Agendas

On my trek through the New Testament striving to look intently at what Jesus and the early believers had to say about what it was to be the body of Christ in the world, one of the interesting ah-ha sideline discoveries came out of a desire to watch for themes or patterns of topics which Jesus taught to His disciples. I'm through John now, and it's pretty clear the core of Jesus' message was an understanding of how to look at... well... stuff. To say the world would be inadequate. To say possessions would be short sighted. Even to say life would sell His message short.

In the book Spiritual Leadership Henry and Richard Blackaby outline the work of a spiritual leader to move those over whom we have influence off of the agenda they are on and on to God's agenda. I read that book over two years ago. Now, having plodded through Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John it appears in retrospect Jesus was carefully and methodically watching what His Father was doing in the lives of those who followed Him [Jesus] closest and relating it all to an adjusted view of everything with God and His agenda at the center.

Most of us carry some sort of planner. I carry a Palm Treo 700wx. It's my feeble attempt to stay on agenda. Well, my agenda and the agenda dictated to me by the pressures of work, family, household, etc. typically fall into the arena of the critical urgent. Fires that need to be put out, projects that someone needs me to get done, stuff my honey would like me to do, just... well... stuff.

This re-read through the New Testament has re-ignited my passion to be on THE agenda that matters. If you want to, pray for me as I seek to see and walk in the path that is laid out straight before me as I trust and ponder He who matters most! (Prov. 3:5-6)