WHOLE: Relating to God With All of YourselfSample

## Being + Doing The most compelling thing about us is Jesus. We should ask ourselves: are we allowing enough space for Him? There’s enough activity. There’s enough information. There’s enough talent. But is there enough of Jesus? Is there enough of His Spirit? The need of the hour is for the presence of God to break through—for an outpouring of the Spirit to capture all our hearts again. No matter what century of history you study, you will see a pattern in what the Holy Spirit is saying and doing. As A.W. Tozer says, “From the day of Pentecost on down to this present hour, there is only one thing on the Holy Spirit’s mind: to fill the Church with His glorious presence. His message is simply, ‘Empty yourself, and I, the Holy Spirit, will come fill you to overflowing.’" To experience this sort of communion with Christ takes a lifestyle of being with Him. We can’t produce it on our own. We can’t make it happen. This is the slow transformative work of Christ is us. It is the work that happens in the vine and the branch. It is organic. It requires time. For us, it means times of silence and solitude before the Lord. It is of utmost importance to our lives as followers. Jesus modeled this in His life. He consistently escaped to find time to pray and be with His Father. However, He didn’t stop with just “being.” He led a life of “doing” as he embraced His Father’s mission. He touched people, He performed miracles. He went to the Temple to study the Scriptures. He didn’t just escape in solitude, and we can’t either. We must leave our prayer closets to affect the lives around us that need the truth of Jesus. Like Him, we must embrace a life of both being AND doing. What about you? In which one of these do you need to grow today? Pray for greater wholeness in the days ahead.