Are You Moving?

Over the last several years, there’s been quite a bit of movement around the world. People picked up their possessions and headed to new places, hoping to find a new home and experience new things. With the advances in technology and the adaptable requirements of certain professions, remote working has become more prevalent than ever. People sometimes live hundreds or thousands of miles from their employment’s physical offices. We’re becoming a semi-nomadic society. We might say we’re people on the move.

There’s another kind of movement worthy of our attention. It’s the movement of our souls. Soul movement is an internal drive prompting investment, commitment, and engagement with people and projects. It’s what causes people to learn, grow, give, serve, and develop. It’s what stimulates action.

We sometimes speak of things that move our souls. It could be a movie, a book, a story, a song, or a play. It might be a speech, a sermon, an article, or a conversation. Sadly, these moments are too often short-lived. Our inspirational emotions never actually “move” us. When the feelings dissipate, the motivation quickly disappears. And nothing changes.

The Bible is a book about true soul movement. It’s about God actively doing amazing things in the lives of ordinary people. It’s also about ordinary people actively doing amazing things for God. From the very start of this divinely-inspired book, we see God’s movement.

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. — Genesis 1:1-2 (KJV)

Not only did God actively move in creation, but the Creator designed His creation to be on the move—growing, reproducing, and bearing fruit. When He created Adam and Eve, they were commanded to get moving too.

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. — Genesis 1:27-28 (KJV)

You were designed by God to be “on the move.” You’re uniquely created to fulfill a one-of-a-kind purpose and to add special value during your generation. You’re called to live an inspired, motivated life!

You’ll never discover your best life and fulfill your real purpose as long as:

• Your life is about you only.

• You’re dominated by fear, guilt, and shame.

• You’re primarily focusing on material things.

• You’re living your life without a relationship with God and His people.

  

We move forward in life and make a positive difference with our lives when we realize the following:

• The highest form of living is found in giving and serving.

• Jesus gave His life to free us from fear, guilt, and shame so we can love and serve God and others with a clear conscience.

• Life fulfillment isn’t found in the abundance of external possessions but through an internal abundance of God’s love, grace and peace.

• We live on earth to honor and serve our loving, personal, eternal Heavenly Father, who has shown Himself to us through His Son, Jesus Christ.

When we truly believe these truths, our souls are moved! We’re inspired to invest, commit, engage and act. We resist the urge to live as a spiritual “couch potato.” We get up and get moving, allowing God to work in us and through us to fulfill His purposes in our world!

Let’s be “people on the move!”

Pastor Dale

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