Today, I came to the realization that I had been chasing rabbit trails. I have been doing everything but what God has called me to do.
First, I enrolled in college with the idea of learning all the aspects of website development. This endeavor took up so much of my time that I had none left to devote to the study of the Word. In addition I was brain-dead from the effort.
Next, upon completion of the first semester, I signed up for a full load for the next semester. Upon taking a closely scrutinized inventory of my priorities, it became quite clear that I had put God on the shelf in the pursuit of worldly endeavors.
Furthermore, I then withdrew from all my courses. No, I didn’t retreat from my rabbit trail, I began studying at home. I still wasn’t fulfilling my calling and I was getting just as brain-dead as I had while attending college.
Today, while ministering to a dear person’s needs, I realized that helping another was much more important then building websites and the pursuit of materialistic accumulation. There is nothing like the Holy Spirit using a person to minister to a dear soul who is truly in need. Nothing comes close to being led by God and doing the work that He has equipped us for.
It is very important that you understand that it is Jesus who has the power. He is the head of the Church; we are the body of the Church. Jesus sits at God’s right hand and God looks at the matter positionally that we sit at the right hand of Jesus. Upon His ascendancy to be with the Father; His work is to be done by the body of Christ which is the Church. He gives believers the authority to use His power for the benefit of the body-the Church.
I can tell you one thing for certain is serving the Lord. It is true serenity and peace; no amount of material goods can ever come close to the love of Jesus. God bless you and watch out for those rabbit trails.
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