Inspire Me

Lord inspire me. I want to be so filled with your life that is seethes out of me. There are days when I long for that final day when the pain and suffering of life ends, but it seems that your call to follow is about embracing the full scope of being human. I find your redemptive power not in the ease of a tensionless life, but breaking through the painful reality of this beautiful life. When Martha says to Jesus "yeah I know he will rise again on that day" it reminds me of my tendency to overlook the redemptive power of a living and active God in this Life.

Jesus answer's Martha "I am the Resurrection and the Life." Jesus is not just offering a hope that at the end of this dark tunnel there will be light. He is saying that right now the light is breaking through into the darkness. The power of Jesus' Resurrection and Life are let loose in this world, to captivate us and call us to be the light. Our inspiration comes not from an apathetic view towards this life where God has placed, but that at their very core of God's creative act which called us into being is the Resurrection and Life of Jesus being freely offered to the world, and undoing the curse that has been let loose on all of creation.

Lord inspire me. Not to great words, or fame, or genius, but inspire me to be who you called me to be. Inspire me to live this life you have given me, even the dark parts I try to avoid. Inspire me to see every moment as an opportunity for your power to transform things. Inspire me to live out your light. That I might join the fellow of the burnt men and women who have been fully consumed by God.