Most of life is showing up prepared to take action. Sponsored by commitment to a set of ideals garnered from perspective decisions about your view of the importance of life, well or poorly lived. There is no tomorrow for those who live for today. For only in promise of something greater than this moment are we found hopeful of a better day to come. The rest will consume, condemn and consummate the pleasures, treasures and measures of the moment. For eternity must be denied if all our value is placed upon what my hand may build or capture. Stuck in this moment ignores the fact that all things change, the foundation of promise.

Where did we start? Where do we plan to go? Who will we have beside us? How adept and equipped are they to individually and corporately face the deceptive challenges of our spiritual enemies? Who do they believe themselves to be? What value to they place in trust of their family, friends and faith? Who are our heroes? What do we do with our assets? What is our shame? What are our fears? What are the towers we seek to climb? Who speaks clearly of our perspective? What is at the end of this struggle for maturity, safety and compromise? What is the perfect relationship?

Are my dreams leading me to God’s achievements that bring glory to Him alone? Do I contemplate hate or longing indicating the seeds of internal wounding? Am I filled by the Spirit as God has instructed I should be? What compels me to take the next summit? What breathes air into my lungs when I feel claustrophobic, captured or have my wind knocked out by troubles? What brings me peace? Can I generate it on demand or is it a scarce gift of moments in praise? How long does it take me to recover from loss? For whom are my tears released? Is it all about me or those around me, even those I hope to know?

There are illogical benchmarks in performance that must be reckoned. If I am told to go yet spend my time assuring and observing the comforts I’ve erected what then is my truth in obedience to calling? And knowing that my love for my Maker may only be demonstrated in that obedience, how then may I justify satisfactory or committed performance to my ideals? Things have to make sense and most times we spend our time looking for the proper excuse or explanation of our disobedient stance or deceived understanding. Aren’t these two the original sins of six thousand years ago that got us removed from the Garden? Are we trying to find our way back? Or are we neglecting, ignoring and failing to understand the basic ideas of grace?