The Box

Have you ever felt like you were trapped inside a box that you couldnt get out of? I keep seeing a picture of a box where I feel as though I can't push down the walls. I want you to know this is nothing that others or anything has put on me its what I have put on myself. There is so many in our world who have new ideas and thoughts and grownings, but doesnt it feel like its the race to see who can have the most innovative ideas. We strive and we push to advance or be the first in line so that we can feel affirmed! We push to get the first gold star so we can feel as though we are important. Every person has the desire to be important and should feel important. I wonder how much of our culture though sets expectations on us that keep us from really moving and pushing outside our own box. It seems to me as if we create a box by trying to be the most successful at what we do or meet someones expectation on us. I sit here and think to myself you know better than to strive at things. Its not found in striving its found in resting. Freedom is found in rest. Its when we see the boxes WE have created for OURSELVES! Man have I forgotten about this. I wanted to call it a model but you can never fit rest into a model. There are anecdotes to finding innovation and being the best but when we look back to what we have created do we find rest and the heart of God or do we find burn out and lots of us?

Some of our leaders of the River came up with a theme for the River and it sticks in my heart. It is a Generation After the Heart of God. Imagine a generation who is willing only to find God and His heart. Not a generation who tries to find the box they are trying to get out of or blame those who have created a box but a generation or generations who seek the heart of God. . I am a huge propenent for people living in there personal destiny and not defining themselves by what others call them to be. Calling comes from God and is predestined for us by His hand. I pray that rest and freedom would fill our lives in a time of trial and tribulation. Its not about finding the answers its about finding the rest of a God who already has the answers.