wholeness

As we read 1 Corinthians last night and began discussing the invitation we all have into wholeness I was struck by the gift of being in such a place. A piece of our discussion centered around the idea that the invitation to us is to move into being complete human beings no longer fragmented in our existence. The thoughts we have do not merely float around in our minds but are felt in our hearts and lived out by our actions. The experience of the power of God is moved out from our heart into what steps we taked and helps shape the thoughts we think.

It's seems as though in this chapter Paul was trying to get at the intrinsic power in the life and resurrection of Jesus, the power that is beyond our knowledge. "And he didn't send me to do it with a lot of fancy rhetoric of my own, lest the powerful action at the center—Christ on the Cross—be trivialized into mere words." In our western world of thought maybe it would be helpful to loosen our grip on trying to obtain more knowledge about spiritual things and begin to exercise/strengthen the other aspects of our being. Taking action and learning life skills that will enable us to do the good work we're called to. It seems that maybe we have a propensity for thought and verbage and not much in terms of how we actually live our life. Are our thoughts/words being actualized in the way we live our life? A question to wrestle with, it reminds of John's record of Jesus saying "If you love me then you will obey what I command"
So I guess I should end this post and get my butt in gear...........

Father
Thank you for the invitation into wholeness
Help us to move our thoughts of goodness from our heads to our hearts
The feeling of your power in our hearts to expression
What we think and feel into the movement of our steps