Disciplined!

I read a quote this week that simply said, "The first person you lead is you". WOW!

I think far to often than not, we as people, get so caught up in the rat race of life. That from the moment our alarm clock goes off until the last thing we remember is our head hitting the pillow. We are on the go. We are creatures of habit.

So as I read that qoute, I began to think. We as Christ followers get so obsessed with the things of life that we believe have to get done. That we truly miss out on what it actually is that should get done.

I have a friend, who has over the past several months kept reminding me that all God is asking is for us as His children is to "be still and know that He is God". A passage I believe is often quoted, but very rarely obeyed.

I have been asking myself what is it that God is trying to tell us there? Then it hit me. "shut up, slow down, and just listen". You know God wants to speak to us, the problem is that we are too busy to listen.

I don't know about you, but when I was a kid and didn't listen to my earthly father, there was some form of discipline. And what I have found out is that it was usually never very pleasant.

So my question is this, if we don't take the time to slow down and discipline ourselves to really find out what it is God is telling us to do, then how can we as Christ followers complain about some of the circumstances we have gotten ourselves in to?

Just some thoughts!

In Him,
Pastor Bobby