Love What You Do....Live Intentionally

So I’m sitting in a Starbucks, its super hot outside, im drinkin my favorite iced beverage, studying the word, preparing for a great night in the house of the Lord. As I sit here I look around...observe the world around me....there are two girls inside studying, another fulfilling the training hours necessary to be named a Barista at the top, hands down, coffee establishment this nation has to offer ....well maybe im a bit biased....i really havent had every kind of coffee in America, so how could i ever make that assessment....anyway...then I look out the window and there is this group of what appears to be high school kids out chillin, one kid has a guitar and he’s just playin and singin his heart out....not a care as to who is around and who can hear....an emerging artist that seizes any and every opportunity to be heard, whether by choice or not...it matters not to this young artist because its what he loves to do....
There has been a lot of talk lately about doing what you love.... it has been said that if one does something he loves, then he will never work another day in his life! This is in reference to life calling...being totally in love with what you do, then you mind waking up in the wee hours of the morning to get to work on time, you wont care about the seemingly mundane work that must be completed each week, because your doing what you were put on the planet to do. you love what you do.
so often we as christians are guilty of not loving the task we were placed on the planet to complete. God has placed us here as his ambassadors....soul winner.....if we claim to be a christ follower it is our pleasure...highly esteemed honor...and duty to tell a world that is lost and dying that there is hope in Christ alone. That is our purpose. When Christ began his public ministry on this planet his main message was the same as that which John the Baptist proclaimed to the lost...”Repent, for the kingdom of God is near!” (Matt. 4:17) This world is getting old.... there are growing pains left and right...the Lord is coming back soon! We are living in the last days, my friend, now is the time to proclaim the good news!
But we as the church are what some might call a sleeping giant! we are a passion-less people that is not in love with what they do...we either look at it as a job, something that can wait until tomorrow, or simply something that is no longer relevant. Now is the time to fall in love with the higher calling that is placed on those who believe, to the point where we dont even have to think about it anymore....its who we are...its how we live.....its like eating or drinking...its natural and must be done each day...on several occasions! We can no longer survive as spiritual binge eaters....i’ll eat one meal but skip the rest.... because what happens to the physical body when one does that is first the desire for food slowly but surely goes away, but also the body becomes weak and incapable of functioning at full capacity. I’m afraid that is what is happening to the church and their hunger to see souls saved and transformed because of the miracle power of the Holy Spirit..... we are simply not hunger for it anymore....
Fall in love with the call! im not just talking about the ...”So what do you feel called to do with your life?” call...im talking bout the call sent from God to go and make disciples of all nations! No matter what you call your profession, or you life’s work, what you wanna be when you grow up, or your job... that doesnt matter.... what maters is when we made the covenant to follow Christ we also signed up to be his ambassador and share the Gospel with a world that would not hear it unless some people who are in love with the call step up and spread the word no matter what the cost!
Let boldness take root and be lead by the Spirit!
to fall in love with the call we must fall deeper in love with our creator, the author of our cause, Savior, life giver, ransom for many, precious lamb of God, lover of your soul......the list goes on and on....i can never run out of reasons to love, serve, and praise my God....He has been too good to me to take any of it for granted.
So now is a call to action....to be even more in love with the call than ever before!