Superstitious: Part 1

There definitely is enough talk about the spontaneity of the Holy Spirit, at least in Pentecostal circles, but I'd like to address this on another level. I think that Christians, and even Pentecostals, can get so focused on figuring God's will out and contemplating the meaning behind every event and passion and feeling in our lives that we actually begin to turn our faith into a superstition.

Sitting in Christian circles, conversations often lead to digging deeper into simple things in life. If anything happens, especially consecutive events, the conversation turns to: "What do you think it means?" Or if you communicate having a passion, the conversation turns to: "What is that passion for?" etc. etc. While these questions aren't negative in and of themselves (these are valid questions to ask in life)...I just think we ask these questions TOO OFTEN about TOO many things. Instead of just enjoying life and living in God's Hands, we try to figure EVERYTHING out, we try to find deeper meaning behind EVERY SINGLE ROCK.

We probably read meaning in many things that aren't meant to be read into. We probably give God credit for things He never intended. And we probably also, in the process, misdirect ourselves and often lead ourselves away from God's purpose, instead of toward them.

Don't you think we should leave some room in life for the Holy Spirit's spontaneity? (I'm not trying to promote the typical Penctecostal spontaneity here). I just think there are many times God just wants us to live, enjoy and be natural, to allow life to "simply be." When we do this we're actually letting go and giving God control of our circumstances and direction of our steps. Because, the truth is, when we work so hard to figure God out, what we're actually doing is trying take back control and put it in our own hands.

I think we try to read into so much because we really want to do God's will, because we really don't want to miss what God has for us. But I'm starting to see that it's actually through our disposition of taking life as it comes, that God works more often.

I believe God works in our lives most often in such a way that our natural responses will be what brings God's truth forward, rather than our pre-determined actions and thoughts. I believe God brings people and situations in our lives where we make an impact for Him without our ever even knowing about it. This is so holy! The glory goes to God alone, not ourselves. (Besides, it's not always for us to know what God is doing, but just to appreciate the parts of it that He lets us see).

I think as Christians we should stop trying to figure life out so much. We should stop trying to read into every event that happens and every consecutive trail of events, and stop trying so much to figure out "where God is leading me" all the time about every single thing. If you think about it...when we do this, we're really just turning life into a superstitious trail of events to be figured out, rather than enjoying a healthy, communicative relationship with our Father. Just relax a little in the unknown. Enjoy the present, and just appreciate the simplicities of life. Allow God to be in control of directing our future. He wants to get us to where He wants us to go even more than we do!