Merge Worship: back to basics

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

back to basics

Posted by adam herod at 1:31 PM

There is a push in my life to get back to the basics of what really matters. A calling back to prayer. A calling back to family being priority. A calling back to the words of Jesus and how His character should shape my life and decisions. I heard that John Maxwell said that "Most Christians are educated far beyond their level of obedience." To say I've got a long way to go would be like saying Yao Ming is kind of tall.

What I do find is that when I'm willing to strip away everything I take security in outside of Him; God is waiting to rip down the walls and make my adventure with Him bigger. One of the ways I'm doing this is by reading the Gospels. I've joined with Pete Wilson on his 28 day journey through Matthew and trying to take the time to ask God what He really wants to do in my heart and life.

This process of trying to become more like Him always leads to a tug of war for my heart. Am I really willing to step away from all the things that pull me from Him? Am I really willing to die so He can live? Am I really ready to live life always preferring others? Do I really want to be like Jesus?

It's so easy to get caught up on the theories of how to do church. The right things to say. The right songs to sing and lose focus on the ultimate right in life:

To know Jesus. In the fellowship of His sufferings and the power of His resurrection.

Anyone else down for getting back to basics? How do you make sure your faith is still focused?

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mike p · 837 weeks ago

yes... totally ready to get back to the basics. Period.

I'm trying for consistency in all areas as my main thing (especially in the most important area - prayer)

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Edith Tyler · 837 weeks ago

Wow - You are right on target! Our pastor told us that the one thing the disciples asked Jesus was "Teach us to pray." I have been thinking about that alot. Is not prayer the key to unlock the lines of communication between us and the Father. By praying we can come to the place where we begin to seek Him more than ourselves. A scripture that has been eating at me for several week is; "Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things will be added unto you." So I am thinking - What is the righteousness of God? I feel that if I can come to understand that it will bring me back to the basics. You have given me much to think about and consider.
Be Blessed Adam in your journey with our Lord.

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Andy Glover · 837 weeks ago

Simplicity seems to be the call a lot of us are feeling. It manifests itself across every area of our life, but is centered in the need to get back to the one-on-one worship/service relationship with God we have left behind for the flash and hype of big box religion and collections of "stuff" in our lives, garage, and cupbords.

My wife and I have been feeling this "pulling" in our lives to simplfy and remove the things from our life that at the end of the day are not important. This is not just in our spiritual life as we have discovered spiritual basics and simplicity naturally lead to a life focused on the important and drive us to eliminate the noise in our lives.

We are not there yet by any stretch of the imagination and it isn't easy giving up "things" but we are happier for it once we are done and I think all followers of Christ will soon start feeling this way as well if they have not already done so.