Jedidiah is a company that I can really get behind and so should everyone else. Life is about commuinity and creating atmospheres that cultivate connections.
Recently I have spent some time in Florida with some really awesome people who love Jesus and love people. While there are tons of people in Michigan that are this same way it was cool to get out of town and really reflect on my life and the ministries that I’m involved in, as well as my life (which in many ways is “ministry”). But while I was down there I was really confronted by my own laziness, I realized how empty many of the good things I was doing were. I was able to see that in my life I was not truly pouring myself out and had little passion and joy.
While I was down there I was pondering and this is what came out…
God created us in joy, we were created for joy, so that we might find joy in him.
Really what I’m going at is, when we pour ourselves out for the gospel we experiences true joy unlike anything other. We find true fulfillment and joy by living a life that is filled with the gospel. And with this in our hearts we can go into the world and bring joy others around us.
A passage that really spoke to me this week was in 1 Samuel 3 when God is calling to Samuel and he thinks it’s Eli. Eli tells Samuel how to respond to the Lord calling him. And this is what he says, “Speak, Lord, your servant is listening”. I think those simple words might be one of the most power prays we could ever pray. To ask God to simply speak to us, to move in our lives in ways we don’t yet understand. I truly believe if we ask God to speak, it has potential to change our lives in very radical ways.
… So this is how my buddy Robbie is living with Passion, Joy, asking God to speak and to move. (Along with tons of awesome people from Orlando)
THE BEING HUMAN PROJECT
