I Live For...Who?


Shane Sanchez
"I live for You"

We sing this in our worship songs, we pray these words, we even declare them in front of other people. But how often do we really "live for God"?

I honestly feel like this simple yet world changing phrase is diving to a whole different level of understanding in my own life. I believe that as Christians, this is the statement we just don't fully grasp. When we accept salvation we don't just receive a "Been Forgiven" stamp on our foreheads and get sent back into the world. We "give our lives to Christ". Literally we are telling God that everything we are belongs to Him. That in our actions, words, lifestyles, and influence we will strive to please God. We commit to His purpose like the disciples did so many years ago. We are saying that our life purpose now moves from our will to His.

We are committing that through pain, struggles, weakness, and even death we are devoted to Him.

I want to live my life this way.

After all it's not my life anymore, but the life He has always wanted me to have.

What does it mean to give your life to Christ?

Live Devoted,
Shane

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This Doesn't Happen...


Shane Sanchez
I have always wondered why God doesn't speak to me the way I want Him to. I want tongues of fire, a loud booming voice from heaven, the arch Angel would even work too. To my disarray all of those have yet to happen. My expectations lead me to ask why I even want that in the first place.

I feel that when I focus on wanting the preacher to have a "word" specifically for me or waiting for someone to "share what's on their heart" I take my eyes and ears off of God. I am starting to believe that He speaks to us in the exact opposite way that we expect. It seems like when we put our attention on someone anticipating them to speak a word, God is speaking in the most subtle ways.

I have wanted one of those moments so bad for the majority of my Walk and today I finally received it. Both in the form of someone sharing a word and in someone encouraging me. The thing is, in contrary to normality, I didn't expect it. It was one of the few times I can remember where I wasn't hoping for God to be so direct. I would have rather He ignored me and got back to me later. Instead He gave me the opposite. He knew how He could grab my attention and bring it back to Him.

This experience has challenged me to expect the unexpected. To let God speak to me the way He wants to instead of how I think would work best.

After all He's God and I'm Shane. Who am I to question how He wants to talk?

Shut Up and Listen,
Shane
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