Taking Time Out In The Journey Called Life

 

With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may count you worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may fulfill every good purpose of yours and every act prompted by your faith.

 

2 Thessalonians 1:11

 

It is important and valuable to slow things down and take the time to rest and soak in life. The energy and renewal that slowing down can give us is so vital in many areas of our lives. Yet as much as rest, relaxation, and taking a "time out" in life are important it can be hazardous if we take that "time out" for too long. If we step away from life altogether or for long periods of time, then sometimes the hazard is in being afraid to step back in it again.

If we are away from being social with others for too long of a time frame, it is more than uncomfortable to find our way back into those relations again. If we don't ever travel and participate in life or impacting other people's lives, it is too easy to say that we can't do it, or that the lifestyle just isn't for us.

We get too comfortable.

 

And that is a very different problem than just needing some time to replenish our souls amidst a busy society. We get in a rut and learn to lean on our own isolated comforts instead of going out and living life and letting that "living" breathe its own life back into our hearts.

Everyone has a purpose here on earth, but if we let our fears of rejection, of not being good enough for something or whatever it might be get in the way of our throwing ourselves into living life, then we are simply victims of that fear.

 

Living in fear is simply not living.

Taking the time to slow down our lives is important, but it has its time and its place. Being involved in life and in impacting other people's lives has a very real place too. That can't be done if we don't interact with others or allow ourselves to take part in opportunities that sometimes may throw us in new and uncertain situations.

We will find that when we take some risks in life, if those risks are what we sense God leading us in, we will get just as much energy as if we took "time out" from life. It's just a different kind of fire that lights inside of us; yet every bit as important.

Make sure that you aren't simply sitting around dreaming, but that you are actually going out there and living. There are opportunities everywhere and God can use you—now. Don't let the fear, doubt or disbelief keep you out of the journey called life.