He is always moving...

So, this Blog thing is already starting to allow me to vent/process/share.

I am sitting in a cheap Chinese restaurant as I thumb this on my iPhone and I wanted to take a minute to post something that is constantly coming up in my mind. Jesus is always going somewhere. That's what I want to be like too.

What I mean is this- Jesus asked people/ is still asking people to follow Him. We all know this but I think we forget to realize the implication is that He is going somewhere.

This is coming up right now because I've been explaining to someone that I don't have time or desire to pour into relationships with people that aren't going anywhere.
I realize this may sound like I'm a Douche, but think about it... Do you know people who are in the same place they were months/ years ago? Are you in that same place? In some areas of my own life and attitude that describes me. But I don't want it to. I'm trying to live my life as a pilgrimage. I'm doing my best to live out of vision not apathy. Because of this, I have little time for deep friendships with people who aren't going anywhere. To quote Jay-Z "I got no patience and I hate waitin".

I felt kind of bad about this and then it struck me~ God is always moving too. And while He has patience in a way I long to replicate, He called for people to follow Him far more than He called people to sit around with Him. ( this is not meant to say that rest isn't amazing- but we need to rest in/with Him because we get tired on the journey. It also refers to not striving to earn anything from Him)

God came down to Adam to WALK with him in the cool of the day; Gos called Abram and the first thing he had to do was leave his comfortable life and go somewhere. God led Israel out of Egypt and always kept them moving even if it was in circles. It's always the people that want to stop and set up camp.

Moves of God throughout history are just that- moves. Jesus walked by John, Peter and the rest calling them to follow- cause He was going somewhere. The rest happens on the journey.

This doesn't mean we have to quit jobs, move houses, or quit relationships. As always with Him it's about the position and attitude of your heart. Is your heart set on pilgrimage? Or are you content to stay exactly the way you are? Where you are?

People who choose that often have the best excuses. But those set on pilgrimage don't allow excuses to mire them in place. I heard a long time ago- if you're going through he'll, don't stop.
The pilgrim doesn't stop - the victim does.

So- today I am trying to remember that my God is always moving and always calling me to follow.

Psalm 84:5
Blessed is the man whose strength is in you, whose heart is set on pilgrimage...