Enjoying the Accomplishment & Enjoying the People
I believe God has given men the desire to work and accomplish a task. It’s part of the fallout from Adam and Eve. We like to look back at a day and realize something’s come from it. Pastors are no different. There’s nothing like looking back at a Sunday and realizing God used it to bring about worship and life change. I try not to take credit for it because only He can bring about real change. But, He uses all of us to make the world a better place.
So, if I’m not careful, I’m just off to the next task. All of us, myself included, can tend to think that we’re working for a day when we will have accomplished the major goal in front of us and then we’ll be done. That goal is hard to define but it is tied to the calling He has on your life. None of us want to just collect a paycheck.
The problem is that the goal is so elusive. One day it’s one thing and the next day it’s something else. There’s always another sale, another tax season, another house to build, another Sunday. It can seem neverending.
The Lord is reminding me these days to just enjoy life. Living life with Jesus, with my family, and with the people I get to live it with is His design. He’s called me to real life, and that doesn’t just start when I get to heaven. It had its beginning and it has no end.
Enjoy the rest of your week. Accomplish something! Then look back and realize God did it through you. Then enjoy Him. And enjoy the people you get to live life with.
