a l i v e & a w a k e

There is no time like ‘now’. Now you can change, now is the only time to make a difference. Now is the most you can see God/Christ. Bek and I have been doing read out loud’s lately of a book called ‘A New Earth’ by Eckhart Tolle. His concept is that God said He will make a new heaven and a new earth—we should live like the people of the new earth. People of the new earth are very present at all times.

I am recalling the moment that God introduces Himself to Moses; “I Am Who I Am. Say this to the people of Israel: I Am has sent me to you.” Notice that God didn’t say, I was, I am and I will be. The very term ‘I AM’ is a very present ‘here and now’ term. Jesus also gets Himself into big trouble when He threw around the same term with the Jews. Jesus modeled the best ‘I Am-ness’ (being present) when He did things in response to the working of the Father and joining Him (John 5:17, 19,20). That was being in the moment and that lifestyle is what we are to live as well  --our ‘I Am-ness’

So today I am trying to figure what being ‘present’ means. It does mean to stop and contemplate. It means listening and highlighting who Jesus is in this moment, in my typing of this, my children running around right now, and even how I am breathing. All are ways of capturing the living truth and life (good, worthy of praise, excellent, etc-Phil 4:8).

Life abundant is not just ‘someday’ because it is mostly in this moment now.