Take a Penny

So I've been thinking a lot lately. I know, I know. I do this a lot and repeatedly day after day. Only recently though as it become the prison that I find myself in every morning that I rise. My thoughts immediately rush into a whirlwind and sweep my attention away from something Greater. If Satan ever has a foothold on me, it's usually with and through what goes on inside my head and what's worse, my heart.

There's this Keith Green song, which I love right now. It's called, "He'll Take Care of the Rest." Basically, it's about different characters in the Bible. They do what God commands them to do. They're obedient to what He asks them to do and despite their struggle, despite their worry, they do it. And ultimately God just guarantees that He'll take care of the rest.

I've been thinking about that being applied in my own life. I need to remain obedient to what God has called me to do and He'll take care of the rest. I worry about the littlest things too, the littlest things that can sometimes take away from the bigger picture of what God's doing. I distract myself unintentionally through my conscience. It's a prison for me, truly. But I think about things like: can I actually do this, what can go wrong, what's going to go right, how do I follow up, will I be alone for the rest of my life, when will I know, when will You move through this, why aren't you speaking to me, etc.

Thing is, I know what God's called me to do. It's what He's ultimately called all of us to do: love on Him. We do that through loving each other because Christ is in us. And I can do this no matter where I am at. I can love on people. So right now, I'm loving people through the ministry of God's that He has me serving through and when I leave in a few months, I'll love people the same.

Mother Teresa said we shouldn't love the poor like they were Jesus, we should love the poor because they ARE Jesus.

Marvelous thought. How intriguing to think that we have a responsibility to love Jesus back and do so by loving each other. What an amazing gift and ability we've all been given. What an amazing gift and ability that we daily deny...

But that's just it. I need to not worry about the in betweens. The "whos" and "hows" that I wonder about all the time. I need to remain obedient to the calling that I have received and He'll take care of the rest.

This is where my faith becomes no longer idle.