Searching

I read this book about a year ago called Do Hard Things: A Teenage rebellion Against Low Expectations. It was written by Alex and Brett Harris when they were 19 years old. The twins decided to write this book about how teens today are "shackled" by the low expectations of today's culture and how that needs to change.

As is pointed out in this wonderful book, teens less than a hundred years ago were working to earn money for their families and were treated like adults from a "young" age. Now, we are expected to sit around and goof off for years then suddenly be able to recover and gain some immediate work ethic - yeah, right.

Since going back to the "Rebelution" blog, as it's called (started by the same people), I have been restless. Restless to do something for God - and that's another thing. The Rebelution isn't about doing hard things just to do them. No, the point is to do something to glorify God. That should be our goal in life anyway. The Westminster Shorter chatechism even says it in the first question: "What is man's chief end? - Man's chief end is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever."

So that got me thinking. What on earth am I doing to glorify God right now? How am I working to further His kingdom? The answer is, I am doing nothing. And that needs to change. As in, now.

This brings up the question, what should I be doing? That one's hard. What work does God have for me to do right now? And is it more than what I'm already doing? Maybe God wants me to just put everything I have into what's going on in my life now. I honestly don't know right now.

So in conclusion to this short blog post, please pray for me and let me leave you with a few questions to torture your mind for a while: where does God want you right now? What should you be doing to serve the Lord? And what are you going to do about it?