SEND ME, LORD
Just as you trusted Christ to save you, trust him, too, for each day's problems. Live in vital union with him. (Colossians 2:6)
Do you ever feel as if you're running on spiritual fumes? I do and it's rarely because of the enormous burdens that I am called to bear. Certainly there are times of tremendous stress and spiritual energy can become depleted unless replenished. But, thanks be to God, those difficult times are the exception.
For the most part, we run on spiritual fumes because we have allowed small burdens to accumulate. At work or at home, annoyances pile up, worries amass. Duties that are ours and ours alone are carried out begrudgingly. Sacrifices, once made out of love, become yet another burden laid upon us.
In his letter to the Colossians, Paul encouraged believers to trust Christ our Lord with each day's problems. Safe to say, that is not an easy task, especially for the problem-solvers among us. Success lies in what Paul went on to say. "Live in vital union with Christ."
One simple approach to living in union with Christ, one that I am attempting to embrace, is to carry out a duty as if Christ himself placed the assignment before me. Sometimes the undertaking is a physical task. At other times, the mission is to maintain a Christ-like attitude when my inclination in the circumstance is to do otherwise.
With the assignment complete, however imperfectly, I pause for a spoken or silent prayer of gratitude. Replenished, I find myself more and more able to say, "Here I am, Lord. Send me."
Do you ever feel as if you're running on spiritual fumes? I do and it's rarely because of the enormous burdens that I am called to bear. Certainly there are times of tremendous stress and spiritual energy can become depleted unless replenished. But, thanks be to God, those difficult times are the exception.
For the most part, we run on spiritual fumes because we have allowed small burdens to accumulate. At work or at home, annoyances pile up, worries amass. Duties that are ours and ours alone are carried out begrudgingly. Sacrifices, once made out of love, become yet another burden laid upon us.
In his letter to the Colossians, Paul encouraged believers to trust Christ our Lord with each day's problems. Safe to say, that is not an easy task, especially for the problem-solvers among us. Success lies in what Paul went on to say. "Live in vital union with Christ."
One simple approach to living in union with Christ, one that I am attempting to embrace, is to carry out a duty as if Christ himself placed the assignment before me. Sometimes the undertaking is a physical task. At other times, the mission is to maintain a Christ-like attitude when my inclination in the circumstance is to do otherwise.
With the assignment complete, however imperfectly, I pause for a spoken or silent prayer of gratitude. Replenished, I find myself more and more able to say, "Here I am, Lord. Send me."
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