Day 3
Last Word, Lost Word
“The seventy-two returned with joy and said, ‘Lord, even the demons submit to us in Your name…’ He replied, ‘…do not rejoice that the spirit submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.’”
-Luke 10:17, 20

Being, doing, and having is a fairly accurate motto for most people today. For some, having is more important than the other two. They sacrifice who they are through what they do in order to have. Everyone is big on being. Some pierce the parts in order to pound the point, “Look at me, notice that I am here, recognize my being.” The more sophisticated way of doing the same thing is in buying houses that do more than hide us and cars that do more than carry us. It’s another way of saying, “I am somebody! Look at me!” And then there is doing. The first question asked of a new acquaintance is often, “What do you do?”

Those who get there find that being and doing are never big enough. We want to be a part of some thing that means something. We have to belong to something greater than we are.

Followers of Jesus returned from where being and doing had been accentuated. “Look who we are because of what we’ve done,” was their common cry. Jesus would not let their focus stay on their own accomplishments. He said to look beyond yourself. Look at what you are a part of. Look at the bigger picture of what your being and doing belong.

PRAYER
Lord, help me know that who I am and what I do are important. But also teach me that I was made to be a part of something bigger than I am or my past accomplishments.