Mature Energy

Mature Energy

"...To be mature is to be basic. Christ! No more, no less. That's what I'm working so hard at day after day, year after year, doing my best with the energy God so generously gives me." Colossians 1:28-29 *Message Remix

What a bundle of scriptural gems found here. Let's unpack it... shall we?

+MATURE+
adj 1: fully considered and perfected; 2: having reached full natural growth or development; 3: develop and work out fully in one's mind; "I need to mature my thoughts"

+BASIC+
adj 1: reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality; 2: of primary importance; "basic truths"

Sometimes our tendency is to make our Christianity so hard and complex. Being a Christian shouldn't be tricky or feel like you are jumping through hoops. True Christianity is simple. Basic. It's a relationship with Christ.

We work so hard and spend so much energy making our lives so complex, but Jesus calls us to live simple. Care. Have compassion. Show kindness. Be humble.

"...WEAR LOVE, it's your basic, all purpose garment. never be without it." Colossians 3:14 *Remix - I like that.

Being a Christian is all about relationship. With God... & with one another. What else really matters?

Today, why not try allowing God to give you the energy you don't really have anyway and spend it on just loving Jesus and his people. Relax and enjoy what God has done, is doing and will do in your life.

Hole vs Whole

Sadley, babies are sometimes born with a hole in their heart. This is a difficult thing for most parents because they love their children so much and wish they could help them. I'm sure any loving parent would switch hearts with their child if they could.

Spiritually we are all born with a hole in our heart. Often we try to fill it with relationships, drugs, alcohol, sex, sports, money and/or anything else we can get our hands on. Why do we feel this lack? This unfulfilled emptiness that we think the next "thing" will be the answer for, but when it's over we feel just as empty as when we started.

When Jesus died on the cross, God switched hearts with us. Jesus took our "hole in the heart" and gave us His heart. His heart is whole. His heart is good. His heart is love.

When we trust in Jesus and allow God's heart to guide us, suddenly we find we don't need to search to fill the empty hole in our hearts anymore, because we become whole and complete in Christ.

So, what is the status of your heart today? Hole or whole?

Think about it.