Wow! I was down with the flu last week for six days…I am not good at downtime. It’s not something I excel at. Seriously! I’m good at some things…sitting still just isn’t one of them!
You know what I learned in the stillness of my silence? I’m just not that important! No, I mean it. Nothing broke…nothing ceased to function…I got a couple of phone calls with questions but the big takeaway is: the axis that the world rotates on is quite stable without me!
Sounds simple. Maybe you can’t conceive that someone would think otherwise. My guess is that most of us could use a subtle reminder that life will go on whether we get out of bed in the morning or not!
We are precious in God’s site…NEVER forget that!!! But we are not irreplaceable! He caused a jack ass to speak when he couldn’t get Balaam to do what He wanted him to – do you really think He can’t get the job done without you or me?
We must always remember that it is a privilege to serve Christ and that the honor is wholly ours – not the other way around! You can affirm your unique identity and purpose in Christ without over estimating your personal value to the cosmos.
“You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had. Though he was God, he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. Instead, he gave up his divine privileges; he took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being. When he appeared in human form, he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a criminal’s death on a cross.” (Philippians 2:5-8, NLT)
