Recent Musings

These are just some randome thoughts from the last few days. I feel like they are going somewhere but not sure yet. I doubt it will make any sense to anyone, just some notes really.

Identity

Income

Influence

If you lay it down I’ll make it come alive

If you try and do it yourself it will turn on you?

Identity

Income

Influence

What are you going to do with what you’ve been given?

What is in your hand? What do you have that you’ve been given? What are you doing with what you’ve been given.

This is what being purpose driven is all about.

What am I wired to do, why has God wired me to be this way?

Look at what’s in my hand, what is my Identity, Income, and Influence, and say it is not about me, it is about making the world a better place?

It is about honor and glorifying God, which in turn would make the world a better place.

Reconnect with who we really are, not who others expect us to be.

So what has brought me to this point and why am I here?

Through my studies in Architecture and Religion…I’ve developed quite the interest in human living. Such as how we are living, why we are living the way we are, where we are headed as humans and how can we understand that and make wiser decisions for our future? 

I can’t stop thinking about patterns and how things are connected and working together. In the same way this makes me look at things that are contrasting or not working together and how they might be able to. 

I feel like I’m becoming more and more interested in research, analysis, understanding, and then applying or experimenting,

Listened to a really good sermon today. Really inspired me in regards to having a devoted family and how important it is to our great commission calling. I think I’ve been lulled to sleep by the fear of not sure, but for some reason I’ve been under this spell that no one is perfect and can earn their favor with God and so I’ve been finding it hard to be disciplined enough to be good morally and try to be an obedient follower. But Teri Johnson brought up the fact that John was born into a family of priests, and that his parents were without blame…not meaning sinless but were devoted to following God and his mandates, so quick to repent and do it in the way God specified. Luke 1:5-? Talkes about how God specifically chose Zacharias to rear John, who would be great. Great not in man’s terms but in God’s eyes. Also Jesus himself defined John as the greatest man to ever be born of a woman…

So yes God does do a lot of amazing things, often using the under privileged and oppressed/underdog, but he does take pleasure in devoted faith and rewards justly. We can strive to be great in his eyes because he takes pleasure in it. BUT – must never forget that we are only great on his accord and are unable to do so on our own.