Be Don't Do

The last few years the Lord has directed me to “Focus on Being and Not Doing.” It’s taken me a while to really unpack completely - and I’m still not there. But, it is truly a game-changer if one ever grabs hold. God wants us to BE. To be in Him. To rest in Him. IF we can rest in our identity in Christ then the “doing” flows out naturally with little if any effort on our part. 

Where it gets a bit complicated is that sometimes part of being is doing.  How so? Lately I’ve felt called to get up quite early in the morning and spend time with the Lord. I get a cup of coffee, sit on the couch and just chat with Jesus before the chaos of the day. I am “being” but I am “being” with Him. So, it doesn’t feel like “doing” it feels like resting in Him and the remainder of my day flows from that time. 

We attend a church where worship is the key, central part of the service. I like that. Everything centers around worship. Everything flows through worship. Our life should reflect the same. All acts we do are an act of worship - and EVERYTHING FLOWS out that worship. We are simply being. We are being in Him. 

Recently I heard Bill Johnson speak. The atmosphere in the place was AMAZING! One of the things he mentioned was that we carry The Kingdom in us and we bring The Kingdom into every place we go. We have the ability to change the atmosphere wherever we go. At least that is the goal - to remain and reside in the mind of Christ. 

The greatest hinderance? Us. Our thoughts. Our opinions.

Bill Johnson shared that, “The transformation of every person (in this room) is equal to the transformation of their thought life.”

In other words. The transformation is in their “being” not in their “doing.” Another way to say it would be:

Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. Romans 12:2

We were made to “BE and not to DO” - or at least to “be” first. So what do we do? Whatever He calls us to. How do we know what He calls us to do? We “be.”

Another example. Recently I’ve felt led to attend several different churches regularly. So, I go to different services for each church and have a slightly different worship experience at each one. It reminds me of when I took “circuits” in college. It was an intro level electrical engineering class and the first time I took it I failed it. The second time I took it I enrolled in one section with one professor and audited another section with a different professor. I made an “A” the second time. The difference? My perspective. My understanding. My ability to “be.”

Another example. One of the churches has weekly outreach to the community on Saturday mornings. A group meets together, prays for the Lord’s guidance and then goes out into the city to pray and minister to whoever they meet. I felt an urging to go with them and the Lord was even gracious enough to confirm it (sometimes He has to nudge me a bit lol). So how is that an example of being and not doing? It flows out of being. It doesn’t feel like a stretch. It feels like the next step. Like dessert after dinner. Not born of my own ambition or effort. Just flowing from His love. If we will BE then He will do through us all he has called us to Do.

Want more inspiration to strengthen your faith?

Check out A Little Know Fact That Will Change Your Life