| This Week: The "30/12" Challenge |
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I'm currently re-reading Brennan Manning's book, "The Signature of Jesus". In it he defines two key words I'd like to bring to your attention today - Absurdity and Obedience.
Absurdity comes from the Latin "surdis" (meaning deaf). Obedience comes from the Latin "ob audire" (meaning to listen to). This doesn't mean the deaf are absurd and disobedient. Rather, it has implications regarding our ability to serve strong.
Our world, with all its distractions, deafens us to the voice of God who speaks to us in silence. We wonder if anything is really happening. We wonder where we are on the map (for that matter, we wonder if we're even on the right map!)
Look at your calendar. Look at your desk. Look at your lists. If busy-ness describes you, you may be filled to overflowing with events, projects, appointments, grocery lists, and so on -- yet you're unfulfilled. You're busy yet bored. You're involved yet direction-less.
Questions:
Are you living an absurd lifestyle, packed with activity and little direction?
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Are you living a life of daily obedience to God's still small voice?
Your "30/12" Challenge:
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Determine whether you are a morning person or night person;
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Based on that, carve out a 30-minute timeframe (either first thing or last thing in your day);
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During your 30-minute time, find a solitary place, sit alone in silence without doing any thinking. If thoughts come to you, jot them down on a piece of paper and go back to silence.
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Continue this for 12 days and see if it makes a difference in your life.
If you accept the challenge, Email me after you're done - what did you learn about yourself, others, and God. |
