Our day to day responsibilities ...!

Our day to day responsibilities……….

 

We must move from being irresponsibly responsible to responsibly irresponsible. Our day to day responsibilities numb us to the possibilities around us and the passions within us. We can find ourselves buried alive by our day to day responsibilities and can totally miss out on the opportunities for spiritual adventure all around us. In Matthew 8, Jesus invited a young man to follow him, but the young man responded negatively (and responsibly). "Lord... first let me go bury my father." And Jesus said, "Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead"(Matthew8:21-22). I think this young man was doing what many of us do. He turned responsibility into an excuse which most of us do. In order to break from such burdensome responsibilities, we need to pay attention to the passions of our hearts and work for God. God has given each of us unique gifts, passions, and opportunities, and we should pay attention to those things because our calling is often found in them. Can you identify your God-ordained passion? If you don't have a God ordained passion, you are out of touch with the emotion and heart of God. Passions aren't like you discovering; they're really about God revealing. If you're seeking to glorify God, if you want to live on mission, if you want Christ to be at the center of your life, if you are dwelling on the Word of God, if you are praying, if you are worshiping, if you are sensitive to the Spirit of God, he will reveal those things. He is going to conceive passion within your spirit. "Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you your heart's desires. "He places passions in you that might seem unexplainable at first. You don't really have to handle them, you feel like God is doing something deep inside you. As you grow in a relationship with God, those God-ordained passions are going to grow deep inside you, Sometimes; the hardest part of passion is waiting. Personal preparation often begins years we start actively pursuing or living in our God-ordained passion and calling. To prepare ourselves during the waiting period, we should focus on developing godly character and being faithful in the little things. When you're given a God-ordained passion, you need to talk about it, you need to think and pray about it. Come out of the cage of responsibility and chase your passion. "Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God. So that He may exalt you in due time, casting all your care upon Him, because He cares about you" (1Peter 5:6-7)