I am! I use the term slacker often in a negative way, but this morning it came to mind and I realized it was a positive thing and a state of being that I should strive for. Huh? Is that right? Have I officially gone bonkers? No...hear me out!
Let's start with the definition of a slacker..."to make or allow to become less active; relax (efforts, labor, etc.)" What I am saying here is that I want to be less active. I want to just relax. Yeah, sure. Everyone wants to just relax...right? Sit around on the couch all day...watch TV...eat Bon Bons...day in and day out... Is that what I mean? No! I'm not saying that I want to be lazy! That is not what I'm saying here. What I am saying is that I want the activity and efforts throughout the day to not be my own...I want them to be God's. I want less of me and more of Him. I want Him to be able to use me for His purpose...His glory. I am just a shell. He is God. I will gladly take a backseat and let God drive.
In John 15:5 Jesus says, "I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing." Stop there. Go back and read that very last part...some translations say, "Apart from me you can do nothing."
I just read a piece in my devotional this morning that struck me: "much of the Christian life is God stripping us of our self-effort so that He can live His life in us without our interference. God is after our relenting and our trust in His strength...we are to be utterly dependent on the power of God that works in us and in our circumstances." Another "WOW!!" moment! :-)
I am striving to be a slacker! I want to be a Galatians 2:20 woman: "I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me." Less of me means more of Him! I'm all for that!
Let's be slackers together! :-)
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Amen Sister!!!!
ReplyDeleteAnd all this time I thought being a slacker was a bad thing. LOL I too want to be a slacker and let GOD take over but so many people look at being "independent" as a good thing and totally forget about GOD. This just gave me a wake up call. Thank you. I will let go and let GOD... Ty
ReplyDeleteA wise man once said that Satan doesn't need to get us to do bad things, just to keep us so busy that we don't take time to feel the Spirit of the Lord so we can follow him. In that way, slack time, or time just to sit and think and listen for the voice of the Lord is essential.
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