For most people there is something that drives them, that gets them up in the morning. They cannot get up early enough because there is something that they love to do in life. It is something that is different for everybody. Different things that motivate us. You might have friends that do something that you cannot even imagine wanting to do what they love to do.
Rick’s morning routine is what he calls spending his time in the garden. He loves being outside before everyone gets up and hearing the birds wake up and watching the sunrise. He has been doing that most of his life and it is when he feels more like a human being because it is just him and God. God and him can walk and chat and Rick can better hear his voice. Rick and Robin do their devotions very differently. Robin sits and reads many devotionals. God made them different and He did it on purpose. We were all created to be His children, we were all to be receivers of His love and the words that He speaks to us.
When Rick talks about communing with God, some have asked Him if he thinks he is Moses. Rick is like Moses only in the fact that he has a calling on his life. Moses didn’t know at first what a great thing he was going to do. He didn’t want to do it at first either. But every one of us has a calling on our lives and it is an amazing thing. Satan would like for you to think that your life is mundain and not meant for anything.
We can be addicted to our calling. Once you get into the groove of what you are called to do, it is hard to set your mind on other things. As you move forward in life, other people will challenge you too and bring things into your life but more than anything, you need to be the one to challenge yourself, you and God. And to be addicted to the calling of God on your life, there cannot be a greater thing. But when it gets to the point where you use it as an excuse, then even in the Christian realm, you can become addicted.
There is nothing in this life that is easy. You set up so many boundaries in your life that there aren’t any more challenges. Boundaries are a good thing but they shouldn’t be so tight that everything is too comfortable and under control. The main thing and it starts with what is God calling you to be and then what is God calling you to do because we are human beings first and human doing second. The other word that falls in here is balance. Everyone is striving for balance but it might take a life time to figure it out. Don’t worry about it because this world is just the beginning of forever.
So, what you learn in this life is important for the next. Our time right now is boot camp for eternal life with God. This is the launch pad for the rocket ship that is going to blast off into forever. Because everything we do now is temporal, it is hard to imagine that what we are doing now affects our time in eternity. Everything is built around this temporary world, our bank account, our jobs. Very little that we do has the thought of eternity. But as we seek the Lord’s will for our life, it all becomes clearer.
One of the things Jesus gave us is peace. If you know Jesus, you are going to know peace. If you don’t know Jesus then something is definitely out of balance and you don’t have peace. The best way to have balance is to know Jesus and you’ll have peace. KNOW Jesus, KNOW Peace but NO Jesus, NO Peace.
Our encouragement to our listeners is get to know Jesus. Not the Jesus you were told about as a child but the Jesus you seek after and ask into your heart and have a relationship with. The one who died on a cross, rose again from the dead and is seated at the righthand of the Father. Get to know this Jesus so you can know peace. If peace is something you’ve been without, if peace is something you have always wanted, then get to know Jesus so you can get to know peace.
Just another part of the radical life.
