Just do it

So if you’re serious about living this new resurrection life with Christ, act like it. Pursue the things over which Christ presides. Don’t shuffle along, eyes to the ground, absorbed with the things right in front of you. Look up, and be alert to what is going on around Christ—that’s where the action is. See things from his perspective. (Colossians 3:1-2)

Are you serious about following Jesus this year? The past three weeks should have cemented your determination to follow wholeheartedly, or maybe you have chosen to remain in control of your life and be a little too stubborn for your own good. Christ's call to us today is to 'get serious about living for him - stop waffling, buckle down, and 'get er done'. 

Pursue the things over which Christ presides - stop shuffling along. A 'shuffler' walks that way because they are dragging their feet - they lack determination, are a little too resistant to the forward progress, or are so weighed down with life's cares they just have no 'pep in their step'. Christ calls us to look up. Stop focusing on all the things that bring us down and keep our focus on the things of this world. Instead, look fully into his face and begin to walk strong.

Be alert - not just awake, but alert. I have gone through times when I am quite 'awake', but I was not 'alert' to what was going on right in front of me. The more we get consumed by the cares of this world, the less we will look upward and see what he is doing all around us. When we begin to change our focal point, the view gets much better! The burdens we insisted on carrying ourselves aren't so important for us to carry any longer. 

If you are realizing today that you 'began great' with this new year, fully 'committed' to a new way of living, spending time with Christ each day, but now you realize you aren't 'doing very well' with that commitment, begin again. Sometimes all we need to do is allow Christ to change our perspective. We do that by changing what we focus upon. We may not be perfect in this commitment yet, but we are on the right path, so keep it up! Prepare to let go, then do it. Things change when we just do it. Just sayin!