The Line You Follow

I am going to be very real with you for a second.  People will always find what they are looking for.  Whether it be good or bad, it can be discovered.  That is a very dangerous thing.  If people want to believe bad, they will find what they need to back it up.  Knowing this, we need to be very very careful when using principles to define our life.  Principles are so important in guiding us where we need to go and keeping us on track.  Unfortunately, when our principles are off, it can guide us off the path and keep us there with accidental false justifications.  

Best example?  Think about an argument that you have had recently.  If you are too holy to argue with the likes of mere mortals, observe us mortals fight.  Almost absolutely, if the two part mid-argument, they will run somewhere (or to someone) and voice their case.  And dependent on who they run to (themselves or others), their case can be either strengthened or overthrown.  The reality is that regardless of what they find, they will find what they are looking for.  

The reason I am bringing this up is that lately I have been told that I need to be careful to make sure I am pursuing contentedness.  I wholeheartedly agree.  Probably not in the context they are using it, however.  I believe God put us on the earth to grow and change until the day we die.  I believe that He has a plan for me to not remain stationary, but to be constantly moving.  This doesn't mean that I am not content, this means that I am progressive.  Content in my world means that I am happy with where I am at right now, but knowing that my place right now is not where God wants me to be in a few years.  This means that regardless of how far away from perfection I am, this place right now is where I need to be.  Not that I am content with staying here forever, but right here, right now, this is where I belong.  I am not pursing a destination, I am pursuing the pursuit.  It is in this pursuit that I am content.  I am saying this, not because I have achieved this, but because I want to rid myself of any excuse I can make to not strive.  There are many reasons not to strive, but there are far more to push.  We just have to clear our lenses and walk the line.

"Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth." -2 Timothy 2:5