When I'm in the wilderness, alone for a time and able to think about something other than the most pressing and urgent issue of the hour, my mind fixes on one matter or another and I drill down. Maybe I tend toward "OCD of the Mind." Maybe I can stay on topic because there's nothing pulling me away and demanding my attention. I'm not sure why, but when I'm surrounded by God's creation the only thing distracting me is the beauty and majesty of the wilderness, which is the very thing that helps me concentrate.
As these Sandhill Cranes flew over my head this evening, I almost missed the shot because I was thinking about "how" I'm living: my pace, my priorities and my peace. Martin Luther suggested the church should live as if Jesus died yesterday, rose from the dead this morning and is coming back tomorrow. That's worth considering and if that's true, I wonder how the people who know me would grade my life so far. I wonder if I'm fairly grading myself.
My aim is to complete the task Jesus gave me. At the end of the day, HE is the one who grades me; HE is the one who evaluates the way I live my life while I'm on The Jesus Way.
Acts 20:24 - I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.
Mark - Thank you for sharing the call to self-examination. It comes at a good time for me.
Posted by: Andrewconard | October 06, 2011 at 11:19 AM