Is It Clear?

It's the morning after perhaps the most challenging District Conference I ever attended. I was sitting in the coffee house writing down some of the blessings and challenges resonating with my heart. Following a quick trip down the hall to the restroom, I returned to discover one of my elders had stopped in to see me. As we greeted each other he stated the following, "I knew you were back in town and I knew I could find you here." I've written before about being defined by our habits, and as leaders that is always a good lesson to remember. But this morning, being remembered for my faithfulness to be at a coffee house in the mornings was sobering for me.

 

Don't get me wrong, I'm glad people recognize that I begin most days at a coffee house and that they can drop by to find me, but I was wondering, do they know why I'm here? Was the habit I had developed testifying to the value of what was being pursued? I start the days at a coffee house to get some alone time with myself and God, to read, to pray, to journal, to contemplate, and to drink some good coffee while I do it. Is it clear that my time at the coffee shop is all about my intimacy with God or do people merely think I'm a coffee hound?

 

It got me thinking-are the habits that define me defining me in the right way? Are my priorities communicating the right things? Can people see what my life is truly committed to?

 

Then I really started thinking.

• Is it clear that I'm committed to intimacy with God?
• Is it clear that I'm committed to reaching my neighbors?
• Is it clear that I'm dependent upon prayer?
• Is it clear that I'm filled with the Holy Spirit?
• Is it clear that I walk in victory over sin?
• Is it clear that I am becoming more like Christ?
• Is it clear that I rejoice with others who rejoice and weep with those who weep?
• Is it clear that His glory is more important than mine?

Oh dear God! Is it clear?

 

The words of Peter whisper through my mind this morning

 

1 Peter 2:12 Be careful to live properly among your unbelieving neighbors. Then even if they accuse you of doing wrong, they will see your honorable behavior, and they will give honor to God when he judges the world. NLT

 

Oh dear God, let it be clear.

 

 

The Man in the Window

Bruce D. Rzengota
Norwalk Alliance Church

-- To follow Jesus is to learn to move with God.