BE in the field.

MORNING THOUGHTS ☕️

Sunday night, as I was falling asleep, I saw a picture of an older woman sitting in the middle of a field. She was so peaceful…simply there…enjoying God’s presence and nature. She was communing. Being. Resting. Enjoying.

Then, I saw the exact opposite. People working so hard to create content, busy, busy, busy…trying to make “Jesus known.”

I’ve been thinking about this for days.

I knew the Lord was showing me two pictures. One of peace and abiding and one of striving and working hard to “do good things” for the Lord.

I knew watching those two scenes that the little lady in the field will be as much in heaven as the ones running around trying to make Jesus famous. I knew that the Lord was showing me what it looks like to BE his friend and simply spend time with him versus spending our lives talking ABOUT him.

Do you have a best friend? Would they rather you sit and talk with them and be with them…to laugh and enjoy each other’s company .. fully present? OR would that best friend want you to spend most of your time DOING something for them and talking ABOUT them?

I read something yesterday from a well known Christian author/ministry leader/speaker. She said:

“My days of marketing myself to market Jesus are DONE.”

She’s leaving that world and going back into the marketplace.

Ahhh….the FIELD.

Can you imagine a world of people who are simply spending time WITH Jesus…knowing him intimately…taking on his nature…carrying peace into the highways and byways and representing him well?

I think we’re missing the boat thinking Jesus “needs us” to market him.

He doesn’t.

He just needs us to BE with Him and be carriers of his nature.

God, may this brave ministry leader be a sign of the return back to the simplicity of being with you and simply loving others well AS WE GO. May we become a people who KNOW you and not simply a people who DO things for you.

Just a thought.

xox.eb

P.S. LOTS more to say on this one.