Day Thirty-Four: Call of the World

     Having had to say goodbye to my young Arabian mare, Mystic, this week; I have struggled with the whole letting go concept. I sometimes contemplate my relationship to the horses and to the ranch. Am I putting them before God or letting God use me through them? If God called me away to follow him elsewhere, how difficult would it be to walk away and leave it all behind?
     It's like the question, if your house was burning down and you had time to go back and get one thing (assuming all your loved ones were out safely), what would you go back and get? How hard would it be to leave it all behind? I suppose it takes a lot of faith to lose everything like the folks in New Orleans who lost all their worldly possessions in Katrina, or those who have lost everything in a fire or tornado. It's just stuff you might say but can  you say with certainty that you are not so attached to your home and possessions even your job or your passion for a hobby, that you could walk away joyfully having enough faith God will take care of you. Could you leave it all behind knowing that God has everything  you need prepared for you, out ahead of you?
     Having had enough money and enough stuff and even learned to live after the loss of love, I could set out today and walk away from it all. I don't think it would be easy. Like it or not there is grief in this stuff. But we shake it off, we rebuild, we say goodbye. We do that because we trust God's love for us. I do that this week because I trust God's love for Mystic as well.
    More than anything I want to be in God's sweet spot for me, whether it is here on the ranch using the horses to give him glory and minister to others or even if he calls me to leave it all behind. I trust God's place for me and know that that is the only place I will ever find true purpose and pure Joy. Purpose and Joy do not come from the things of this world. God calls us out of our attachments to the world, so that we can live in his sweet spot in the world.
STUDY GUIDE

Follow along inJOHN: 90 Days with the Beloved Disciple by Beth Moore pages 163-166
 Read 1 John 2:15-17
 Answer the questions in your study guide.
 Share a brief highlight or two from your thoughts and answers in a comment posted to the group. (Read guidelines and cautions posted August 1, 2010 before you post).
 Read the comments of others and share your thoughts and encouragement with them by replying to their comments. Identify which post you are responding to by addressing them and their subject or pasting a brief portion of their reply at the start of your post.

PRAY WITH ME:
Heavenly Father, let us not cling to the things of this world but let us trust your daily provisions for us. Take us into your sweet spot and show us our purpose in each moment as your will for our lives unfolds. Let us use all that you give us for your purpose and keep our love for you pure without grieving the things of the world. In Jesus Name, Amen.