Ok. So after reading my last post, hearing other viewpoints on it, and picking ideas up through daily life (friends talking, reading, etc.) I would like to elaborate a little further on the subject. First of all, I will not recant what I feel about being your own you and being the person who makes you come "alive". This is central to human happiness, meaning, worth, and human LIFE really. Finding the thing that gets you "on fire" for what you are doing is the important thing, then it's just a matter of following through with it.
The thing that has come to my attention though is one that I maybe shouldn't have overlooked. Yeah, you should definitely try to be the person you want to be, but at the same time, you should look for what God has planned for you. The reason I chose to elaborate a tad more on this is because it might have seemed a bit self-centered on what we can do in our lives. It's true you should not let others tell you what you can or can't do, but there is One you should listen to whenever you have the chance and He is the one who created your life, its choices, and most importantly its PURPOSE!!! You may think that your purpose may not have as much significance as another's, but just because someone seems like their purpose in the world is greater than yours doesn't mean what you do isn't as important. Rather, where would the most influential people be without the others below them holding them up. I believe carrying out God's will in this world is a group effort without one person being more important or valuable than another. A great passage about this can be found in 1 Corinthians 12:4-6 and then again in verses 12-26.
Having said that, I have a very nerdy analogy, but it really worked for comprehending things for me. Picture this: A rock band. Broken down further into individual instruments, broken down further into individual notes (i.e. A bassists low G, a drummers snare drum). Individually these things don't make the greatest music, but together, they can make something nothing of them could make on their own. Here's the connection, all of us have our note, our pitch, our CALLING. The song (God's Will/Plan) can not take form unless they all fit together. Not one is more important or more of the lead, but all are necessary to making the song as good as it can be. What we all need to do is find what note makes us add the nicest sound to God's plan; find where the calling for our lives is needed to make harmony with the rest of the song. *
*Please excuse the corniness of my analogy, it's what came to mind :D
1 comment:
Well Jay, I like what you added. I was a little leery of the last post (as you could tell by my last comment), but I knew that this (this post) is what your real thoughts were on the matter. :)
Nerdy analogy? On the contrary. I thought it worked perfectly. A different spin on the "We're all one body, but different parts" comparison. :)
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