It is our nature to do or own thing, to lean to our own understanding, to search for our destiny, to chart our own course in life and stick to our plan with steadfastness and determination.
We strive to be sharp, relevant, the best and the brightest so that we can become people of success and influence. We are taught from the time that we are children to be leaders and never followers.
A relationship with Jesus Christ on the other hand, calls us to be his followers before we can be effective leaders.A relationship with Jesus Christ calls us to redirect our attention from our own selfish ambitions toward a life that seeks God’s guidance.
Henry Nouwen in the book, In The Name of Jesus, suggests that our vocational goals as followers of Christ must be to become irrelevant.
How do we unlearn what has become so deeply ingrained in us, when all of societies unavoidable messages are designed to reach us at our point of insecurity and vulnerability.
We all want to prove that we are good enough, smart enough, strong enough, and rich enough. We are willing to do almost anything to belong to exclusive groups.
Being a member of the body of Christ is an exclusive group with many rights and privileges.Being a member of the body of Christ invites us to be counter culture.As we pray daily for the strength to live as persons who are in the world but not of it, our relationship with God becomes more than twice a week visitation privileges
Through prayer and surrender, we begin to internalize the teachings and the “way” of Jesus. As we reflect upon the messages of the Bible, we become more and more aware of a better way for us to live.God’s plan for our lives relieves us from competition, selfishness, frenzy and fear.
God’s way invites us to let go of the snares that distract us from the rewards of true freedom and peace that we can know only through Christ.
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