For most of us, life involves a ladder.
We are goal oriented and
reaching our goals involves climbing.
We think that if we just
climb fast enough,
we will eventually get to the top.
The enemy has
constructed
that matrix to keep us moving.
At the top, just beyond our view,
is another ladder propped up
is another ladder propped up
against another wall.
There is really nothing at the top.
It is like running a
race and thinking
the end is just ahead, only to realize
it's just a bend in the road and
it's just a bend in the road and
the end is nowhere in
sight.
Discouragement sucks the
strength
out of our legs and the desire to run
gets completely drained.
This isn’t about corporate ladder climbing.
It is about the cultural
message
which molds our thinking.
Jesus tells us not to
worry about tomorrow.
But the message deeply
imbedded
into our being is centered around
our daily to-do lists,
our five-year goals
and our 10-year plans.
There is a communion
taking place
in the deepest places of the heart
that is not vertical in
reach.
Deep calls to deep in
the
still waters of our soul.
And we often can’t hear
it.
Because we are not sitting, quietly listening;
we are climbing, furiously reaching for places
which become more elusive as we go.
It's not like I have never thought about this.
There are times that I consciously
There are times that I consciously
step off the ladder.
But I find myself stepping back on
more often than I want to admit,
by distraction and through habit.
by distraction and through habit.
I want to unlearn my climbing habits.
I want to sit down in still waters and
listen.
Deep is always calling
to deep,
and I want to be present in the exchange.
I don't want to miss a thing.
Lord, have mercy.
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