Don't Just Listen: DO

James 1:22 says "Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.".

This life is not my own. This is not a prophetic statement: that is, purely, the truth!

In my first post here, I wrote:

"If you know me personally, then you probably know me as something to do with sports. I thank you, if that is the case, however, I have zero desire to be remembered for that. None. Had you asked me what I wanted to remembered for a year or two ago, it more than likely would have had something to do with sports. [Do keep in mind -- I am a paid writer, who covers college football]"

I will preface, what I am about to tell you, with this: THIS..IS..NOT..TO...MAKE..MUCH..OF..ME!!

This, my friends, is to make much of the creator of me, you, the world, the universe, it all--God.

Today I resigned my position as a writer for an affiliate-site of FoxSports. With that decision, already being completed, I feel even more alive than I did a few hours ago. And before you think I am nuts for doing this, hold up!

I wrestled with this decision, I truly did. I'm no better than anyone reading this, not a one. But, day after day, hour after hour, minute after minute, I continued looking at the situation and I knew exactly what I should do about it. I pushed back. I was arrogant enough to believe that my way was the best way, that my plan was superior to his plan-- not only was I wrong, and as an act of confession, I SINNED!!!

Very unique things are happening in my life. Unique, to me, because I have never allowed God to fully have it all. I quenched long enough and, throughout this journey, I am being stretched beyond belief. The Holy Spirit is quenched no more. I am as close as I've ever been to the Holy Spirit-- and, truly--brothers and sisters--I have never felt so alive.

When you allow the Holy Spirit to take over; and when you decide that His plan is always the best plan, you live in a way you never have before; you love in a way you never have before; you see in a way you never have before; you are open to things you never would have been open to before; you, truly, are alive.

Sometimes your plan and His plan are the same, but the two plans have different paths. One plan--your plan--would glorify something other than Him; and the other plan--His plan--will make much of him and give him the Glory for somehow, someway pulling it off. [But this will be a different topic, for another day: actually, this thing will probably be a book. YES!!!]

I will ask for your continued prayer. For my obedience, for my contentment in Christ, and for my life to be used in a way that is disproportionate to who I am!

Glory to God! Glory to God!

Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38 This is the first and greatest commandment"
Matthew: 22: 37-38