On the move ...

Frday, June 17, 2011. There are institutions or communities, which are moving. They change. When you work there or deal with them, you realize that things are on the move. They adapt to the changing environment and they have targets to achieve.

Are you on the move? …

But there are also institutions, communities, churches, people who are no longer on the move (or perhaps not yet). They seem to be static. They are administrating things, but not managing. They are not thinking into the future, but rather stuck in the now.

When you are someone who is full of energy, and you are put into a static community, the situation can be quite challenging. You are ready to change, to move things, to go for targets and achieve them. But your environment is static. Its targets are to administer what they have in great and greater detail. But perfection in one fixed environment is often completely inadequate when you look into the larger picture or when you start to adapt to changing circumstances …!

Are you on the move? Or are you stuck with your life, with your goals and your environment? Where do you want to go, how to get there? What is your environment doing, your family, your church, your company or instititue or school?

Where God wants to move us …

I am quite sure that God has no hurry, but that he is on the move with us. He has very clear goals for us. He wants us to grow into his kingdom. He wants us to grow in faith, in truth and love, in understanding. He wants us to develop relationships to others, to develop and grow our community and in general he wants our churches to grow.

God has personal goals, which apply to you only. He has goals which he develops for our community, for the town, the region, the state, the continent, the world. Yes, he is involved in all this and he wants us to be involved in our particular role. But his goals are his truth, his love, his reliability and solidarity, his joy and motivation. He is the eternal God and saviour, the source of life.

Being on the move towards the source of life is fantastic. When we are moving into his kingdom, that is great! It is a journey which will take all of our life, with a lot of changes, but with him being with us in all of this. Are you on this move? ... more texts