Get a Life!
Yesterday, one of my staff members told me, "You need to get a life." Interestingly enough, I have a life.
I can't say that it's my life, really. I'm at a place in my journey where I am coming to the realization and acceptance that "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave Himself for me." (Galatians 2:20)
In "A Chance To Die" Elisabeth Elliot speaks about the life of Amy Carmichael: "Missionary social activities were not Amy's cup of tea. How to justify the time spent in this way? It was like making daisy chains while people were plunging blindly over a precipice."
I think the apostle Paul had similar thoughts when he wrote: "What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's." ( 1 Corinthians 6:19-21)
By my way of thinking, this means... hm... my life does not belong to me. I live in the flesh to serve a Master. I am called and drawn to a greater, higher purpose.
Who's life are you living today?
posted by Mission Musings @ 8:00 PM
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As the staff member who told Michelle she had no life, I feel I should respond to this post!
Why should we make a chain of Daisies, in which Amy saw no worth? I might ask why God even bothered to create beautiful things like Daisies, friendships, hobbies, etc. I think that He enjoys the beautiful things of the world, and that by enjoying them we worship Him.
In reading through Acts recently, I noticed that even Paul did not have a 24/7, rush rush rush approach to ministry. He often worked full time making tents, preaching and discussing Jesus on the Sabbath at the Synagogue. He didn't preach on the streets every night, and it doesn't even say that Paul witnessed to every person he contacted while making tents. Maybe he did, but we can't know for sure. Even though he only evangelized once a week, thousands came to Christ. Praise be to God!
The troubles of the world are too large for human shoulders. God has given some the strength to minister to others with every ounce of their strength. Others need times when they leave the lost in God's hands, taking a retreat to regroup, let their wounds heal, and later head back into battle.
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