Motivate me!
Spring, a season - tradition has it - synonymous with new life, new jobs, new challenges, new relationships - and all other kinds of sparkly fresh stuff, defrosting nicely with the thawing of the winter chill.With the imminent onset of spring here in London (I hope - it's rather cold outside!), I've got a load things quietly stirring in my heart - questions about my purpose, my job, where to serve the church - those questions I end up regularly asking, each time that I'm reminded that I'm now 'a man'! At the same time, I'm also aware of several others - either "between jobs", finishing university or starting relationships - asking the same question: "where do I fit?"
"In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps." Pv 16:9
Most people - when trying to find a process to find some answers will start with the "what do you love doing?" test, swiftly followed by asking around the wisest people they know, then a fair amount of prayer, fasting and searching the scriptures for words of guidance. At the end of which, they'll either have come to a desision - or be still sitting on their bottoms waiting for 'the Lord to open a door'.
It's this latter result I'm feeling closest to. What can a man do, when - quite frankly - he can't be bothered?! What do you do when apathy, boredom, lack-of-options/too-many-options and the feeling that whatever you do is doomed to either mediocrity or complete failure, adds up to a sense of trying to swim upstream, against the rushing currents. That each time you let go of the bank, you're just going to be swept further downstream.... And, that if you accept that, you might as well just stay in the comfortable shallows, never growing, never realising the fullness of what God wants you to be...
I suppose the response to that would start by looking to God to change us from within?. If we acquire the revelation that the God's plans for us start to be revealed when we realise that he is both capable and willing to leading us into all the good things for which he "knitted us together in our mother's womb", then - maybe - the answers can be found in Worship - as Dan quotes - "worship starts with seeing You". Maybe it's to be found in prayer, "the heartfelt prayer of a righteous man availeth much", or maybe it's to be found in the community of the church ... so comment away!
But - to be honest - I don't really know. At some point soonish, I'm going to be looking for a new job, I'm going to be looking for a new place to live, and I'm going to be looking for a new kind of Richie to experience them - trusting all to the one who does not let my foot slip, and who lights my steps before me.
posted by RichB @ Tuesday, February 28, 2006
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