Shake off the dust

Who gets turned down for a volunteering position??? I know!!! Anyway.. It is I who is writing these things to you. Two days ago I got rejected for offering to give my time and energy in reward for NO PAY at all. Eh! I filled out application forms with referees and everything and even went for an interview! I know that is not such a big deal but it did bother me a bit even though I know that the volunteering position is not right for me.

I listened to the song 'Dare you to move' by Switchfoot today and it struck me. I remembered more stressful times in my life when I felt like I was literally being thrown of  a horse. Staying extra hours to help a patient and doing everything (and I mean everything) within my power to help them only to return for the ward round and find them breathing their last. Seriously??! Sometimes everything within wanted me to stop. Walk away. Not care anymore. Stop trying so hard.

In Matthew chapter ten, Jesus was sending out his disciples to spread the word about Him. He told them (V14): If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, leave that home or town and shake the dust off your feet. Yup! You gotta shake it off and move on to the next town. Sometimes we let ourselves carry a lot of things that we should have left behind in the town that didn't want us. Or we just waste time walking around aimlessly wondering what is wrong with us, or concluding that we are not any good at what is it we were to do or sitting down and sobbing or pouting without end.
 
After the fall, the loss, the let down, the rejection, the fight , the fall out, disappointment or heart break... The big question is:

What happens next?
What happens next?

[Chorus]
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
Like today never happened
Today never happened before

Welcome to the fallout

Welcome to resistance
The tension is here
Tension is here
Between who you are and who you could be
Between how it is and how it should be
 

 Its not easy but I know that His grace is sufficient and it is more than we think. He can enable us to do and be more than we are or think we can be. 

 Phil 3:13-14 "... I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us."