Well I am sure you know when you rock like skillet on an old nylon string acoustic it doesn't take long before it is completely out of tune, and sounding like a cat with it's tail stuck in the door. Not that is sou
Recently I realized my downfall. Big hair, spandex wearing rockers don't play classical acoustic guitars. What I needed was an electric guitar and of course an amp that I could crank to 11. The passion was back and I was on a quest for the right electric guitar that would make my dream of rocking come true. (right guitar, meaning cheap guitar)
I was driving home last night after closing my office door and saying good night to both guitars which I cannot play and this thought hit me. These two guitars collecting dust, and my dreams of rocking are just like so many Christians. My vision of what my future would be as a rocker, my passion for learning quickly went away once it really started to take work. I mean really, I should take lessons, I should read some books, my fingers will get all calloused. Who's got time for all that?
Our life as a christian can be the same way. We have a vision of what life should look like once we claim to be a follower of Christ. Then we realize that life is still hard, (usually harder) we don't "feel" any closer to God, and we continue to struggle with sin. Our passion for reading the Bible, prayer, and witnessing slowly fade and our relationship with God, gets put in the corner just as my guitars. We look at them from time to time, but they only remind us of how hard it is, and we always think "tomorrow I will start".
Jeremiah 29:13 "You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart" (NIV) Our relationship with God takes work. A strong life of faith, walking in obedience, a knowledge of Scripture, and a passionate relationship with Jesus don't just happen. We need to seek after it. When we are to busy, we need to seek Him. When we are to tired, we need to seek Him. When life hurts, we need to seek Him.
So maybe today, I will take 10 minutes, plug in the guitar and patiently try to learn some chords. And maybe today, we should all take 10 minutes read our Bibles and pray.
so does this mean you are going to start working on the guitar playing too?:) good analogy Travis!
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