God just spoke to me, he was loud and clear and of all people He chose a 3 year old to do it. Kevin and his mom were standing on the other side of my big front desk waiting for me to check them out and schedule their next doctors appointment. In less than a minute Kevin gave me the best message I've heard in a while.
“Mommy I’m not scarred of the lion.”
“Really, why?”
“Because I can beat him!”
“Yes you can baby, yes you can.”
I've sat inform of a pretty awesome caged lion for over a year now and am surrounded by wild animals, I've never really looked at them as more than wall decorations, but after today I don't think I could see them the same again. Every day I have the opportunity to meet the sweetest 2, 3, 4, and 5 year olds, and each one of them have the potential to teach me something new. Most times I'm too busy trying to keep track of them all, I don't pay attention, today however, I'm glad I listened.
Kids really do say the darndest things and sound like the darndest thing also. Most days we walk around this pediatric clinic with no reaction to the children anymore, we've learned to block all the noise out and do our job. It's a quality most parents posses and all doctors, nurses and pediatric staff can't wait to learn. We hear crying, laughter, wining, happiness, sadness, jokes, and even inappropriate words and phrases. There's nothing really wrong with us for trying to ignore the noise, because honestly we've become "as long as the job gets done" kind of people.
I've always been ok with being a "as long as the job gets done" kind of person, but now God's got me thinking. Have I been living a "as long as the job gets done" kind of life? Am I ok with living an ok kind of life, most importantly is God ok with me living an ok kind of life?
As amazing and coordinated ad God is I wasn't surprised that soon after meeting Kevin I came across a quote by Donald Miller “Somehow we realize that great stories are told in conflict, but we are unwilling to embrace the potential greatness of the story we are actually in. We think God is unjust, rather than a master storyteller.”
What if I don't want to just walk around this clinic anymore and just get the job done? What if there's so much more than just living a regular life and getting the job done? What if my entire life has been an unwillingness to embrace the potential greatness of the story I am actually in?
I want to live like Kevin does. I want to have that child like enthusiasm that can defeat even the scariest of lions. I want to look at a challenge strait in the face and know with confidence that I can overcome. The best part of life is that just like Kevin's mom was standing beside him confirming with the sweetest of tones that her child could defeat that lion, God is right beside us telling us that we can defeat those challenges in life as well.
I chose to believe God is a God of purpose and nothing happens for a reason. I chose to live my life from now on pushing myself to face those challenges and no longer live a life of "as long as the job gets done." I chose to make the most of my life and learn from the people and things that are in my life now. I've understood that they're all there to remind us that we don't have an ok God we have a great God!
What kind of life have you been living, and are you ok with just being ok?
Matthew 18:3 “you must be like a child to enter the kingdom of God”
