I LOVE music. I couldn’t imagine a day without it. I listen to music on the bike, in the car, in my office, and in my head lol. I am currently trying to learn to play the guitar for about the tenth time and God help us all trying to learn to sing. As I have discussed many times before I lack musical talent but overflow with musical desire.
During the message at church yesterday something the pastor said caused a song to start to play in my head. This song has been on a loop now for pretty close to 24 hours. A band called The Clash released a song in 1982 called “Should I stay or should I go?” I am positive I didn’t know this song when I was three but sometime before now I learned it. I know and enjoy that song so it isn’t out of the norm for it to be rattling around in my head. The reason it is noteworthy is because of what started the loop.
You can’t stay and go. Five simple words that changed my outlook on a lot of things. We are told in the Bible so many stories of greatness brought about by following God’s commands. We overlook one of the main jobs as Christians though. We are called to GO and make disciples.
How can we go and make disciples when we are scared to get out of our comfort zone. In the Bible all of the stories of God blessing someone starts with God making them uncomfortable. My preacher used the example of God telling Abraham to leave all he knew and set out to a new land God had promised. If that isn’t God making you uncomfortable then it’s hard to imagine what is, well Abraham does. He was called to sacrifice his only son to God. If you don’t know the story it is in Genesis 22. God spared Isaac and blessed Abraham because he followed God.
Now this brings me back to me. I am no more than a simple man, I have no knowledge that is not attainable by everyone else, I truly am nothing special, so when God tells me to go why do I stay? Why do I think I know better, why do I lean on my own understanding, why do you do it? When God calls us to move he often doesn’t give us the plan, he doesn’t lay it out for us so we can see how it will end, he doesn’t show us the ending so we can decide if we want to go, but we should trust in the goodness of God to know we will be blessed, we will be loved, and we will be taken care of.
If we are to call ourselves Christians how can we sit still? We often asked God to guide our steps and then are afraid to move our feet. We ask God to bless us where we are when our greatest blessings are waiting for us where we are called to be. Change is scary but I’m even more scared of missing out on what God has planned for me. So should I stay or should I go? I’m going how about you go with me.
I love you.
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