Saying Yes

I’m talking about spontaneity (I still spell this wrong – I’m thankful for the red squiggly underline) this morning…sounds like a weird topic (even to me) for a Sunday morning. Usually I would hit this topic from the “fun side”…in other words people learning to loosen up and color outside the lines a little bit. Live a little bit will you people! But it is really another side to this that God has been talking to me about…God speaks in the moment not just the season. I mean there are times when you can overlay his message over a season of your life for sure, but it’s the daily stuff where I need to obey in the moment…hence the spontaneity of it all.

Jesus told his disciples to “follow me”. He didn’t send them a three year contract to look over…they obeyed in the moment…in the instant. Think about it…in a moment, a spontaneous decision, their lives changed forever. What happens if they said they needed to think it over…I’ll get back to you Jesus…can we meet for lunch next Tuesday Jesus…or what is my “package” going to be Jesus? Today’s Christ-followers have more discreet forms of not living in the moment…I’ll pray about it and get back to you is what we say. “Let me pray about it” is easier than just saying no. Most times I forget about it and move on. I disobey…I withdrawal when I could embrace…I sin when I could be changed…people don’t get encouraged or challenged and I live in my self-absorbed world…I hoard instead of give…the salt loses its saltiness and a dark world is just a little bit darker. Living different means living in the moment…living different means being spontaneous…living different means saying yes!