I just finished movement four of Velvet Elvis - Tassels. This was the chapter that caught my attention in the bookstore, dealing with Rob Bell's Sunday morning freak out about preaching. In his discussion and healing with a therapist, he was given a great bit of insight.
"Your job is the relentless pursuit of who God made you to be. And anything else you do is sin and you need to repent of it."
Wow.
Y'know, I've spent years putting up a good front - SuperChristian. I've spent the last few years breaking down that wall and image, trying to mold myself into a more real person. But these two sentences still hit me today. The relentless pursuit of who God made you to be. It reminded me of the song, "The Way I Was Made."
"I want to live like there's no tomorrow
I want to dance like no one's around.
I want to sing like no one's listening.
Before I lay my body down
I want to give like I have plenty.
I want to love like I'm not afraid.
I want to be the man I was meant to be.
I want to be the way I was made."
If I am not in constant pursuit of Christ, then what is the purpose of my life? If I truly am going to call myself a follower of Christ, then my very breath is taken with the sole purpose of being more of what God made me to be. The Lord is our refuge and strength. He is our guide, and our leader. I am on a journey, and I don't want to spend 40 years in the wilderness. I've been in the wilderness before. I don't want to be like Moses and only get look at the promised land - I want to dance in the fields of gold and splash in the rivers of milk and honey! I want to be what and where God wants me. No more. No less.
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