productivity

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Today is a frustrating day. I am wrestling with a old adversary. ....productivity....

I feel sandwiched between two kingdom principles. On one hand there is the principle of Grace. We are not under law. We can not earn the Fathers love or favor. The relationship is freely extended to us (thank you Jesus!).We can rest in Him. By virtue of the relationship, He will ask us to do certain tasks (provided we learn to HEAR Him). We should gladly respond to that Voice and trust that a continued sequence of objectives will fill our lives per Divine intent.

On the other hand there is fruitfulness. Things are designed to be fruitful. The first recorded command from God to man was "be fruitful...." Granted this referred to reproduction (which most humans have little problem with) but the principle is extendable. Jesus threatened the tree that bore no fruit. He stated that everything reproduces after its kind. I have this nagging residence deep in my soul that pushes me to be productive. I want my life to count. I want to be like David who "after accomplishing the purpose of God in his generation, slept with the fathers".

Today I am "antsy". I am feeling like I have very little going on that is a contribution to the Kingdom of God. I could go out and do "some good thing" but it wouldn't be in response to Pappas' command . I don't minimize doing good, doing what we know to do, etc - I do those things. But they simply don't reward the same way as Hearing from God and following thru. I don't "wait" well.


...Father, help us all in our frustration. Help us in our human attempts to hear and follow you. You know our weakness. You know our simpleness. We so look forward to shedding the remaining effect of fallen-ness that fogs our vision and hearing.... thanks for understanding...

mickey mooney