“Be still and know that I Am God” becomes tangible and lived when I am at rest. It is a reminder that my constant activity is NOT what holds the world together, and a call to trust in the One who does.
While “I’ll sleep when I’m dead” was intended to convey passion and commitment to the Great Commission, it often resulted in illness, ill-will and eventual burnout.
“Too much to do” is a concept we’ve invented in language that doesn’t actually exist in reality. It exists in our words, therefore it exists in our perception of reality. But in reality, there is only ever what I’m doing and what I’m not doing.
How often do you say some variation of, “She makes me so mad!” or “He drives me nuts!”? Even though we have a culture that supports this dynamic—the idea that a person or situation can MAKE you feel anything—it actually never happens...
Happy New Year, friends! What an incredible way to start the new year--with an opportunity to see differently. Last week we opened a conversation that how you are seeing your world shapes how you are being in your world. So how do you shift from seeing what you have always seen to seeing with new eyes instead? How do you consciously choose the lens you are looking through?
When it comes to your being, it is not just who you are that matters here…it is who you THINK you are. Zig Ziglar articulately said, “You cannot consistently perform in a manner which is inconsistent with the way you see yourself.” You can actually be free but live as though you are not…because you believe you’re not. You will always live into what you believe about who you are. That is all you can ever do.
