nearly enough reminders that our God has more than enough to satisfy our every desire. God can give me a job. God can give me a supportive and loving family. God can give me genuine friends. We cannot out give God. Knowing this, we must continually pour ourselves out to each other. I am not done serving just because I'm finished with a pastorate.

I have to stop making decisions in my life based on worry or lack of faith. It's not enough for faith to line the major decisions of one's life. Faith should drive us every day even in the little things.