There is this verse in Galatians that talks about doing good, not only when Paul is present, but at all times! I like to think that is exactly what I do - do good no matter who is present. At least that's what I like to think!
Do I act the same when my principal is in my room as when she is not?
Do I run the shelter differently when the pastor is there?
Do I perform any differently when I am with the Compassion big wigs?
Do I?
Maybe it's not even just in my roles of leadership. Maybe I'm not the same person depending on who is around. I'm sure that is somewhat normal - you play to your crowd. But, I wonder if I say or do anything differently just because I'm trying to impress certain people!
Actually, as I look at the above questions, I think I may be a "what you see is what you get" type person. I think Paul might be able to look at me and say, "OK, you're good there."
Tuesday, March 21, 2017
Friday, March 10, 2017
SEPARATED FROM MY MOTHER'S WOMB - SOUNDS PAINFUL
In the third chapter of Galatians, Paul says that God separated him from his mother's womb. What in the heck?
Wouldn't that be a little painful? Maybe grotesque? Illegal in some countries? OK, still working on that one. But, in the very least he paints a pretty disgusting picture about 3/4 of the way down in Chapter 3.
He does talk a lot in that chapter about how the stuff he got did not come from men or flesh and blood, but from the Spirit of God. He says that the things he is saying were given to him directly from Jesus. So, I think the point he is trying to make is that his new way of thinking is not "what are my friends, my family, even my own mother telling me to do." He has shifted over to the "what does Jesus want me to do" camp.
And to get there, he could have been slowly assimilated to God's kingdom going half-way between there and the "mother's womb" world. Or, God could just have him do the Polar Plunge - just dive in to this new way of thinking.
When you are separated from your mother's womb, there's no going back. You have left that way in the past.....
I guess that's what God would love for all of us to do.
Wouldn't that be a little painful? Maybe grotesque? Illegal in some countries? OK, still working on that one. But, in the very least he paints a pretty disgusting picture about 3/4 of the way down in Chapter 3.
He does talk a lot in that chapter about how the stuff he got did not come from men or flesh and blood, but from the Spirit of God. He says that the things he is saying were given to him directly from Jesus. So, I think the point he is trying to make is that his new way of thinking is not "what are my friends, my family, even my own mother telling me to do." He has shifted over to the "what does Jesus want me to do" camp.
And to get there, he could have been slowly assimilated to God's kingdom going half-way between there and the "mother's womb" world. Or, God could just have him do the Polar Plunge - just dive in to this new way of thinking.
When you are separated from your mother's womb, there's no going back. You have left that way in the past.....
I guess that's what God would love for all of us to do.
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