february 16, 2018

I don't want to run my mouth; 

I want to run the race. 

No quiero correr mi boca;
Yo quiero correr la carrera.

A lot of times, I find myself caught up in speaking things into existence a little too much. I forget that a lot, if not all, of the things that I say I want to do, need to be acted upon.
I need to get my feet going, get my hands crafting, get my body moving so that what I say won't stay JUST 'what I said.'

Sometimes, I would tell myself, "it makes me feel as if I am doing something already. If I say I am going to do these things, maybe they'll eventually get done."
But things don't get done on standards of "maybe." And God isn't looking for "maybers." God is looking for "doers."

I want to be someone who talks less and does more; someone who lets my actions and successes in Christ define who I am.
I can talk and talk and talk all I want, but without anything to show for it, what's the use? What is getting done?

God wants us to be doers of his word. He already spoke it. It's our job now, to continue the works that Jesus did when he walked the Earth.
It's our time.
So let's talk less and do more.

"The more talk, the less truth; the wise measure their words." (Proverbs 10:19, MSG)

"Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us." (Hebrews 12:1, NLT)