During my quiet time today - God kind of spoke to me about something. I - like a lot of people - get jacked up at conferences or when I hear awesome messages. I get fired up and very excited. I just went to Passion ‘08. It was awesome and truly a “spiritual mountain top” experience. But naturally - that experience is wearing off.
I think that conferences and listening to good messages about God are great. But they are like Spiritual Energy Drinks. I go to those conferences and it is like chugging an Amp. I get jacked up. But inevitably - I am going to crash. What needs to be happening is me working out my salvation or working out with my quiet times daily. That is where my energy needs to come from.
Energy drinks are good to spark a short burst - but in order to stay energized and healthy - a person needs to work our and treat their body right. Do you see what I am getting at?
Anyway - I felt like it applied to where I am at right now in my life. I have to make a choice to work things out instead of relying on a camp or conference experience to simply get me to the next camp or conference.
Good stuff. Day to day is much more difficult, but it’s where we live. That’s when God should be most real to us.
dude, i feel ya.
its so hard to be disciplined in the day to day life. so much stuff pops up as an inconvenience or more fun at the time being.
um hmmm. I feel ya bro. I love those energy drinks so much(not the real ones–they are gross). But, I would die without my coffee every morning…good point.