About My Father's Business

As followers of Jesus, we live our lives fighting the urges to just do what we must do to get through the day. Often, that means we are doing the minimal, for ourselves and for others. Eking out a life of token subsistence. I guess I don't have to say that is a pretty crummy way to live out your life if you are a real Jesus-follower. No joy, no excitement, no scary feelings in your tummy as you do things you've never done before. And it's just an awful testimony to how Jesus can change your life. I don't want to live my life in that safe, closed space anymore. That is why I am doing what I'm doing with The Original Rainbow Co. I am deeply convicted to:

a.) be an authentic Jesus-follower, b.) be the hands and feet for Jesus, and c.) have my Father say, "Well done, faithful servant."

I have come to realize that God is willing and able to use just about ANYTHING we are willing to hand over to Him, allowing Him to dictate the rules and timing. Our job is to stay the course, listen, listen, listen, and move forward with what we have handed to Him as He reveals what to do. Learning that I will not necessarily know the next step before finishing the immediate task at hand has been critical for me. And learning that I have GOT to stay in the Word and spending time in prayer, listening and being patient every single day, has also been CRITICAL. I would be lying if I said there haven't been times when I questioned what I'm doing, but God has been so faithful to nudge me along. I make it a point to not stay in my head for too long. Those are the moments when the enemy slips in to torment me with thoughts that God would never use me and that I am a wretched person with a past too checkered for anyone to even want to be my friend.

We all probably have different views of what "living on the edge" is. It could mean carelessness for some. It could mean "extreme sports" for another. For me, it means living out of my comfort zone almost every single day. It means feeling panic and fear, as I realize I must learn another thing and learn it well. It means feeling exhausted at times, as I work through the endless list of things to accomplish with work, my family, and other commitments. It means experiencing momentary, paralyzing fear, as I realize I may be scorned and mocked for what I am doing. It means turning to Jesus to ask Him for courage, wisdom, and focus every single day. And most days, I ask more than once. Ultimately, it means experiencing a profound joy I would never not know, were it not for God allowing me to be His hands and feet.

Standing still is not an option. Standing still is, in fact, a lie because we are either moving forward or falling backward. We must move forward to progress and grow and experience God's plan for our lives. And we must move forward with enough velocity to make it very difficult for bad stuff to grab us or stick to us. That's not to say that Satan isn't going to do his darndest to throw rocks at us, because the harder we push forward in God's EXTRAORDINARY plan for our life, the HARDER and BIGGER the rocks are going to be. But moving targets are hard to hit and we have the Holy Spirit to protect us. We just must KEEP MOVING FORWARD!

I know I am completely unworthy of the love God showers me with. But He’s my Father and He’s never going to leave my side. All that to say this: living on the edge is the only place I want to be. What about you?