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‘Be’

April 28, 2012 Uncategorized Comments Off on ‘Be’

It is quiet this morning….Saturday, ah a day to relax.  But then guilt sets in.  I have so much to do.  I am reminded of the verse in Galatians 5:18 which says, “do not be drunk… for this is a waste but rather be (ing) filled with the Holy Spirit.”  I paraphrased the verse some but you get the basic meaning. The reason I am reminded of that verse is because of my tendency to ‘do’ as opposed to ‘be’.  (I bet you thought I was going to say something about drinking here didn’t you?)  The word in the verse ‘be’ is an active ongoing word which means ‘being’.  In John Chapter 15 the entire chapter speaks of the word ‘being’ as resting in, relying on, waiting for, taking comfort in…all of course in Jesus.  Being in Jesus.  This is not about what I do for Him but rather what He will do in me as I rest in, rely on, wait for, take comfort in, be in….Jesus!  How often I get caught up in doing one more seminar, or training one more person, or taking on another task when my plate is already heaping full and overflowing.  Kind of like a glutton who cannot pass a serving of food without putting some on his plate.  Ouch!  However I reason to myself, “there is so much to do!”  Really?  I look out my windows and examine them seeing every water spot from the splashing of the pool to dust from the long winter.  I notice the mark from a poor bird who mistook the closed window for open air and crashed his poor little head into it knocking him silly.  I must wash the windows……but first let me sit here a minute more….being in Jesus.

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