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August
19, 2007
Who
Am I Becoming?
By
Aaron Brockett, Evangelism/Outreach Minister
Like
many of you, my family and I were able to sneak away for several
days of vacation this summer. Most of our time was spent either
at the lake or swimming in the pool back at the condo. Since we
have three kids now, we have adjusted our “man-to-man” defense
to a “zone” defense, which means that my wife covers the baby
while I chase after our four and two year old. They wear me out!
However,
not all moments are hectic with them. There are those sweet moments
of conversation with them that I relish after they've calmed down
or been heavily sedated (just kidding). In one of those conversations
with my four year old son, as he was drifting off to sleep after
a full day of putting his time in at the swimming pool, I asked
him what he wanted to be when he grew up. Without even seeming
to give it any thought he replied, “Um…a soccer player, a
baseball player, and a preacher like you.” I assure you that
I've not trained him to respond this way and although proud, I've
never encouraged him to be a preacher. I'm actually impressed
that he's picked up on his Dad's stellar athletic ability at such
a young age (once again, just kidding). So I said this to him,
“How will you do all of those things?” He said back, “I have to
grow up first.”
That
conversation took me back to my own childhood and things that
I wanted to become or pursue. However, somewhere along the line,
it becomes easy to stop asking the question: “Who am I becoming?”
It's easy to grow content with where and who we are. It is
also detrimental to our faith and growth as a follower of Christ.
A primary focus that we have as a church is that we are a people
who are becoming something and going somewhere. This analogy might
be helpful: Our church isn't just a pond that we come to each
week and get wet, but rather, it should be a river with a current
that takes us somewhere.
As
the activities of the summer come to a close, take a few moments
and have that old conversation with yourself once again, ask yourself,
“Who am I becoming?”
1
Peter 2:2-3 “Like
newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may
grow up in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord
is good.”
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