Scripture: John 1:10-13
Journal: What word best describes your life these days, becoming or settling? Why?
What does becoming look like for you these days? How is God calling you to become?
Reflection:
“He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the
world did not recognize him. He came to
that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who received him, to those who
believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—children born
not of natural descent, nor a human decision or a husband’s will, but born of
God.” (John 1:10-13)
It is so easy to get lulled
to sleep in this life—to get so busy surviving and maintaining and managing—that
we forget that the chief end of us all is that of becoming. In the fury and the flurry of daily living,
we lose track of the radical nature of the gospel call and end up settling
for far less than what God desires for us.
He wants us continually becoming.
Life with Jesus is always about becoming, not about settling.
Jesus doesn’t want us to simply
accept life as it is, but to strain toward and reach out for all that it can
become. I am not talking about earning
or achieving or striving, I am talking about simply becoming more and more who
and what we were created to be—children of God.
When we truly believe that we are God’s beloved children, and fully receive
the gift of his great love and affection, we will begin to become more
like him. Our lives will be an
expression of the very life of God welling up within us and then expressing
itself through us. That’s what becoming
is all about.
Prayer
Closing
Prayer: Jesus, do not let me get lulled to sleep by
life. Help me never to settle for less,
when you want so much more. Wake me up
to your love and affection, so that I can be captured by it completely and,
thus, become all that you dreamt me to be.
Amen.
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