What About Checklists?

You can reach David for comments or questions here: [email protected] What about Checklists? (10 things I must do each day/week etc.) Don’t I need to keep track of how I’m doing? Regularly looking at your life to see how God’s Spirit is producing His fruit in you would be a better use of your time. (Galatians 5) Regularly engaging with some friends who are also on a Journey with Jesus and getting input from them about the “Flavor” your life is expressing is also a good place to start. How else do I measure my Spiritual Growth…or should I? Don’t worry about your Spiritual Growth…focus your heart on getting to know and love Jesus more. Do this with a group of friends and keep your heart focused on Jesus and His Love for you and others. Live from that place and Spiritual Growth will take care of itself. Living in a comparison driven & competitive Religious Culture Evaluating your Spiritual Life by comparison to others is a natural and culturally motivated activity The first Disciples of Jesus did the same thing… It will not be any more beneficial to you than it was for them. Comparing ourselves among ourselves is specifically discouraged in the NT (2 Cor. 10:12) What is Fruitfulness? As I grow in my understanding of what it means to live my life in Christ (Abide), and let His Life, Light, and love be my source for life, the Fruit of the Holy Spirit will be produced in me by Him. He produces His fruit…I cooperate with Him. He’s the Vine…I’m the branch! CHECKLISTS ARE FOR ORGANIZATION, NOT COMPARISON! Checklists are good for helping us get organized and get tasks accomplished Our walk with God is a journey…not a task. We need to learn how to live without the ‘threat’ of disappointing God and find freedom in being the person Christ made us to be. You are completely and fully loved, accepted, and forgiven by God… You always have been… You always will be… Nothing anyone says or does will ever change that truth So…focus on learning to get up every morning and just GO BE YOU!