Do you ever wonder about this? Why am I here and what am I supposed to be doing? I think about that from time to time. Maybe because I’m a deep thinker, or maybe because I’m just a little odd. Who knows? But I do think about that sometimes. What if I’m missing something? What if I’m supposed to be doing something completely different and my life should be much better?
Sometimes I think we all get stuck in our little rut in life and that rut starts to get a bit deep. The deeper it gets, the harder it is to see the world around us. Then I wonder how I got into this rut to begin with. I’ve never really been one to do something just because everyone else is doing it. But I do find myself in a rut from time to time. A rut based on my own decisions and my own doing.
Getting into a rut is very comfortable, kind of like driving on the HOV lane in Houston. Sometimes the traffic on the main lanes is moving faster, but being on the HOV lane with concrete barricades on both sides of you makes for a more secure and comfortable trip. Getting into a rut in life is kind of the same. Often times we will watch others pass us up, but it’s o.k. because I am in my “routine” and feeling very comfortable.
I like comfortable… to a point. I like getting some down time and relaxing. I like the familiar and doing things the same way. But I can only take that for so long. I need to get out and do something. I need to change things up a bit to see if it can be done better or faster. Comfortable is only comfortable for so long and then I need a change.
It is easy to look at life and wonder if I’m doing what I’m supposed to be doing. The danger in that is when we are always searching for that next best thing and we never spend time where we are. I know people that are always trying to find that next best thing and they never seem to get anywhere. They don’t take time to build relationships with people around them because they are “just passing through” on their way to something better. Sometimes we are so busy trying to “find our place” that we don’t even realize we are exactly where we are supposed to be.
Life can be very frustrating when we are constantly searching for the right path. Maybe we can’t find the right path because we are already in the right place. Stop searching and start enjoying life and the people around you. At least for now.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways submit to him,
and he will make your paths straight.
Proverbs 3: 5-6
Amen. It IS easy to get in a rut. They can be comfortable but can also eventually feel like a pit you can’t escape. But, as I thought about this it occurred to me what the wisest man of the Old Testament concluded;
“And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.”
Ecclesiastes 12:12-14 KJV
What is so great, is the latitude, or freedom, we have in that. Fearing (not in the sense of being afraid, btw) Him and keeping His commandments allows me the choice(s) of how to do that.
Some accomplish that by a life given to preaching and teaching; Some as church ministers, some as mothers and wives, some as husbands and fathers, some as businessmen, some as musicians, some as dancers, and on and on ad Infinitum.
So, viv la differences between all the things I can do to fulfill His commands.