It's good to know that God never tires, gets "moody" or forgets where the car keys are. I've been thinking about that recently and how it's also very good that I'm NOT God. God doesn't have "intentions". He speaks and it's done. In a one week brief auditory lecture God brought everything into being that exists. I can barely create a cup of coffee in the morning without accidentally putting salt into Claudia's cup instead of sugar. (It hasn't happened yet, but I've come dangerously close).
God also has a perfect balance of work and rest (He initiated the idea). I find myself struggling lately to prioritize my work, which just happens to serve missionaries similar to myself as they do what God has called them to do. It is increasingly difficult to balance this work and my time with family, church, home repairs, communication with supporters (hence the amount of time from my last entry) and get some rest in there at some point. Yet in this all God has a perfect balance. A balance which I continue to seek in this life and will fully experience in the next. I don't believe we'll be floating around playing a harp in Heaven. Like Jeremy and Nico, there daddy would be too tempted to shoot Nerf arrows from the harp strings and probably get kicked off my cloud for hitting a Seraphim or something! God designed work pre-sin. Adam and Eve were called to dedicate themselves to caring for the garden, so it would stand to reason that we will do work in the new creation. But this will be fruitful, productive work where every effort undertaken will have the intended, glorified results since sin and its influences will reign no more. A welcome thought as I survey the bunk beds I'm building in my garage...supposedly a Christmas present to the boys.
But enough of my rambling, my point was balance. Balance of work, rest and overall responsibility. I enjoy what I do as work because I get to see many ways the Kingdom of God is advanced not only in Latin America but throughout the world. I have the privilege of working with and assisting ministries that are evangelizing future believers and training present leaders in the Gospel. We also get to partner with ministries in Latin America that are sending Latin Missionaries to countries that a North American simply does not have access to. Places familiar to me like Cuba or unreachable such as many countries in the 10/40 window where someone with a North American Passport simply cannot go. I have the privilege of taking part in a "global partnership" to reach the world with the Gospel, and I love it!!! So that's where the temptation comes in. I love what I do, but in order to honor God (and simply survive) as I do it, I need to embrace His balance for my life. We see in Genesis that God loved what he did in creation proclaiming it "Good" and "Very Good", yet even He rested. What makes me think I cold ever do any different? I desperately need Him to pour into me if I can ever hope to have anything to give to others.
Like I said: "It's good that I'm not God" but it's also good of God to give me Himself as my savior, my hope and my strength, not to mention an example of how to live the very life He gave me.
God bless!
-Kevin
