Life Outside Of Our Boxes

We are so easily impressed with our accomplishments that we fail to see the significance of God all around us. This of course leads us to live within the context of our reductionistic paradigms that are within our human ability to achieve. Life (religious life) according to "Me". Wow, who would not want to jump on that band wagon. This of course is what we do, jumping from one bandwagon (we call this Church) to the latest fashionable bandwagon that suits our particular paradigm. We find others who help us live in our less than a dream world. It is similar to reality TV, staged and predictable, but then again that is how we like it - living in a world where we think we have control. Paul writes to the Ephesian Church about "out of our control" living. He uses an analogy all to familiar to us - being drunk. So what does this drunk Holy Spirit life look like? Instead of us looking at some rally where most of the people are behaving strangely, maybe we ought to look at our brothers and sisters in places like Zimbabwe or India. Places where unthinkable tragedy is a present reality and the only way to live is by God's Spirit. Maybe here we can discover the true meaning of a Spirit led life, a life that has praise, gratitude and humble submission not because of their life experiences, but in spite of what is happening around them. I think it is time to get off our bandwagons and engage this world we call home with Spirit led lives.