2 Timothy 4:2 “…Be prepared in season and out of season…”
I’m not going to lie it took me a few double takes to even really comprehend that. But I get it. We should be ready to live the Gospel and share the Gospel at all time. I think about myself, in this moment, as I’m preparing to go on the world race. I’m preparing to go, I’m focused on the go, and the reality is, I’m still here. Yeah July 1st will be the season of my life, but I’m still in an off season and I still need to be prepared and sharing the Gospel.
I find myself having those moments where I’m on FIRE for God and I want to tell everyone about Him all the time. The woman who checks out my groceries at the Krog, the man who is pumping gas next to me at the BP, everyone. But then there are times where life is in the way and I’m too focused on work or chores or naps or even, preparing to go on the world race, and I just get caught up in it all.
Thankfully God keeps feeding me inspiration and passion ALL THE TIME.
I mean I look around and sometimes I’m just taken aback as to all the ways that God is wooing me. God knows I love puppies so I see dogs EVERYWHERE. God knows I love laughter so I swear hilarious things happen to me all the stinking time. I just think about it all. Like today I found myself staring out the window at work and noticing the sun and the melted snow puddle on the sidewalk and the birds that were flying around, and then I took a snapchat and I noticed this new weird little freckle that has adopted its new home on the side of my nose and it made me smile, cause guess what, I LOVE freckles.
There is God’s beauty everywhere and that’s enough to constantly be inspired and on fire. I mean.. how could I not be?
I mean. Sit.
clear your mind.
Just feel your heart pump blood through your veins.
breathe. In and out.
inhale, exhale.
How can you not be in awe when you focus on just the simple fact that you are a web of intricate awesomeness. Your heart pumps blood to your whole body ON ITS OWN. Your lungs fill with oxygen keeping you breathing constantly. How stinking incredible. Completely incredible.
Look out your window. Look at the sky. WOW.
look around the room you are in, notice everything.
See the ways that God is wooing you, feeding you inspiration and passion.
All that is around you comes from Him. Notice the people, notice the little things, the note someone wrote you that you have stuck up on the wall, or the stuffed animal you got from a family not your own that reminds you of how loved you are. All of these gifts, all of these blessings. God.
Our God is an awesome God is he not? Like really. I mean so incredible.
Thank you Lord for continuously wooing me and pursuing me when I lose focus and sight of you. When I drift into the routine of life or I feel like I am waiting for the next season of my life to begin, thank you for reminding me to be in the present. Thank you for giving me reasons to be inspired and to be on fire for you. Thank you for simply being you and for chasing after me.
Hip hip hooray,
What a glorious Wednesday.
